Rwenzori farmers demand more extension workers to boost modern farming
Farmers in the Rwenzori region are bitter over the lack of extension workers to guide them on various modern farming aspects that can make their enterprises profitable. During a farmers' meeting that was called by Participatory Ecological Land Use Management, a development agency, in Fort Portal, the farmers said that the ratio of extension workers to farmers is causing a big challenge. They want more agricultural extension workers to be recruited.