Caroline Ayugi
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Acoli local leaders asked to join cooperatives
The Acoli Cultural Institution has included all local leaders in the management of cooperatives, with the hope that they will build confidence in the members, and provide needed technical guidance. The move…
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Factory delay frustrates Nwoya fruit farmers
Fruit farmers in Nwoya district have asked government to speed up the establishment of a fruit processing factory pledged by President Yoweri Museveni, to enable them add value to their fruits and…
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East Africa
Gulu bodabodas defy COVID-19 ban on passenger transport, blame ‘hunger’
Members of Gulu City Boda Boda Association have resumed carrying passengers, in total disregard of the ongoing moratorium against them, citing ‘hunger’. When instituting the lockdown in late March, President Yoweri Museveni…
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Kitgum: Farmers, NUSAF official clash over procurement guidelines
Farmers’ groups in Kitgum district have put their NUSAF Desk Officer (NDO) on the spot for allegedly contravening procurement guidelines and inflating costs of items under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu dairy farmers change strategy in response to low milk demand
Dairy farmers in Gulu are reconsidering changing their business plan to adjust to emerging market conditions, following a crash in milk demand amid the Covid-19-related strictures during the past three months. When…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mediterranean flies ravage fruit farms in Nwoya
Hundreds of fruit farmers in Nwoya district are being frustrated by Mediterranean fruit flies that have invaded their acres of fruit trees. The fruit flies cause citrus fruits to turn yellow and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Poverty, GBV hamper cooperative revival in Acoli region
Efforts to revive cooperative societies in West Acoli districts are being hampered by a number of institutional and attitude challenges, according to an official from West Acholi Cooperative Union Limited, WACU. WACU…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Market shortage hits Nwoya fruit growers hard
Members of Nwoya Fruit Growers’ Cooperative Society are out of options on where to sell their mangoes due to disruption of their market resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Nwoya Fruit Growers’…
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Over 600 acres of crops destroyed by hailstones in Agago district
At least 7000 farmers in Agago district are in distress after heavy rain accompanied by hailstones destroyed their crop gardens on Friday. The LC III of Omiya Pacwa Sub-County, Raymond Otim, told…
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Inadequate sensitisation blamed for slow e-voucher management system uptake
Inadequate sensitisation is slowing enrolment of farmers in Gulu district into the Electronic Voucher Management System (EVMS), a programme created by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries to oversee distribution…
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