This article is an excerpt of New Vision article
As matooke takes lead as a staple food in Uganda and some parts of East Africa, banana farmers and those willing to take on the enterprise were trained on the best agronomical practices at the 2021 Virtual Harvest Money Expo.
Dr. Priver Namanya speaking at the training session of the virtual Harvest Money expo.
Dr. Priver Namanya Bwesigye, the NARO Banana Research Program leader gave tips on banana farming. She was hosted together with Washington Mugerwa, a banana farmer from Nakaseke as experts to take farmers through all stages of growing bananas as a business.
During the training session of the virtual Harvest Money expo, Dr Namanya said to manage a banana plantation well, Agro-climate, Soil requirements, and land preparation are key environmental facts that must be considered.
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