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What fertilizer is recommended for top dressing in maize?

['Can works', 'Normally urea or npk is used. can better be used after soil analysis. the major soil nutrients are npk and most limiting in soils.']

How can agronomist overcome problems due to persistent use of fertilizers?

['Teaching farmers on how to prepare farm yard manure']

Is it advisable to burn plant residues when preparing for the next season?

['We do not recommend burning. burning not a climate smart practice. we encourage composting the materials or do rotation to reduce on host specific pests and diseases', 'We do not recommend burning. burning not a climate smart practice. we encourage composting the materials or do rotation to reduce on host specific pests and diseases']

How can farmers control maize streak disease in dokolo district?

['Early planting', 'Use torelant varieties. identify affected plants and lodge them out (pull them out and burn them)']

Where are the nearest markets for cassava in koboko?

['Normally the nearest market is the local market. james, i think try to try your local traders in koboko town. or call and talk to mr. joseph, for more guidance. ']

Hi, the chat room is not opening ,why?

['Sorry, should be able to open now. ']

What is micro nutrients

['The plant nutrients are divided into macro and micro nutrients. macro or essential are a must and required in bigger quantities. e.g. nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcoumetcmicro nutrients are required in small/trace quantities and too much may cause toxicity to the crop and human life e.g. zinc, manganese, iron, copper, boron, chlorine, etc']

Why do maize appear with different color of the grains during harvest having planted the same color of grains?

['Cross pollination effects', 'This could be an effect of cross pollination but it happens if you planted different varieties or lines or your garden is a few meters away', 'This could be an effect of cross pollination but it happens if you planted different varieties or lines or your garden is a few meters away']

Can npk do well on cassava?

['No need to apply npk on cassava. look at other explanations given']

Is there any cassava disease this affects maize i beans

["No, we haven't yet discovered any disease that affect both cassava and beans or maize, since they belong to different groups of plants, they may not be able to share common diseases"]

What chemical can best be used for storage of beans?

['Question not specific ', 'This is not easy but some artificial seed preservatives are food grade (used to store grain for food)', 'Marathon']

At wvat intervals should liquid manure be applied on beans

['Sprinkling on them', "I know of rhizobia for nitrogen fixation that you mix and plant with seed using a sticking substance such as sugar. it's sold in makerere. they have for bean's, soybeans and groundnuts"]

Why is it tha t local processd cassva chips can go bad faster

['This is not true. process and dry chips well. we advise that you process cassava during the season when there is enough sunshine to dry them well']

Why ist that white flies are not seen during rain session?

['Whiteflies are seen through out the year but in rainy seasons their number goes low because they are killed by rain and also their life cycle slow due to cold temperatures. so their population builds up slowly unlike in dry season when their life cycle is fast and population builds up faster.', 'Thank you okao for that reply,', 'Thanks for that reply']

How can the govt help thefarmersinkagadibehelpedd

['Please approach your district production offices on how to access help from government ']

What biological control can help to fight fall army worms in maize?

['Where are these stems? please contact your agricultural or commercial officer or operation wealth creation officers for possible market(s)', 'Were are you located, and market of which crop']

What is the recommended moisture content for storing beans

['The conditions vary from seed, to planting method and soils. poor seeds (almost losing viability) will not germinate evenly. planting at different depth will not come out evenly. some soils may be poor. other causes may include poor placement of fertilisers (which may burn the seed), etc']

Which type of fertilizer is best for farmers do apply to bean's

['Sugar 31 or nabe 12c, locally called masavu', 'According to the past (experience), rain comes in late feb to march depending on your region (u have not mentioned it). however, the changes in climate have led to early and late coming of rains. the meteorological authority posted a weather forecast for this period. start preparing your field', 'Dap is the best for planting beans.', 'Dap is the best for planting beans.', 'Dap is the best for planting beans.', 'Dap is the best for planting beans.']

What is average productivity of 10h longi in kiboga?

