President\nYoweri Museveni has called on the youths in particular and the country at large\nto engage in commercial agro-production and value addition as a means of\neradicating household poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFood\nproduction only for the stomach is not good. You must have income for\nyourselves. In all that you do, you must work with good calculations. I want to\nsupport the youth groups of Karamoja by donating to them flour mills and enable\nthe production of animal feeds. This will assure us of value addition,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President made the call during a meeting with a delegation of youths from the Sub-Regions of West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Karamoja and Teso Sub-Regions who called on him at State House, Entebbe accompanied by some elders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Museveni encouraged the Karamoja members in the delegation in particular to cultivate fruits such as oranges, mangoes and grapes and observed that dates can do well in their Sub-Region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He assured them that NRM Government is fully committed to providing communal valley dams adding that the long-term target is to enable each home to have its own water. He was optimistic that under this arrangement the zero grazing efforts to promote dairy production would be fruitful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President called on wananchi in the Sub-Regions to strive and actualize value addition on various agro-products targeting the export market. He called on Teso Sub-Region to exploit the opportunities offered by the fruit processing plant in their area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that the plant has not been fully utilized due to insufficient supply of fruits adding that some farmers have produced the type of oranges not suitable for juice extraction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He, therefore, directed agricultural officials to work closely with the community in ensuring good quality suitable fruit breeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding efforts to promote the dairy industry in Teso Sub-Region, the President used the occasion to urge Acholi Sub-Region to also fully embrace dairy production activities because their area has abundant water resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Museveni advised his visitors to take leadership seriously and elect people who are dedicated to the promotion of interests and needs of communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further reminded them that the role of leadership entails showing wananchi the way and to deliver services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He asked them to visit the Presidential farm at Kawumu in Luweero District to enable them get acquainted with small scale agro production practices <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni has called on the youths in particular and the country at large to engage in commercial agro-production and value addition as a means of eradicating household poverty. \u201cFood production only for the stomach is not good. You must have income for yourselves. In all that you do, you must work with good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":11387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-11386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n