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My prayer for a presidential order on high-yielding seeds, irrigation
Officials from the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) inspect water reservoir and pumps at River Galana on August 26, 2020. PHOTO | CHARLES LWANGA | NMG
And so to agriculture. We have been promised a revolution, but what we need now are no distractions. No talk or thought of sabotage, no politicking: just everyone to do their part and double our food production. For, really, it is possible, and we could do it so fast.
So let’s keep it simple. First base, let’s make high-yield seeds a term everybody knows. For, of course, we can use the seeds our grandfather used. But we could grow a tomato, or cassava, or passion fruit seed that delivers twice as much fruit.