['Under good management i.e good land preparation, right spacing and good management, you get average of 7tons per hectare ']

Some people are complaining that this new varrieties of cassava are the cuoses of cansa is that true.

["This is not true. cassava doesn't cause any cancer. just process your cassava well and eat them", "No it's not the variety of cassava just depends on how you prepare your food try to prevent afratoccin", 'Thanks for your reply']

Aclean planting material is required for plantig .how can farmer detect aclean planting material in maize? and where can it be found.

['A certified seed is considered clean so long as the source is good. if u r interested in a particular variety, know where to source it from. all that information can be received from your production officer, naro zonal institute, nacrri, etc']

What is conservation tillage in land preparation for maize planting?

['You will experience a problem if it has dried and it rains when the beans are still in the garden, otherwise, the new bean series can tolerate the rain', 'The information we provide is good for researchers to compile the pressing problems and submit to either research or responsible organisation. all that we enjoy is coming from research (not only agricultural research). remember research can only be done if there is a problem and researchers need to be informed. this forum is one of the ways. please keep forwarding the problems']

What bean variety has early maturity and how many days?

['Most beans mature early and they usually take 60-75 days', 'Bush bean varieties 52days']

Suppose one is digging a plot of garden. where there is maize plants which have been harvested and these plants are put under the soil ,will these maize plants affect the new planted seeds or seedlings

['It may or it may not. remember the importance of crop rotation. it helps avoid manifestation of pests and diseases. by you burying them, you encouraging multiplication of pests and diseases']

What are the factors that promote sprayed of white fly in the garden of cassava

['Although environmental factors encourage spread of the whiteflies, presence of host plants also play a big role. you may need to apply some chemicals to control increase in numbers']

How can farmers control pest like monkey,rats from destroying maize in the garden

['Traps, rodentcides and baits, use of scare crawls, muluku (tephrosia) plants, etc']

U said da main crops to be focused on are maize, cassava and beans . now my qtn. is sh'd we also report even other crops ie g/nuts dat are not in good situation or not?

["For now, let's accept the three crops. if u happen to as about another crop, the experts may help to answer it. problem with opening up is that anyone may ask anything and affect the project focus"]

How can we prevent cassava mosaic?

['You need to plant clean disease free improved cassava varieties like narocass1 ,nase 14 and also uproot and burn the infected plants']

Which pesticide can best be used to control aphids in beans?

['it is not only soils that limit cassava production in kigezi and kabale in particular, but the issue of altitude and so temperatures. in kigezi, cassava does well kanungu and rukungiri low land areas of bwambara and kihihi in kanungu. otherwise cassava prefers well drained soils which are sandy and light in nature ', 'We need to receive questions from all of you and i appeal to my fellow experts to always try and respond to the queries']

When are the signs of a poor soil

["It's mostly due to nitrogen deficiency (i.e there's shortage of required amounts of nitrogen by the maize plant)", 'When the top soi is thin or absent', 'When the soi has many stones']

Which maize variety grows will amidest litle rain fall?afarmer in kiboga.

['You may try mm3, longe 4 & 5 (but not hybrids). ']

What is the effect of moisture on stored beans?

['Causes rotting of beans seeds']

How can afarmer control vermines?

['See question on this about vermine control']

I have 500 kgs of naro bean 1 seed in kabale, where is the market

['The trader in kanungu on can buy the beans, call him and negotiate ']

When should i déliver thé report

['After taking your pictures']

What are the uses of living organisms into the soil

['Mixing soil particles', 'Fixing nitrogen into the soil', 'Mixes soil nutrients']

What is the yield of naro bean 3 per acre?

['There is no shop for these at the moment. one needs to provide favourable conditions for the growth and multiplication of these predatory organisms. you may need to contact nogamu or organic farmers for help']

How much is the price of narocash of a sack

['Between 20000 to 35000= per bag']

What causes low productivity in beans.

