Maya Nyambok
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News
Gulu Archdiocese receives piglets from Operation Wealth Creation
GULU, June 24, 2024 – Gulu Archdiocese has received 45 piglets from Operation Wealth Creation [OWC], a programme launched by President Museveni as an intervention to efficiently facilitate national socio-economic transformation, with…
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Acholi farmers advised to continue growing cotton
GULU, June 14, 2024 – Cotton growing is still a profitable enterprise that should never be shunned by the farmers despite the emergence of new cash crops in Uganda, according to Bob…
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News
Former official of Labongo Tobacco Growers Cooperative Society arrested
KITGUM, June 6, 2024 – The former treasurer of Labongo Tobacco Growers Cooperative Society Limited in Kitgum district is in police detention for refusing to hand over office to his successor. Solomon…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Acholi Cooperative Union roots for new rice variety
GULU, March 21, 2024 – West Acholi Cooperative Union is encouraging more of its members to grow a new variety of upland rice, saying it will boost the incomes of their households.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UBC to monitor PDM implementation in Acholi
GULU, October 17, 2023 – The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation [ UBC ] has come up with an initiative to participate in the monitoring of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Acholi Sub-region.…
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Northern
Chia farmers maximise profits with mechanisation
NWOYA – To maximise profits, farmers growing chia in Nwoya district have embraced mechanisation in planting and harvesting of the crop. Farmers hire machines [planters] at Shs 50,000 to plant an acre of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local cooperatives urged to embrace mechanisation
NWOYA – Agricultural cooperatives in Nwoya district have been urged to embrace mechanisation such as use of tractors to boost crop production. Lwanga Monday, an official from Mascor, the authorised dealer of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Balaalo blamed for frustrating commercial cattle production in northern Uganda
GULU– Members of Gulu Meat Producers Cooperative Society say the presence of Balaalo in Gulu and other parts of the northern region is frustrating the commercial production of livestock there. According to…
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Agriculture
Gulu farmers get low crop yields as soils lose fertility
GULU-Farmers in Gulu district are incurring losses brought about the low crop yields emanating from the soils that have lost fertility. The farmers this reporter talked to days ago attributed the loss…
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Agriculture
New season: Gulu farmers urged on planning their ventures
GULU– Farmers in Gulu district have been urged to plan before embarking on large scale commercial farming to avoid wastage of resources in the new planting season. This comes as farmers start…
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