Farming Tips

By Joshua Kato The biggest threat comes from predators, especially reptiles like snakes and large lizards for example alligators, plus fishing birds.  You can keep …

By Abdulkarim Ssengendo Farmers in Sheema district have hailed Vision Group for starting the Best Farmers Competition.  Mugisha Katera, a farmer and resident of Rutunguru cell-Kyarukunda ward-Bugongi …

By Joshua Kato Apiary can be practised from anywhere in any space. In Uganda, the apiary is practised across the country including the East, West, North and Central regions.  For a starter, …

By Joshua Kato -Identification (Ear notch or tag). These help you identify the pigs and where necessary separate mature siblings from each other to …

By Joshua Kato Commercial layers can lay between 240-310 eggs in a lifetime. However, the number of eggs laid depends on several other factors …

By Victoria Nampala Bugembe Feed’s nutritional and physical characteristics should be good to allow easy consumption and digestion by fish.  The feed should contain all …

By Joshua Kato  Yes, it is. This is because it, for example, helps the chicks see the feeds and water.  Light must be provided for the first …

By Victoria Nampala Bugembe Due to fake products on the market like pesticides, and fertilisers which ruin the soil and make it infertile, experts have urged farmers to use natural fertilisers or …

By Joshua Kato Yes, if you are to stock for the quick money, then buy pregnant sows. The cost of a three-month-pregnant sow is sh900,000 …

By Joshua Kato Greens are supplements to the main feeds. They among other benefits offer iron and roughage to the chicken.  They help improve …