['If you do not do all those good agricultural practices right from seed selection, seed bed preparation, timely planting, fertilisation, timely weeding, pests and disease control, etc', 'Fred, let me add on what madam nakyagaba has provided, please always do all the recommended practices properly and timely. short of that you will always get low crop yields ']

Are beans sprayed with chemicals dangerous to our bodies when eaten?.

['Chemical.use.is.not bad as such. however, improper use of all things including the medicine we take may be dangerous. advice is to use the right chemical for a particular disease or pest or problem in the right quantities and at the right time']

How many days or month do beans take to grow

['It depends on variety but bewer varieties take 50 to 70days maximum with a mean of 60days']

what is the best chemical for treating nabe 15 beans. milka dravuru terego district

['Mr. milka, you want to treat against what? kindly re phrase your question and ask again! ', 'Treatment depends on whether it is for food, feed or seed']

What are the qualities of good cassava cuttings for planting?

['The qualities of cassava cutting for planting: disease free, good and many nodes, young stems of age 8- 18 months old.']

What is wilting in beans?

['Growing of different crops in the garden (mainly at the same time) e.g. beans and maize, beans and cassava, bananas and coffee, etc but it can be temporal and spatial']

What is the best cassava variety that is resistant to cbs?

['Like already indicated, at the moment, the narocas 1 variety is still the best']

Artificial fertilizers and organic manure which one conserves soil better than the other? .

['Mr benson, inorganic fertilizers only provide ready nutrients for quick uptake, but organic fertilizers build the soil structure and relesease nutrients in small and sustainable quantities and so conservs the soils better ']

.its now season for growing beans, but does it also apply to bush beans or climbers first?

['For both']

I would like to know the type of pesticides used to kill oxalis weed in bean field

['This one is stricky. better control the weed before planting or germination of the beans. otherwise, any herbicide for broad leaved weeds can do but be careful since beans are also broad leaved. because oxalis has a seed, a systemic herbicide would be better.']

Adjumani district, what are the necessary conditions for cassava germination

['Oxygen,moiture']

Long five is good for the famers

['Yes', 'Seen', 'Yes']

Adsurv team let's us send images

[' i think we went through the process of sending images. farmers do that please', 'Thanks.']

What is the spacing necessary for beans nambaale

['All short /bush bean varieties including nambale should be spaced at 50cm between lines/rows and 10 cm between plants/beans within the line']

I am a farmer in masaka, where can i get resistant cassava streak virus free planting materials?

['I hv ns19and norcus1 which is free from desease in free desease district en how many bags do u want.']

Do the use of artificial fertilizers degrade the soil?

['True it does', 'True it does use organic manure']

Why are nitrogenous fertilizer only top dress in beans plants in dokolo district.

['Fertilizers are applied on beans right from planting and a few days to or at flowering depending on type of fertiliser. besides, nitrogen fertilisers like urea release nutrients very first and are applied for quick uptake of the nutrients. beans may not need top dressing. at such time, the bean plant should have grown enough leaves and would be in the process of developing pods. if there are excess leaves, then the pods will be few']

What could be the posible cause of weakly jermination of maize seedling in garden

['Lack of enough nutrients in the soil ', 'The seed may not be good, hence, poor germination, otherwise maize should start germinating within a week if it has good germination conditions especially water']

I would like to know if herbicide for weeding gnuts can also be used to weed cassava.

[" i am not sure but sor far the available herbicides are for beans and maize. however, u can use selective herbicides which don't affect broad leaved crops"]

My adsurv 1.1 has stopped n it dos'nt allow me to fill blank forms any more how can i ready load it again

['Martin we will call you to resolve this. ', 'This was actually resolved.']

What causes cassava to shade off leaves during the dry season?

['They do so to survive during the dry season by regulating the amount of water lost from their bodies. this is called survival strategy']

What are the effects of excessive rain fall on cassava production?

