I hope all of you had a chance to read this on the new vision. Is there something we are missing in the West Nile region? Why are our farmers languishing with tobacco which almost earns nothing despite the hard labour? Are we educating our farmers what works and what does not? Imagine if a farmer can harvest as a little as 1000kgm = shs13,000 000, which works to approximately shs1,000,100.00 per month income. I think our farmers are toiling on the wrong side of the rainbow. How many farmers can earn such income from tobacco or anything else?
*By Justin Moro* *Cotton prices have gone up from sh900 last season to sh1,300 a kilogramme. This has prompted farmers in Pader district to promise to grow more cotton. Many cotton farmers talked to said they would double production in the May and June planting season. * Alphonse Okot, a farmer in Pajule sub-county, said he sold about 140 kilogrammes of cotton early this month, which was a big boost over the Christmas season. Okot said he would use part of the money to hire an ox-plough to open up more land next year. George Ocira, the area *Cotton Development Organization* field officer, said they increased the price to encourage more farmers to grow cotton to rise the crop’s output. Farmers had turned to growing rice, maize, groundnuts and simsim, which fetch better prices, he said. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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