Daily Monitor
Monday May 03 2021
Summary
Vanilla is harvested twice a year; June -July and December –January.
Uganda has some of the best vanilla in the world and this puts it at a competitive advantage with the rest of the world’s producers.
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The falling prices of vanilla have left farmers frustrated, with many afraid that they might not recover investment costs during the harvesting season, which commences next month.
The farmers say some buyers have already intimated that the prices may drop further, with a kilogramme of vanilla going for between Shs10,000 and Shs20,000, down from about Sh50,000 10 months ago.
Regardless of your salary endeavour to save - Aineah
Sunday April 11 2021
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Aineah Sikabyaholo, 66, is a prosperous maize and cocoa farmer in Kakoga Cell, Karugutu Town Council in Ntoroko District.
The retired parish chief found passion in agriculture, saying it was his childhood dream to become an agriculturalist which persisted even after retirement.
In 1976 after attaining East Africa Certificate of Education from Sir Tito Winyi Secondary School in Hoima District, Sikabyaholo applied for the position of assistant livestock marketing officer in public service.
“After school, I applied for the job, sat interviews and I got the job because at that time people who had completed O-Level were few and they had high chances of being employed by the government,” he recalls.