['Rotting of cassava tubers']

What is the best spaces for the maize

['There are 7 narobean varieties, five of which are bush/short type and 2 are climbers. you should point to a particular variety and you will get the descriptions, otherwise we should also put the pictures in resources']

How do earth worms influence soil development for cassava cuttings?

['You can do by bird scarig either using people or scare crows']

What is cassava bactarial wilt

['There is no disease called cassava bacterial wilt but there is cassava bactetial blight or cbb. its a disease of cassava caused by bactetia and causes cassava leaves to look like burnt by fire especially after a hail storm hitying cassava field']

How much is a kilograme of maize in serere?

['Contact a farmer in serere']

Why is it that in kigezi region mast especially kabale they do not plant cassava ?

['It is because of their climate, it does not favor cassava growth', 'Cassava is grown in kigezi or kabale but the only problem is due to cold weather, cassava takes 2years to mature due to coldness. so most farmers get discouraged']

Post harvest handling of maize grain has become a problem i there any way this can be solved?

['How have you being sending your filled forms,you might have missed some steps.', 'White flies to cbsd is like mosquito to malaria. when feeding on sap on plants it transmits the virus that causes cbsd.']

Pipo i took some photos of cassaver for diagnosis but i have feld knowdge of send'g it

['Please get back to gloria for assistance']

Are we going to get fliers of maize and beans ad it was on cassava,,,? ramathan.

['Kindly get in touch with mr. mutembesa']

Why does my forms fail to be submitted? surally am having that problem

['Get stable place for network ']

What type of soil is beans doing well

['Loam soil', 'Fertile soil', 'Good soil', 'Fertile soil']

What other crops can be intercropped with maize in kiboga?

['Soya beans,millet,simsim', 'Soya beans,millet,simsim', 'Cassava and beans']

Once again here in kiryandongo district,we farmer have never received any new veriaty of been seeds.how can we get it.

['The most popular new bush bean varieties are narobean 1 to 3. they can be bought from nacrri, naro holdings, harvest plus, genuine input shops, etc. u may go to bulindi for more information']

How can farmers in terego be helped to add value to their maize interms of machinery for fine grinding. milka.

['Milka, for me i think the farmers can make an initiative of bargaining a maize processing innovation platform and approach owc for seed grant under value addition programme ']

.in my research farmers have a belief that the best way to control storage pests is by spraying the store with pesticides before storage.is it very effective?

[' spraying pesticides is right if you use the right pesticides true to the pest in question and timely and properly used. ', "It is true but also do timely harvesting, dry the products well, use clean bags, ensure good ventilation. don't store seed on ground (get pallets), avoid moisture entering the store, etc"]

What are the best agronomic practices to maximize cassava yield?.

['Cassava production in kabale is tricky but like all other crops, good agronomic practices should be applied. avoid floods']

.what could be the best soil for growing cassava because in our area it doesn't produce high yields?

['You can do by bird scarig either using people or scare crows', 'you can spray your maize garden with dimethoate pestcide without targeting any crop. it can repell birds for some days due to its pargent smell. however the best solution of birds is group farming done at the same time to get big ecaraeges at the same time in the same locality in addition to scaring the birds as mebellu suggested ']

How can a farmer break seed domarncy locally

['Beans do not have problems of seed dormancy. they can even germinate when still fresh (before drying) as long s they have the right conditions']

What causes leaf spots on the cassava

['This could be cassava brown leaf spot disease or anthracnose disease. send a picture']

There are varieties of maize which one yields beter afarmer from apac

['Yes, though the farmer is not specific of the varieties grown in apacc']

Is there any new variety of cassava apart from narocas1 and 2?

['Mm3, longe 4 and 5 and other new wema varieties', 'Contact gloria ', 'You are right and this will depend on the crop the people are interested in. different areas may need different croos']

What causes the bean plants to dry after 3to5 weeks of germination and what could be the remedy ? charles from serete district .

