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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Farmers in Bukedi Sub-region have embraced the growing of soya beans to fight household poverty.<\/p>\n

For decades, the sub-region had been known for growing cotton but the trend has changed due to, among other factors, lower prices compared to soya beans.<\/p>\n

For instance, a kilogramme of soya beans is sold between Shs3, 000 and Shs5,000 while cotton prices are unpredictable ranging between Shs800 and Shs1,000 per kilogramme.<\/p>\n

Mr David Kawu, a resident of Kabuna Sub-county, abandoned cotton growing because it is labour intensive and less profitable compared to soya beans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the previous season, I harvested 500 kilogrammes of soya beans and earned Shs2.5 million. If I had planted cotton, I would not have fetched Shs500,000. Cotton growing is just a waste of time and resources, \u201che said.<\/p>\n

Another farmer from Budaka Sub-county, Mr Stephen Kisale, said he earned Shs6.5 million after harvesting and selling 1.3 tonnes of soya beans in the previous season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t regret embracing soya bean cultivation because if I had planted cotton, I wouldn\u2019t have got that money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The North Bukedi Cooperative Union said production of cotton has been declining since 2003, especially in Bukedi, due to poor quality seeds and low prices of the traditional cash crop.<\/p>\n

Ms Florence Twanza, a resident of Budaka Town Council, said: \u201cThe cultivation of soya beans will drive people out of poverty because cotton is labour-intensive and has low profits.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 88.3 percent of the households in Bukedi depend on subsistence farming.<\/p>\n

The National Development Plan III poverty reduction projections for the sub-region will be 25.8 percent by 2025.<\/p>\n

Mr Asani Daki, a resident of Tademeri Sub-county, said the soils in Bukedi also favour soya beans growing, compared to other crops.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur soils are good for soya bean growing that is partly the reason farmers are earning more from it,\u201d Mr Daki, said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ibrahim Mulepo, the chairperson of Budaka District Soya Growing Cooperative Ltd, said farmers have shunned cotton growing because they have remained poor.<\/p>\n

\u201cCotton had only contributed to their [farmers\u2019] prolonged life in poverty, \u201cMr Mulepo, said, adding that the cooperative so far has 2,500 farmers<\/p>\n

Mr Stephen Nyende, the secretary of the cooperative, said in the previous season, they harvested 8 tonnes of soya beans and hope for higher yields.<\/p>\n

The North Bukedi Cooperative Union Chairman, Mr Farouk Gundi, however, said that efforts are being made to revamp cotton growing by offering better prices and incentives to farmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a union, we are not just sitting but making efforts to have farmers turn back to cotton growing, which used to be a lucrative enterprise,\u201dMr Gundi said.<\/p>\n

Poverty<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022In June 2021, Uganda National Household survey 2019\/20 report by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics<\/p>\n

showed of the 8.5 million people living in poverty, most resided in Busoga, Bukedi, Acholi and Kigezi regions.<\/p>\n

\u2022The report said the number of people living under poverty in Busoga stood at 14 percent followed by Bukedi region at 10.4percent and Acholi sub-region, which stood at 10.3 percent<\/p>\n

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