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107EnglishBusoga Kingdom seeks Museveni intervention over cane price fluctuation
Busoga Kingdom is seeking President Museveni’s intervention in fluctuating sugarcane prices which has greatly affected the sugar sector. Monarchy Prime Minister Joseph...
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97EnglishSugar production likely to be on a downslide in 2023-24: Industry
The overall sugar production in 2023-24 is expected to witness a downslide owing to lower rainfall, which has led to lesser sugarcane plantation this...
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129EnglishCrop improvement: Experts underscore need for using emerging technologies
FAISALABAD: World renowned wheat genetics and genomics scientists, and founding Director Wheat Genetics Resources center, Kansas State University US Prof Dr Bikram...
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142EnglishBreeders urged to cultivate high-yielding crops
TOBA TEK SINGH: Renowned wheat genetics and genomics scientist and founding director of the Wheat Genetics Resources Center at US Kansas State...
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126EnglishFarmers protest cheap maize imports from Uganda
The price of maize has started going down over the past two weeks as cheaper imports from neighbouring Uganda flood the informal...
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106EnglishPunjab agri dept to boost kharif maize cultivation for biofuel needs
BATHINDA : The Punjab agriculture department has mooted an ambitious farm diversification plan to boost cultivation of maize, the state’s traditional staple...
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104EnglishGovt to start maize purchase by distillers at guaranteed price from farmers
The government has rolled out the standard operating procedure (SoP) of its scheme through which cooperatives such as NAFED and NCCF will...
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124EnglishNo more deductions for final cane payment: Singh
Sugar Industry Minister, Charan Jeath Singh, has announced that there will be no deductions in cane payments for farmers ensuring that they...
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104EnglishHit the sweet spot for boosting sugarcane productivity
PROTESTS by sugarcane growers demanding a hike in the state-advised price (SAP) and payment of arrears of previous years marked the start...
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100EnglishSugar price soars despite abundance in sugarcane crushing season
Sugar prices have maintained an upward trend at retail levels despite the ongoing sugarcane crushingseason, which consumer rights activists say has been...