['It is usually the effect of bean fry. uproot the bean plant and check for maggots at the collar level. always spray 2 to 3 weeks after germination']

What is cbsd?

['Cbsd,is cassava brown streak disease.']

Musema, in which format do we apply fertilizer in the beans garden

['All forms, e.g. grain, dust or foliar fertiliser. can apply in the hole, make a ring around the plant, furrow or broadcast and plough it in (not very much recommended)']

Where does white fly originates

['They are indigenous to africa but they not only stay on cassava but other plants as well. ']

Which other diseases mostly affecting cassava apart from cassava brown streak disease?

['I think cassava bacteria blight disease', 'Cassava mosaic tile most common in other districts', 'There is also cassava mealybug', 'There is also cassava mealybug', 'Cassava green mite is also common', 'We also have cassava root rot. this is more common on cassava planted in swampy areas or any other waterlogged areas', 'Cassava mosaic', 'Cassava mosaic', 'Adjumani district, the deadly cassava mosaic']

How can i dry my maize seeds well?

["Soil fertility is key in maize production especially npk. don't use water logged soils (ensure well drained soils). hence, a good loam soil is advantageous", 'Seen', 'By drying them on an iron sheet to make them dry well']

How can farmers ensure the best farming practices

['Proper digging', 'By following all the agronomic practices', 'It s true']

How many days do beans take to germinate?

[' it can take four yo seven days', 'I think one week']

How many kgs plantet in 1acare

['10 kgs']

What are the uses of soil air in the soil.

['Oxygen for germination']

Which type of cassave can work well at masindi?

['I think all cassava does well in uganda with the exception of high streak virus problem in central uganda']

During heavy rains, tendrils of beans tend to rot and fall down. how can this be overcomed? .

['I request the beans program, mr ssekandi wilber to respond. here in the zone, climbing beans are just being introduced ']

What causes cassava tubers to look like rosary csamuel arua

['Could be due to cassava streak virus']

What's the price of cassava floor in kumi district per kg?

['Check with your district commercial office']

What are the symptoms of maize streak disease

['The plants is deformed', 'The yellowish stripes running on the leaves', 'Continuous parallel chlorotic streaks on leaves,failure to produce complete seeds']

Which variety of maize seed is good for plantation in dry area

['Unlike otherwise, bush beans like nabe 4 are spaced at 50*10cm. the climbers can be spaced at 50*20cm. this is for mono crop. if beans are in an intercrop the spacing may be more. also soil fertility may determine spacing. ', 'Start pest monitoring as early as one week after planting. at early infestation,you may use rocket. if the pest infestation is high, rocket may not work,. use amdocs. better to spray in the evening (due to pest feeding habit)']

Why is it that when beans are sprayed with pontet do leaves dry?

['I am not sure of what potent is. may be i make the question clear']

We are looking for supplyer who can supply's wz fuil parkage of maize milling eqwempment cal me

['Contact namalere appropriate technology research institute ']

What is the ideal climatic condition for beans farmers have experienced poor yields during the past two seasons

['Please check in earlier questions. i answered it two weeks ago. it depends on planting method', "It's 750 per kg in busoga region", "See response on the previous question..can be prevented by using tolerant bean varieties, proper spacing, don't water beans from top, etc"]

Which season is good for planting bean's

['Use a maize crib but if not available, dry maize properly before storin', "My dear, these are two different things. let you not be confused by the fanatics. hybrids are produced through the normal traditional breeding system. could even be by hands. a hybrid is a 1st generation cross. e.g. cross a & b with the desired characteristics you want mainly yield. if you plant it again, there may be segregation and effect of further uncontrolled crossing. genetically modified products are done through may be engineering. don't worry about these for now. ", 'Of course it will. the most important step in seed production is inspection. get planting materials from certified gardens', "I think rainy seasons are good for the planting of beans. so it's better you plant during the beginning of the rainy season.", 'During rainy season']