Maya Nyambok
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Cooperatives & Communities
FOWODE trains 800 women entrepreneurs in basic business skills
Over 800 small scale business women in Gulu district have benefited from basic business skills training from the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a women’s national non-partisan organization. The women, who…
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News
Gulu: Farmers shun beehives worth Shs 12m
At least 200 beehives worth Shs 12m have been shunned by the farmers they were intended for, with some reportedly turning them into fire wood for cooking and construction materials for chicken…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local non-profit mentors farmers into entrepreneurs
In a bid to break the cycle of poverty, thousands of farmers in Gulu, Nwoya, and Kitgum district have embraced entrepreneurship, engaging in income generating activities like retailing silver fish, vegetables and…
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Soya farmers reap big from bulking with local cooperative
Soya bean farmers in Acholi sub region who bulked their crop with a local cooperative at a time when market rates had dropped precipitously are starting to smile following a surge in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu city’s sludge manure to undergo testing
Despite the high demand for sludge manure by vegetable farmers in Gulu, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has said it cannot start selling the organic manure until it’s tested for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
300 Nwoya farmers targeted for irrigation project
At least 300 small-scale farmers in Nwoya district are set to benefit from a micro-scale irrigation program introduced by the government to skill farmers in the district. The project, which is being…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Wawoto Kacel Cooperative empowering vulnerable women through arts and crafts
Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society in Gulu City is helping hundreds of vulnerable women who lack access to land to regain their dignity through arts and crafts. The beneficiaries, who include former abductees…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acoli farmers count losses due to heavy rains
Farmers in Acoli are counting losses due to the heavy rains currently being experienced in the area. The heavy rains that started in May have destroyed several kilometres of roads cutting off…
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Acholi farmers disappointed by drop in Soya beans prices
A drop in prices of soya beans has left farmers in Omoro and Nwoya districts disappointed despite getting a bumper harvest. A kilogram of soya beans which was Shs 1,500 in 2019…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lamwo Farmers Threaten to Quit Cooperative over Insufficient Market
Nearly 200 farmers in Lamwo district are threatening to quit their cooperative society – Agoro Cooperative Society in Agoro Sub County for failure to secure for them market for their produce. The…
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