{"id":61906,"date":"2023-12-06T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=61906"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:37:28","slug":"experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives and farming knowingly or unknowingly.<\/b><\/p>\n

In some instances, according to agricultural experts, the heavy treatment of soil with fertilisers has led to the decline in soil fertility in some farmlands on the River Nile bank.<\/p>\n

They said the heavy release of agrochemicals causes acute health effects, including itching eyes, rashes, blister, blindness, dizziness and death.<\/p>\n

And in the environment, excessive use of inorganic fertilisers often leads to the contamination of ground water with nitrate, a chemical compound that in large concentrations is poisonous to humans and animals.<\/p>\n

Mr Stephen Odu, one of the farmers in Adjumani District, said at the weekend that there is increased use of herbicides.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the farmers have little knowledge of handling the chemical that is why you see some failed to handle it. Dealers in fertilisers run many adverts on local radio stations to entice farmers but they don\u2019t give out the disadvantages of the use of these chemicals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse of organic fertilisers like animal droppings can help but the agro ecological chemicals are expensive. The tomatoes sprayed with these chemicals do not taste like those grown naturally. It is better to use compost manure for the farms,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ms Margret Masudio, the chairperson for Women Forum for Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers\u2019 Forum (ESAFF), said: \u201cFarmers use bare hands to mix it, and their eyes, noses and mouths are never protected. They then develop skin problems. We need to sensitise these farmers on usage of agro-chemicals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr William Amanzuru, the team leader of Friends of Zoka Forest, said: \u201cOur regulatory system has loopholes where some of the agrochemicals used are not recommended. This puts human life at high risk because we do not regulate what we consume and we equally do not know about the plants or vegetables we consume.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Amanzuru added that there is need to need to guard against the environmental destruction caused by the heavy use of fertilisers.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives and farming knowingly or unknowingly. In some instances, according to agricultural experts, the heavy treatment of soil with fertilisers has led to the decline in soil fertility in some farmlands on the River Nile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-61906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nExperts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"424\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\",\"name\":\"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":424,\"caption\":\"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers - Uganda","description":"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers","og_description":"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":424,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers","datePublished":"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers"},"wordCount":361,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers","name":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-06T17:51:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Farmers from West Nile districts of Adjumani and Yumbe have continued to use fertilisers which affects their lives an ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1701864401.395643.jpg","width":720,"height":424,"caption":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-warn-on-over-use-of-fertilisers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Experts warn on over use of\u00a0 fertilisers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}