date:Jul 17, 2013
es of the cereal to plant. It is one of those studies being carried out whose results are to be scaled up throughout Uganda.
The first consignment was five kilos of seeds which were planted. The results showed a yield capacity of 2.5 tonnes per hectare, according to Dr Peter Lusembo, director of research at Muzardi.
This compares with 1.3 tonnes per hectare, 1.4 tonnes per hectare and 1.5 tonnes per hectare per hectares of the local varieties, he adds. Though in China, the yield is twice that,