London (AFP) - The age limit to join the army's reserve forces has been raised to over 50, the defence ministry said on Friday as the military struggles to recruit sufficient part-time soldiers to offset cuts in regular troop numbers.
Kigezi in western Uganda in 1947 and 51 tons of sunflower were sold in Kigezi alone in 1950. Thereafter, the crop was grown on commercial basis not only in this area but also in West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Teso and Karamoja. The table below shows national figures for sunflower exports from 1959-1973.
Cotton, Jute and Mesta are the important fibre crops grown in the State. These crops have been the traditional cash crops of Garo Hills. Among these, Cotton has the highest area under cultivation and is grown exclusively in the Garo Hills districts. It is also widely known in the country and was marketed during the pre-independence period through the Comilla market. As such, the Garo hills varieties of cotton were also known as Comilla cotton.