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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has with immediate effect banned the growing of rice and other crops in wetlands across the country. In a resolution passed by Cabinet chaired by President Yoweri Museveni, and communicated on Tuesday by the Minister of State for Environment Beatrice Anywar, the government …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma district security committee has stopped rice growing near the newly planted oil palm gardens to avoid the risk of their growth. The district security committee reached the decision after the rice growers in Kasansa village in Busamuzi sub county failed to control the fire …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 872 farmers in Kwania district have received farm inputs from Clean Energy Partnership for Africa, CEPA with funding from Kingdom Rice Uganda in collaboration with Equity Bank to promote rice growing. The farm inputs comprising 2,500kgs of Nase-1 improved upland rice seeds with …