Uganda: Kawanda to promote wilt resistant bananas
The varieties include Nakitembe and Kiwangaazi. This was revealed by Dr.Wilberforce Tushmereire, director of the NARL Kawanda on Friday, while meeting the state minister for cooperatives, Fredrick Gume Ngobi.
“We have created technology pathways or farmer platforms to get the technologies to the community when we are through. This helps us to know if farmers have accepted them or not, so we can work backwards to address the problem,” said Tushemereire.
The platforms will also be used to teach farmers best farming practices and marketing skills to empower them to decide their own prices and cut out the middlemen.
source: newvision.co.ug
