Living with lactose intolerance
Monday May 24 2021
Although there is no cure for lactose intolerance, most people are able to control their symptoms by making changes to their diet. PHOTO/healthline.com
Summary
Although parents often focus on peanuts as the food allergy to worry about most, researchers say cow’s milk is the most common food allergy in children under the age of five
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According to Harvard.edu, a dairy allergy is an immune system response to milk protein. In addition to feeling bloated or causing diarrhoea, symptoms of a dairy allergy can include hives, wheezing, vomiting, cramps, and skin rash.
Daily Monitor
Saturday May 22 2021
Airtight storage eliminates pests and protects harvests. These facilities are available at satellite collection points funded by the WFP. Photo | George Katongole
Summary
According to Christopher Bukenya, the Naads head of technical and agribusiness services, the intervention with the WFP started in 2016. Previously, Naads focused on provision of inputs like seeds to farmers before it evolved into value addition.
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Post-harvest handling of produce remains a big challenge in Uganda, undermining quantity, quality and price of produce as well as food security and income in the long term.
Interventions such as the use of airtight storage equipment and construction of bulking stores for collective marketing have been put in place for farmers to reduce these losses. However, these technologies are not yet accessible to most rural farmers who still use the traditional ways of keeping grains.
Daily Monitor
Saturday May 22 2021
Summary
Field sanitation includes any practices that aims to prevent the spread of pathogens by removing diseased and asymptomatic infected tissue, as well as decontaminating tools, equipment and washing hands.
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Most farmers think that use of pesticide is the most effective strategy for combating diseases.
But according to Dr Christopher Bukenya, Manager of technical and agribusiness services at the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads) that is a fallacy.
According to Bukenya, sanitation is one of the effective tactics in disease management strategy in the field.
Field sanitation includes any practices that aims to prevent the spread of pathogens by removing diseased and asymptomatic infected tissue, as well as decontaminating tools, equipment and washing hands.