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Sugarcane growing threat to environment - experts
Friday March 05 2021
Summary
Records from Busoga Sugarcane Out growers Association (BSGA) indicate that the sub-region has 30,000 largescale farmers supplying five factories.
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Experts have warned that sugarcane growing in Busoga Sub-region could become an environmental threat due to the massive deforestation.
Records from Busoga Sugarcane Out growers Association (BSGA) indicate that the sub-region has 30,000 largescale farmers supplying five factories.
Mr Moses Maganda, the Jinja District environment officer, on Wednesday said the area is one of the regions with the highest deforestation activities due to sugarcane growing.
“Busoga is the only sub-region that has many factories that process sugar, and this has created a high demand for sugarcane forcing farmers to clear trees hence degrading the environment, he said.
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Wednesday January 13 2021
Busoga Diocese Bishop Paul Moses Naimanhye flags off sugarcane trucks to Atiak Sugar Factory in northern Uganda on Monday. PHOTO/SAM CALEB OPIO.
Summary
The development is a relief to the farmers who have endured an unfavourable market after the millers lowered the rate to Shs75,000 from Shs197,000 per ton.
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Busoga Diocese Bishop Paul Moses Naimanhye has flagged off 50 sugarcane trucks to Atiak Sugar Factory in northern Uganda, following farmers’ frustration over the falling prices of sugarcane and lack of market in the area.
Flagging off the consignment at Nakalama-Iganga Yard on Monday, Bishop Naimanhye likened sugarcane growers to the fishermen Jesus Christ found cursing over no catch and told them to cast their nets in the deeper waters from where they got a big catch.