Dear brothers and sisters,
Thanks for your ideas and contributions. Large scale agricultural business
requires systematic and deliberate planning. If IDPs' who have been living
in camps for nearly two decades have suddenly become suppliers of food to
World Food Program (WFP), there is so that we need to understand, how have
they done this? What magic formula have they used? Is it purely an accident
or fortune?
a) The chaos in the region brought a lot of financial and educational
investments in the region during the war. There has also been massive
public education in the region. May be these investments have turned
around the lives of the IDPs'.
b) On the contrary, why is our region lagging behind?
i) is it lack of land or is it lack of creative skills in using the
small land?
ii) Is our cultural practices a problem and holding us down?
iii) is it lack of education where farmers have very limited skills,
tools etc?
iv) How can farmers in our region get beyond subsistence farming?
c) While I am not encouraging/promoting single crop production, diversified
agriculture is the way to go. I am pretty sure there are many crops that
can be explored and experimented (Citrus Fruits, Soya, SimSim, Sorghum,
beans, cassava, Grapes, animals, etc).
d) As South Sudan economy recovers from several years of wars, the
opportunities for agricultural products in South Sudan and Eastern DR Congo
are so abundant.
e) The opportunity cost of not taking action or not making right decision
and choices are too high. There is a proverb that says " making a bad
decision is better than no decision at all".
Thank you for all your brilliant ideas. How do we take these ideas to our
elected leaders from this region?
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Dear Caleb,
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> Thank you for this piece, currently there are a number of alternative
> cash crops that the people of West Nile should get interested in. Cotton
> is good but the price is highly volatile and many times farmers get
> frustrated when they get low prices after putting all their effort in
> growing cotton and this has affected the production over the years. I
> have been involved in financing most of the large ginners for a long
> time and I have a fair knowledge of the industry. Any one interested in
> this ventire, please come and we talk.
>
>
>
> There are also other cash crops like the oilseeds (simsim, soyabeans and
> sunflower) that can do well in West Nile. We actually have a competitive
> edge over other regions in these commodities and if planned properly,
> these crops can fetch more money than tobacco. The Lango sub region
> grows a lot of sunflower and every year, the farmers get over 40bn
> shillings from the crop. The likes of Mukwano, Mount millers and Nile
> Agro Industries all have set up Industries in this place to buy the oil
> seeds. West Nile may not have large anchor customers that can have the
> offtake arrangement to buy the produce but that
>
> The Acholi region is moving big time into farming and they have an
> advantage having large chunks of land that can enable them practice
> extensive mechanized farming. They will be able to sell to the breweries
> and this can easily be replicated in Westnile.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Godfrey
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Caleb Alaka
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 9:14 AM
> To: Sam Aderubo; A Virtual Network for friends ofWest Nile
> Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile
> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Cotton Industry coming back
>
>
>
> I grew up seeing people growing cotton on small scale and it used to
> assist the less fortunate Teregians as we call ourselves as mattresses.
> Most of my tribes mates from Terego would come to Senior one when they
> are fathers (Pun intended). Any way , Acholis today are undertaking
> large commercial farming using combine harvesters and tractors. I saw a
> story in the new vision some time ago (may be The Monitor) where former
> IDP dwellers who used to depend on WFP were now supplying WFP. May be
> our issues are not about how lucrative cotton or tobacco may be but
> rather, the scale with which we undertake ventures. Do we even have land
> or capacity to grow meaningful cotton? We used to have cottage
> industries were ladies used to make sweaters and crochets do we still
> have capacity. Are there other things we can do targeting the Sudan and
> Congo markets to kick out poverty. I am just thinking loudly. Good day
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
> On Nov 1, 2012, at 1:57 AM, Sam Aderubo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> John,
>
>
>
> Cotton,cotton and cotton.Or if we please, tobacco, tobacco and
> tobacco. So? Kindly attempt growing this golden crop one season and tell
> me your side of the story.Is the problem a piece of land in the belt?, I
> can rent you a few acres of land for the purpose, if you wish. It is all
> business, isn''t it?
>
>
>
> Just look at Francis Kagolo's analysis, from cotton and you end
> up with cocoa.
>
>
>
> Fine, let's get going.
>
>
>
> From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:13 PM
> Subject: [WestNileNet] Cotton Industry coming back
>
>
>
> Dear brothers and sisters,
>
> I hope this information finds you in good health. Food for
> thought.
>
>
>
> Sometime last year, we had brief discussion to find ways and
> means of reviving cotton in what used to be cotton growing belt in West
> Nile ( Moyo, Adjumani and Nebbi districts). In that conversation, I did
> state the significance of reviving cotton industry in the region which
> could generate several hundred job if we rehabilitate the Ginning
> Factories.
>
>
>
> If you have not read this, please read for yourself why it is so
> important for public policy advisers (economic planners) from the WN
> region to pay attention some fundamental economic problems in the
> region. Look at what happens else where in Uganda.
>
> (
> http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/636918-cotton-industry-recovers-producti
> on-doubles.html).
>
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