Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 16 2021
Some boats at Kitobo Landing Site in Kalangala District. Government has tasked district leaders to update government on the status of closed landing sites. PHOTO/SYLVESTER SSEMU
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Mr Edward Kisembo, a fisherman, said he relocated from Kyasa Landing Site in Kyanamukaka Sub-county to Lambu Landing Site in Bukakkata Sub-county, both in Masaka District, because he could hardly sustain himself.
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Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, has tasked districts leaders to update government on the status of closed landing sites.
Mr Vincent Ssempijja, the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries, said they will base on reports from districts to either re-open the landing sites or keep them closed.
Don’t dry produce on bare ground - minister
Tuesday March 16 2021
Men dry maize in Butebo Village, Pallisa District in 2014. Government has banned drying of agricultural produce on bare ground. PHOTO/ FILE
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Drying the harvests is a common practice among farmers and dealers.
Mr Vincent Ssempijja, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, said drying produce on bare ground predisposes produce to moulds and affects the quality.
“When the produce is placed on bare ground during open-sun drying, it causes contamination and this is the reason why the quality of our seeds like maize is doubted when we take them to other markets,” Mr Ssempijja said while launching the construction works for 17 coffee processing factories at Katwade Village, Masaka District at the weekend.