Statistics show that Butalejja is one of the districts that grow rice on a large scale.
As the country struggles to improve on the rice productivity, the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) together with the Farmers Association in Iganga, have come up with a new rice species “white 9” and “AR 1189” which they have introduced to the Namunasa Mixed Rice Farmers Association in Butalejja, advising them to start growing them so as to increase on rice production and their cost of living.
According to Moses Ekubu researcher in NARO, he said that these new modern species not only grow fast but they also carry weight compared to other species.
He further noted that they have come up with a machine that makes the work easier in processing.
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