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Nyabyumba United

Farmers’ Cooperative

and SACCO Proud

of AFAP Support to

Kabaale Agro-Inputs

Supply Ltd

We did not know fertilizers are also used in beans and sorghum. We
thought fertilizers are for Irish potatoes since it is the commonest, we grow for
sale.
Mr Goret, treasurer of the Nyabyumba United Farmers’ Cooperative society Ltd

Challenge seen negatively for having low yields, being economically
unprofitable and contributing to alcoholism in the zone.
Nyabyumba United Farmers, including the entire Katenga However, the question that is frequently asked and is
sub-county in Kasese district hardly used fertilizers or never adequately answered is: Why do farmers continue
herbicides. They also did not care to follow other basic to grow sorghum if it is as unprofitable as it is alleged?
agronomy practices like planting key crops like sorhum We all know that farmers are not irrational in the decision
and beans in rows. Sorghum cultivation is deeply ingrained although other camps may think otherwise.
in the sociocultural life of the people in Nyabyumba and
Kigezi region as a whole. However, the crop has been Sorghum contributes significantly to the food culture of
Banyakigezi or Bakiga. It is used to prepare a soft beverage,

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