John Kasozi
23 February 2009
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The company conducts trials of new and experimental non-traditional and high-value crops. They operate a modern fully-irrigated plant nursery and keep 25 head of cattle and an organic composite operation.
"All the developments on the estate have been undertaken by the family without any help from the Government. But we would like to see the Government, the National Agriculture Advisory Services and the National Agriculture Research Organisation come in to research on pests and disease control," Nadir pleads.
"They are always holding workshops and seminars in Kampala, which do not benefit our farmers down in the rural areas. How does a farmer who should be the main recipient of the information benefit from these workshops?" he asks.
Some of the biggest challenges the estate faces are poor roads and other communication facilities to enable them reach out to farmers, labourforce, bad weather like hailstorms and drought, and unreliable power supply.
They maintain some of the roads themselves. Nadir says labour is such a big problem that most commercial farms are relying on labour force from outside countries.
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