Cattle farmers can also use irrigation to grow pasture for the cattle especially in this dry spell & paddocking is key as they shift graze their animals & irrigate different paddocks at a time - Birungi Josephine @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

The @GovUganda has provided another SMART Agriculture subsidy of 80% to farmers in @NtorokoD to use Irrigation technology, so farmers should utilize this opportunity - Birungi Josephine @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Farmers can choose from various irrigation methods; sprinkler, furrow, or drip to optimize water use & crop yields. Each technique offers unique benefits tailored to specific farming needs - Birungi Josephine (Agric Officer) @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Irrigation farming is the agricultural practice of applying water to crops at needed intervals in areas where rainfall is insufficient & irregular to enhance crop yields & ensure food security - Birungi Josephine @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Farmers in @NtorokoD are advised to join or form cooperatives to deal with the extortion by middlemen & search for better & bigger markets for their products - @daviskyomuhendo @farmradioug @WFP #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Market Prices - @NtorokoD - Fresh maize corn prices have gone up from 500 - 1,000 due the increase in dry spell - Beef Cattle prices lower between 500,000 - 200,000 due loss of weight as cattle lack pasture @daviskyomuhendo @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Farm News - @NtorokoD Prices of Vanilla have lowered from UGX 30,000 to UGX 10,000 per kilogram in Ntoroko District which will distort the income of farmers in the district - @polite_musa @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Join us today at exactly 4:00pm on the #GreenLeafRadioMagazine as @Mollie9kay hosts subject matter experts from the Production Department of @NtorokoD to talk about Irrigation. This program is proudly sponsored by @farmradioug & @WFPUgandaCD Tune in via

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We encourage inclusive participation of both genders, be it males, females, boys & girls in contributing towards the restoration of water channels in @NtorokoD to avoid floods that have caused harm - @daviskyomuhendo @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

People in the fishing business should stop making water channels off rivers to catch fish in the man made channels that will lead to floods during the high volume water rainy season - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @farmradio @NtorokoD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Local leaders should support in mobilizing their members in effectively rehabilitating water channels in their communities to help their villages to void floods caused by blockages - @daviskyomuhendo @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

The communities are advised to plant bambo trees on the banks of rivers to help in holding the river banks during the rainy season when the water volumes are high - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD @farmradio #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Cattle Farmers are advised not to graze their animals near water banks that will lead to destruction of water banks that will lead to floods when the water levels increase in the rainy seasons - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

For the channels that cannot be cleared by farmers & construction of dip pits, they can contact @NtorokoD for support to control floods & water storage respectively - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @farmradioug @MoLGUganda @MAAIF_Uganda #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Now, @NtorokoD is training farmers on new technology of water harvesting like the usage of valley tanks to help farmer store water for irrigation & water for drinking for cattle - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @farmradio @MAAIF_Uganda #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Its better for farmers to rehabilitate water channels in the dry spell before the rainy season so that farmers will be caught up with floods due to blockages in water channels - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD @farmradio #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Cattle farmers should join cooperatives where they will be supported by @GovUganda to obtain better milk storage equipment like coolers & cans - Jonathan Bananuka @farmradioug @farmradio @WFPUgandaCD @NtorokoD #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

Eng. Jonathan Bananuka - Farmers should desist from adding water to the milk they are to sell, sometimes the milk is contaminated that leads to spread of diseases @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @farmradio @MAAIF_Uganda #GreenLeafRadioMagazine

It is advisable for people to buy milk from dairies because they are accredited & licensed by @NtorokoD & inspected by the district on adherence to milk SOPs - @daviskyomuhendo @farmradioug @WFPUgandaCD @farmradio @MAAIF_Uganda #GreenLeafRadioMagazine