Bigirwa Innocent

Veterinary Services, Environmental Services, Animal breeding Services

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Why is it this bad this season?

☀️ Long dry spell = all pastures burnt, cattle die,low reproductive rate( repeated heat
🌽 Poor harvest = no bran, no Hay
💰 Prices doubled: a bale of Hay 12k now 18-20k
And this is not just Ankole. Its across all farming communities!

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The land of milk and Honey 🍯

If you’re from Western Ug!
Like and share!
@KomugishaPeace oreirotashi mukazi, Ompe aha bu likes and Repost 😀😀

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To now be selected for GAFP 2026 feels like a powerful continuation of that trust & Investment 😊

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Excited! I have been selected as a Fellow for the Generation Africa Fellowship Program 2026 (GAFP) by Finestride & AGRA.
Ready to learn, grow $ take my scope of work ( in Env’t, health & food systems) to the next level.4rm Mbra- Africa. Thank @GenAfrica_
#GAFP2026 #Agripreneur

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That experience was immense - an eye-opening convergence of Africa's brightest minds shaping the future of food systems. It deepened my commitment and broadened my vision for what is possible for Ugandan farmers.

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This milestone is particularly meaningful to me. Last year, I was privileged to be fully supported as a Uganda Delegate by AGRA to attend the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) in Dakar, Senegal.

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@PNyamutoro @JeremiahBabi @UEDCLTD There a lot more we can do to produce an alternative, I could be available to showcase my alternative innovations/ solutions to this !0786936803

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@PNyamutoro @JeremiahBabi @UEDCLTD Hon.
One of the materials for making briquettes is charcoal dust? That would encourage trading of charcoal again, can we think of a replacement for that dust ?

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@Uganda_Expozed @lulanzeashirafu @wekesa_amos @francisnyende @Ishmaelthehost @assempebwa @DuncanAbigaba @TourismBoardUg @onabright @kirya_ug @Nabimara_Paul @kyamageroandrew I know Linda !

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3/3! Intervention!
-Removed from direct sun light !
-Antibiotics: Penicillin to prevent or treat secondary infections.
-Anti-inflammatories to control fever, and skin irritation.
-IV fluids ( electrolytes)!
- Wound Spray!
Vets share your thoughts 😊
How would you go about it?

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Earlier today, one of my farmers called me for this Terrible condition!-commonly known as Photosensitization!
There are so many other differential diagnoses but from the history she gave me and the farm surroundings, I realized it’s Lantana camara poisoning ( kapanka)Runyakitara.

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2/3.
These are main clinical findings!
• Swelling and redness: Unpigmented, thin, or hairless areas—especially the muzzle, ears, eyelids, and around the mouth became red, swollen, and painful.
• Peeling and sloughing: The skin blisters, cracks, oozes serous fluid.

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4/4 - CALL TO ACTION
Farmers, there is a way out:
> ✅ Affordable feed formulation using available local feeds
> ✅ Hay & Silage making to save for dry season
> ✅ Pasture management & proper breeding.
>✅Practice CSAs
Plz retweet to save a farmer. #ankolefarmers#climate-change#

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Ankole farmers are in trouble & other regions!
I’ve worked with many farmers in the last 8 years but this season is too tough
Many calls this week:
“Doctor, feeds are too expensive!
Pastures are dry!"No milk
This is the reality of climate change in Mbarara, Kiruhura, Isingiro.

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Why is it this bad this season?

☀️ Long dry spell = all pastures burnt, cattle die,low reproductive rate( repeated heat
🌽 Poor harvest = no bran, no Hay
💰 Prices doubled: a bale of Hay 12k now 18-20k
And this is not just Ankole. Its across all farming communities!

[Bigirwa Innocent @BigirwaInno]

3/4-The Pain

Feeding less to save money will cost you MORE.
I am seeing it on farms:
> 🥛 Milk: 10L -> 2L
> 🐄 Cows not coming on heat
> 🐃 Calves dying, stunted growth.
> A hungry cow gives you nothing. It's not saving, it's losing.

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@AKasingye He has seen everything Vanity😀😀😀.. Afande ogu ahikyire maziima

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@912CroozeFM The village rain maker only does when it’s a rainy season

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@BuniChristopher How could that happen bro?

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@OttoSam50178310 @DaudiKabanda @otafiire_k 😀😀😀

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@CarolPrim3 You need to formulate for her some special feeds during this lactating period