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Weather reports come to aid of Uganda’s farmers

United Nations, July 19 (UNI) Farmers in Uganda are facing increasingly erratic climatic conditions which are impacting on agricultural production.
Farmers in Uganda are keeping their crop yields high, thanks to improved weather data supplied by the UN Development Programme (UNDP)-backed push to modernize climate monitoring systems.
The majority of farmers in the East African country rely on rain to grow crops, but as that rainfall becomes less reliable and drought conditions increase, agricultural production has suffered.
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