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[Lel'eito 🇰🇪 @korir__Mathew]

Yesterday my village farmers had a Chance to witness a Drone tech of applying chemicals to crops. We should normalize exposing and introducing our farmers to emerging techs that it's becoming a game changer in smart farming.

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste!

Do you know the difference between #FoodLoss & #FoodWaste?

Swipe right to find out!

#FLWDay

[AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. @AGRA_Africa]

What's your journey to investment? Listen to African SMEs from the #Agribusiness #Dealroom share their investment stories on success, failure and lessons learnt in pursuit of growth capital.

Episode 7 of the #VoicesOfAfrica podcast is available on https://t.co/Umft0rix6P

[YALTA Initiative @YaltaInitiative]

Practices that contribute towards creating agroecological farms include:
👉Crop-rotation;
👉Intercropping;
👉Varietal mixtures;
👉Organic fertilization;
👉Biological control of pests;
👉Integration of natural elements into or around agricultural fields @APG_Agroecology

[John Deere USA @JohnDeere]

Boss move 💯

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the women involved in agricultural activities. Thank you for feeding nations.

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

@CGIAR @AAP_World @CIMMYT @USAID Great work! when will these varieties be available to the general public?

[YPARD @YPARD]

Now open: Smart farming innovations for small-scale producers request for proposals!

Global Grand Challenges seeks smart farming solutions that have the potential to drive a positive impact for small-scale producers https://t.co/ydfIsaEEKZ

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

If it's not safe, it's not food.

5 benefits of #foodsafety 👇

[International Fund for Agricultural Development @IFAD]

Investing in agriculture is up to three times more effective at reducing poverty and hunger than investing in any other sector.

#FundAgriculture 👉 build a prosperous future for the 🌍

[Seed Co Kenya @_SeedCoKenya]

Place 2 tablespoons of soil in a bowl and add ½ cup vinegar. If the mixture fizzes, you have alkaline soil.
Place 2 tablespoons of soil in a bowl and moisten it with distilled water. Add ½ cup baking soda. If the mixture fizzes, you have acidic soil.

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

This land is also near a small upcountry town.

[Skies Engineering & Farms @SkiesEng]

One of our neighboring landlords is selling part of his farm land, only 100 acres at UGX 1,500,000 per acre ($405.4)
Good soils for growing upland rice, maize/corn, soya etc. And only about 5km from a highway.
if interested, Reach out for more info. Location 🇺🇬

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

@joeljohnson24 Still manually harvesting rice. Version 1.0

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

@joeljohnson24 That 1997 would be perfect for us, unfortunately still so many years from owning one, and yet we need one like yesterday 😬

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

@naads_ug @CapitalFMUganda @KagutaMuseveni @GovUganda @Gen_wamala @UPDFspokespersn @GenSalehOficial @OWC_ug Care to explain more? many youths practicing agriculture are not aware of the process of "submitting a request" for starters.

[International Fund for Agricultural Development @IFAD]

Did you know that a great part of the food produced in the world comes from smallholder farmers?

Access to diverse agricultural technologies is key to ensuring they can continue to feed the world.

#InvestInRuralPeople

[FAO in Uganda @FAOUganda]

#DYK Youth can access funding of up to UGX 20million from for their #agriculture + #agribusiness ventures, without collateral from the Agriculture Credit Facility of @BOU_Official - Rosette Bamwine

[FAO in Uganda @FAOUganda]

Tips from @RosetteBamwine of @BOU_Official for #eyouths to maximize their 💵💰:
☑️Have a plan of action, start saving NOW and save regularly
☑️Start small, save & #invest for the future
☑️There's power in numbers; save in groups
☑️Spread the risk and invest in different ventures

[SDO Uganda @sdouganda]

Happy Independence Day #UgandaAt58