Speaker Kadaga calls for government revamping of silos Farmers call for increased funding to agriculture KRC Director appeals to government on Regional Peace Leaders petition Parliament to support energy saving technologies –as 4th Rwenzori Climate Change Week Draws hundreds By John Murungi Amooti-Fort Portal The scintillating sounds of sirens bludgeoned the environs at Boma grounds. Something however, seemed strange- contrary ... Read More »
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• Government Changes negatively impact delivery at the health Center.
Storyteller Information Name* RICHARD Gender MALE Occupation Health centre in charge. Health Canter and Level Kasenda HC III Story Recorder Jack Nyakairu. Date of recording 30th Dec 2015 My Name is Richard the health center in charge for Kasenda health center III in Kabarole district. In the past, the Health Center used to run smoothly at the health ... Read More »
• Hopes high in Kyangwali as Farmers dump ancient ‘granaries’ for modern silos
By Kansime Resty, Kyangwali, Hoima 18.07.2016 Kayo Rumazimisi, 35, from Nyamiganda village, Kasonga parish,Kyangwali sub-county, Hoima District beams with delight. His face exudes contentedness. He, like many other neighbors in Kayngwali, he has a cause to smile- as he will soon smile his way to the bank courtesy of the new initiative by KRC and WFP to support them with ... Read More »
• Rwenzori farmers brace for exchange visit to mayuge, agro-machinery at center stage
By John Murungi Amooti 18.07.2016 KRC under its Farmer Enterprise Development (FEDU) and the Information Units is organizing a farmers’ field exchange visit on grains and pulse post harvest handling machinery, to Mayuge district. The initiative comes against the backdrop that there is growing concern over the vagaries associated with post-harvest handling among the farmers in the Rwenzori Region . ... Read More »
• KRC champions peace initiatives in the Rwenzori region
By Mugarra David Fort Portal 18.07.2016 “Let’s live peace, walk peace and talk peace” those were the words coming out of the mouths of the gallant peace lovers who converged in Fort Portal for the inception meeting of the USAID SAFE funded project of Living and Promoting Peace in the Rwenzori Region. The project is being implemented by KRC in ... Read More »
• Change Story
Name of the story teller: Musana Derrick Gender: male Sub County: Nyabuharwa sub county District: Kyenjojo district Date: May 2016 COMMUNITY COMBINE EFFORTS TO CURB DRUG STEALING IN NYABUHARWA SUB COUNTY IN KYENJOJO DISTRICT Nyabuharwa Sub County is one of the sub counties that was curbed out of Butiti Sub County located in mwenge south. The sub county has two ... Read More »
• Rwenzori coffee farmers begin stumping overgrown coffee trees to regenerate vigorous branches
By Our Reporter, May 2016 For a number of months now, KRC has been training and demonstrating the pruning and stumping of coffee in Rwenzori region. A follow up has been made and found out that all coffee trees stumped have sprout and regenerated very well. KRC encourages farmers to continue with the exercise of stumping coffee so as to ... Read More »
• Black coffee twig borer (BCTB) identified in Rwenzori region,KRC supports farmers to combat it
By Kayiwa John, May 2016 The Black Coffee Twig Borer, whose scientific name is Xylosandrus Compactus Eichhoff has hit the Rwenzori Region –and is infesting coffee farms in the region, at supersonic speed. Farmers in areas of Kasese District like Mahango and Rukoki Sub Counties have been affected. A coffee twig infected with a twig borer Exerts in coffee say, ... Read More »
• Supporting farmers to address post harvest challenges: KRC,WFP partner to implement AMS project in Kyangwali, Hoima
By Kansime Resty, Kyangwali, Hoima, May 2016 Facilitators from KRC explaining to the farmers on how to use one of the four types of silos Right in the heart of Hoima district is the sprawling and beautiful terrains of Kyangwali sub-county known to many as the land of beautiful ... Read More »
• Take-Off
KRC BIO REFINERY PROJECT RECORDS ENORMOUS SUCCESS IN FIRST THREE MONTHS MILK PRODUCTION INCREASES By Twonomuhwezi Enoch and John Murungi Amooti Cows under the trial feeding program of the KRC Bio-refinery project have improved in weight(Right) and milk prodcution(Right) since they began taking the plant protein produced by the refinery The KRC Bio-refinery that begun in earnest a few months ... Read More »