Production Department

NOTICES

Dr. Kiwanuka Noah

Senior Veterinary Officer

Components;
Agriculture
Veterinary
Fish farming
Entomology

The 4th and 5th sectors are mainly handled at district level because of non-provision in our structure.

The 2 divisions of Mukono Municipal Council (Goma and Mukono Central Division) were previously agricultural hubs with vast farms doing animal and crop husbandry.

Today urbanization has led to an escalation of the cost of land fragmentation, land conflicts and land grabbing.

All these negatively impacted on production in Mukono Municipal Council as more people moved into business in the formal and informal sectors.

However farmers have adopted urban farming approaches to cope with the shrinking agricultural land although a few have managed to maintain the large acreage to stay in extension farming.

SYSTEMS USED IN MUKONO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL INCLUDE:
Zero grazing animals
Poultry keeping in houses
Poultry keeping in cages
Piggery in concrete houses or on indigenous microorganisms (IMO)
Open land cultivation

MAIN CROPS GROWN
Maize, beans
Cassava
Fruits (oranges, mangoes, jack fruits, pawpaw)
Banana, sweet potatoes.
Most crops grown are used for home consumption and are done on small to medium s

Main livestock kept
Poultry
Dairy cattle
Piggery
Small animals such as fish
Most livestock kept are for commercial purposes.

Recommendations
Well-wishers to support the department with a vehicle for transport for ease of service delivery
Communities to be trained on the issues of ownership of government programmes and thus sustainability
Fundable proposals to be written and thus support to the department in the section of labor, probation and culture.
Continuous sensitization of communities on the existing legal frame works governing community matters
Continuous sensitization of communities on the values of education for their children and taking responsibility towards their children