The decision last fall by newly-elected Kenyan President, Dr. William Samoei arap Ruto to lift his country’s 10-year ban on GM-food imports and cultivation currently being evaluated by the High Court has sparked a grassroots push in neighboring Uganda to follow Kenya’s president’s embrace of modern ag technology.
Faced with weather extremes, food insecurity and a fast-growing population, there is growing acceptance in Uganda for adopting innovative biotechnologies
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Tissue culture gives you higher yields
Saturday May 08 2021
Mr Erostus Nsubuga shows off samples of Irish potato at his laboratory in Namawojjolo, Mukono District. Photo/Lominda Afedraru
Summary
Plant tissue culture is a collection of techniques used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs under sterile conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known composition.
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Agricultural scientists engaged in Irish potato breeding in Uganda have in the past years developed rapid multiplication technology using tissue culture in potato seed tuber production.
This is in a bid to provide large quantities of plantlets, micro tubers and mini tubers of high quality to farmers.