BUSHENYI FARMER GROUPS ENGULFED WITH JOY AS THEY RECEIVE 270M EACH FROM GOVERNMENT

By Domisiano Ayebare

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In Bushenyi—

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Farmers in Bushenyi have received monetary support from the Ministry of Agriculture worth 270 million shillings per group in a government’s bid to promote farming at district level.

Mike Okello, the grants officer in the ministry of agriculture, animal and fisheries, while speaking at the launch of the cluster support, said that all the 12 organized farmer groups will each receive 270 million as startup capital from the government under Agriculture cluster development project scheme.

Okello added that the scheme covers 57 districts in the whole country

He said the project mainly targets farmers dealing in beans, maize, rice, cassava and coffee which easily promotes household income at community level as indicated in the NRM manifesto of poverty alleviation in the country.

Amon Natwebembera the district agriculture officer, said the project have seen 6750 farmers joining the project and that they have given farmers agriculture input totaling about 1.9bn shillings.

He asserted that these organized groups mainly will deal in coffee production and beverage supply.

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