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05 Dec 22

Risk management in bamboo farming

There is currently a lot of interest in bamboo growing and processing as it is a new potential cash crop plant on the market. A lot of its benefits are being pointed out with little attention to the risk part of bamboo farming. Bamboo farming has some risks that have…

04 Dec 22

Guidelines for bamboo farming

The ten-year Uganda National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan (2019-29) highlights the importance of bamboo growing and processing to the sustainable economic growth of Uganda. The focus of the strategy is to achieve a viable and sustainable bamboo industry in Uganda. To the Ugandan household, bamboo has several benefits including…

03 Dec 22

Growing green gold bamboo in Katubwe, Wakiso

Bamboos are giant members of the grasses family and the fastest-growing plants in the world. There are over 1,200 species of bamboo. Bamboo can grow in any landscape including those that are considered degraded. It can grow in sandy, stony, and sometimes water-logged areas. On our farm, we have over…

01 Nov 22

What can go wrong with your retirement plan

A retirement plan is a tool that guides someone before and during a retirement period. It is, however, subject to risks that might result from so many sources including wrong assumptions, current financial uncertainties, future technological trends, unanticipated global diseases, and future shifts and disruptions in local and global economies…

27 Oct 22

Success is attracted by those who aim at it

Success is when one achieves his or her purpose or mission in life. Success in life is not a chance achievement but a deliberate effort by someone to personally walk the journey to the world of success. There are no universal formulas that one can select from to implement in…

17 Oct 22

Critical aspects of your retirement plan

There is a number of ways one can use in approach this topic of financing your retirement but you have to take into consideration the risk weighting attached to each way. Some ways are quite risky and therefore, you have to select an option that will minimise the risk of…

11 Oct 22

How to maximise gains or profits from farming

Profits or gains formula A farmer must have an intention of making profits or gains at the time of venturing into farming activities. Profits are made when the income from farm products and services exceeds the costs of producing the products and services including the general costs of managing the…

06 Oct 22

Preparing for retirement on the farm

Retirement Retirement refers to withdrawing from the workforce or being available in the labor market which I call phase 1 and starting phase 2 of life. In phase 1 you are working to earn money to pay the bills and savings whereas in phase 2 you are working for self-satisfaction…

30 Sep 22

My journey in acquiring land for farming

As a respectable citizen, you ought to buy land, as the Hebrew proverb states “He is not a full man who does not own a piece of land.” And the fact that land is considered a valuable investment as Mark Twain puts it clearly “Buy land, they’re not making it…

29 Sep 22

Man cannot live without bees

When we started our farm in the early 1990s we found a lot of bees in the area, unfortunately, the bees have been destroyed to pave way for farming and human settlement. Many were destroyed by burning them! At the time wild bees were nesting in termites’ mounds, underground tunnels…