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On Sunday, Uganda's biggest agricultural exhibition — Harvest Money Expo — ended at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala.
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 DAY THREE AS IT HAPPENED 
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 5:00 PM 

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It's a wrap!

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 4:12 PM 

📸  In training sessions

The training sessions have been engaging...

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 3:05 PM 

Watch: 'I have met exhibitors I have never met'

Busiro East MP Medard Lubega Sseggona is finding the expo "interesting".

"I have been able to meet exhibitors I have never met before, especially those involved in chain value management, organic fertilization, etc," he says.


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 2:14 PM 

Watch: 'We arrange educational programmes'

Jongsan Choi, the manager of KOICA's K-ABIC Project, is attending the expo to have a sense of how they the Korean government can support Uganda's agriculural development.


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 1:24 PM 

Pastor Ssempa, MP Sseggona at expo

Pastor Martin Ssempa meets Busiro East MP Medard Lubega Sseggona at the Harvest Money Expo here a Kololo.

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 12:28 PM 

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A stroll around Kololo....

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 11:57 AM 

'Hass has ready market'

By Eddie Ssejjoba:

Martin Nyakone, the lead agronomist at Avocare, says Hass avocado is highly profitable and has a ready market. He says fruit should be grown in the compound, it has a long shelf life, it can last 14 days after harvest and it does not ripen on the tree. 

It has high yields and is ready for harvest in two-and-half years, and a farmer can harvest four tonnes in one acre.

Nyakone says Hass avocado has a lot of nutrients and that Ugandans should embrace it.

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 11:40 AM 

Handling Hass avocado after harvesting

Meanwhile, in one of the training rooms, Grace Kazigati, the NAADS agribusiness development officer, has been taking expogoers through post-harvest handling and innovations (especially growing and harvesting) of Hass avocado.

She says starters should begin with a few trees of avocado and can increase the number with time after getting knowledge and skills, reports Eddie Ssejjoba.

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 11:03 AM 

Pastor Ssempa preaches at expo

Pastor Ssempa has been a ubiquitous feature at this Harvest Money Expo. On this last day of the event, he has been preaching to expogoers who did not make it to church today.

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 10:45 AM 

Watch: Come and learn about mushrooms

Ritah is a graduate teacher who decided to venture into farming. Here at the Harvest Money Expo, she talks about the reishi mushroom, whose scientific name is Ganoderma lingzhi.


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 10:24 AM 

#HarvestMoneyExpo

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 9:46 AM 

📝 Day 3 training programme

The training rooms (or tents) will be busy today:

 MORNING SESSION 
▪️  Cattle breeding
▪️  Poultry
▪️ Coffee
▪️  Hass avocado and macadamia farming

 AFTERNOON SESSION 
▪️  Insect farming as a business
▪️  Local poultry rearing
▪️  Piggery
▪️   Growing pastures for cash

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 9:20 AM 

There are more sessions of training today.

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 9:30 AM 

☀️ Good morning

Hello everyone. It's the third and final day of the Harvest Money Expo 2024 here at Kololo Independence Grounds in Uganda's capital Kampala.

The sun is already out and up in full force. A gentle breeze is doing well to offer some much-needed cooling effect. It promises to be a busy day of exhibitions and trainings as we hit the final lap.