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| | Contributions: Uganda, FEWS Uganda Food Security Update: 13 May 2002, Early Warning Alerts: Uganda, FEWS Uganda Food ... |
 | | In central, eastern, western, and southwestern Uganda, many farmers had completed sowing by early May. Normal crop development is reported in major maize growing areas of eastern and western Uganda where the crop has already tasseled; millet in eastern Uganda has not yet begun forming heads. |
 | | The Katakwi District authorities and NGOs working in the area inform FEWS NET that farmers in other counties of Katakwi District -- outside Kapelebyong and Usuk Counties that are most affected -- have been able to utilize ample and well-distributed rainfall to cultivate crops, including cassava, groundnuts, millet, and sorghum. |
 | | Africare-Kabale, another USAID project working with farmers in the southwestern districts, notes that high rainfall intensity and humidity levels, especially in the lowlands, is causing root rot and fungal attacks on beans and Irish potatoes, which may lead to a reduced harvest. |
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