- Madi-Okollo
Madi Okollo is a county in
Arua District ofUganda , comprising Rigbo and Okollo sub-counties. Okollo Trading Center in Okollo is the county Headquarters.The main economic activities in Madi Okollo county are fishing in the
Nile and peasant farming ofsesame andcotton . Animal husbandry is also practised, withgoats andcattle being the main animals kept. Goats do so well that Madi Okollos' are sometimes termed "Madi Goats" in the region. However, because ofdrought and degradation of soil, the number of goats in the county (especially Okollo sub-county) has dropped.To save the scary situation,
irrigation from theOra River and the Nile is believed to be the only alternative.
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