Caesar Mukasa
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Agriculture
NARO intensifies cassava multiplication to boost food security in drought-prone Karamoja
SERERE, October 15, 2026 — The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has intensified cassava multiplication efforts to ensure farmers in the Karamoja Subregion have access to quality planting materials to help them…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rubanda cooperative leverages coffee to grow membership
RUBANDA, October 8, 2026 — Rubanda Cooperative Society Limited in Rubanda district is using coffee seedlings to attract more farmers, particularly women and young people, as it seeks to expand its membership…
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Agriculture
NARO to boost milk yields in pure Ankole cows
KARUHURA, October 6, 2026 — The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] is implementing a structured breeding programme at Nshaara Conservation Ranch in Kiruhura district aimed at increasing milk productivity in traditional Ankole…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kalangala: Palm oil growers’ co-operative appeals to government for free fertilisers
KAMPALA, October 2, 2026 — Ssese Palm Oil Growers Cooperative Society Limited in Kalangala District has asked the government to consider including palm oil farmers in the ongoing programme of distributing free…
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News
NARO turns deadly avocado residues into poultry and animal feed
KAMPALA, October 1, 2026 – In a groundbreaking move to champion climate-smart agriculture and circular economy models, the National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ], through the National Forestry Resources Research Institute…
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News
Climate-smart project to improve animal husbandry in Teso, Karamoja
SERERE, September 26, 2026 – The National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute [NaSARRI] in Serere district has started implementing a new climate-smart project aimed at increasing livestock production in the Teso and Karamoja…
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Trade
Low coffee and cocoa prices shouldn’t worry farmers – Tumwebaze
ENTEBBE, September 22, 2026 — The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has advised Ugandan farmers not to panic over the recent decline in global coffee and cocoa prices.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BoU issues licence to Mbarara City’s Kibaya Youth SACCO
KAMPALA, September 17, 2026 — Kibaya Youth Development Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Limited in Mbarara City has become the latest large SACCO in the country to receive a licence from the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gov’t targets lower debt and deficit in five-year fiscal charter
KAMPALA, September 10, 2026 — The Government of Uganda has set a five-year plan to reduce Uganda’s fiscal deficit, contain commercial borrowing and gradually lower public debt under a new Charter for…
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Environment
Lenders cry foul as borrowers divert green loans to fund forest destruction
MASAKA, September 8, 2026 — Lenders in the Greater Masaka have expressed dismay over the way some borrowers are using green loans to finance charcoal burning and the felling of trees for…
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