Nwoya urged on fruit farming as juice factory looms

By Charles Mukiibi

Nwoya woman member of parliament Lilly Adong has urged local communities in her constituency to start fruit farming to fight poverty.

Adong was Sunday attending a seedling training on how to plant grafted oranges and mangoes and participated in the distribution of seedlings to the local community at Koch Goma sub County headquarters.

She commended government for delivering the seedlings in time during the first rainy session.

Nwoya woman MP Lilly Adong centre in a (gomesi) attend a small training on how to plant grafted mangoes seedlings at Koch Goma sub county, Nwoya district Sunday. The seedlings were distributed under government's operation wealth creation program. PHOTO/Charles Mukiibi 
 

She also advised the community to engage in commercial farming to reap big rather than wasting time small scale growing of millet, sorghum and other crops which for home consumption.

A juice factory is in the offing in Nwoya district by Delight Nwoya Fruits Outgrowers Scheme.