Caroline Ayugi
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Cooperatives & Communities
COP26: UNEP calls for more efforts on climate finance and adaptation plans
GLASGOW – Finance for climate change adaptation as well as implementation plans are still very low, despite increasing policies and planning for climate change mitigation, a new report published by United Nations…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COP26: UK Premier tells world to plant a trillion trees by 2030 to fix the air
UNITED KINGDOM – The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on Monday, called on the world to plant a trillion trees by 2030, as it is the only non-technical way to “fix the…
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News
Mt Rwenzori will not deglaciate even after 20 years – UWA officials
Officials at Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), have argued that Mt Rwenzori will not lose its glaciers even after 20 years; saying the mountains received the heaviest snowfall in six years. This refute…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda Development Bank Partners with OWC to Support Farmers
GULU – Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) has earmarked about Shs 35.3 billion to reduce poverty among 1.5 million Ugandans in the next four years, through agro-industrialization, manufacturing, infrastructure development, human capital…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lack of A Moisture Tester Failing Farmers In Gulu
GULU – Lack of a moisture tester is throwing a wet blanket over the profits of a group of farmers in Gulu district. A grain moisture tester/meter is a tool that helps…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Loses 55% Clientele
GULU – Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society in Gulu district has lost 55% of its buyers as a result of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Wawoto Kacel was formed in 2007 by a group…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Public-Private Partnership For Shea Value Addition
KAMPALA – Lecturers at Makerere University have suggested a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach to develop the shea butter value chain in Uganda, for more earnings, both locally and internationally. These trees are natural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Shea Butter Processors Decry Poor Post-harvest Handling
Shea butter processors in Uganda have raised concern over the poor quality of shea kernels which they say result from post-harvest mismanagement. The concerns were raised during the commemoration of World Shea…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative To Acquire Grain Sorter
OMORO – Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative Society wants to acquire a grain sorter that can clean fusarium-damaged grains from bulk stocks. A grain or color sorter is a machine that helps in cleaning…
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