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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 110,000 youth acquire agri-business skills
MASAKA-At least 112, 900 youth from different rural communities in Uganda have acquired skills after being trained in agri-business, which organisers said should make the young people create their own jobs and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Buganda farmers advised on fighting deadly black coffee twig borer
MASAKA– The devastating harsh weather conditions and rapid destruction of coffee plantations by the black coffee twig borer in South Buganda region have left farmers with no hope of earning more from…
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News
Project launched to empower women environmentalists in Greater Masaka
MASAKA– Non-profit organisations – Masaka District Land Care Chapter [MADLACC] International Tree Foundation [ITF] and The Size of Wales, have launched a new project codenamed ”Gender and Climate Justice” in the Greater…
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Development
Dangerous borer destroys over 900 acres of coffee in Kyotera and Masaka
KYOTERA– At least 952 acres of coffee gardens have been destroyed in the districts of Kyotera and Masaka after coffee black twig borer invaded the area, causing losses to the farmers. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka livestock farmers ask govt to expedite review of seed policy
MASAKA– Livestock farmers in the districts of Lyantonde, Sembabule, Rakai, and Masaka have asked the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] to expedite the review of the National Seed Policy…
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News
Masaka school temporarily closed over students’ strike
MASAKA– Police in Masaka have arrested 13 students of Kimanya Blessed Sacrament Secondary after they allegedly organised a violent strike that forced the school’s management team to temporarily close the school. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 300 Emyooga SACCOs in Masaka to get extra Shs 20mln each
MASAKA- At least 300 best-performing Emyooga Saccos in the Greater Masaka region have been selected to benefit from the additional seed capital of Shs 20 million each from the government. This was…
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News
NGO launches study to tackle HIV/AIDS-related stigma and poverty
MASAKA– International Centre for Child Health and Development [ICHAD] has launched a five-year- research study code-named ”Suubi Stronger Families” aimed at fighting poverty, strengthening financial stability and parenting in families affected by…
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News
Security deployed to guard Masaka forest reserves
MASAKA– Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] officers and Environmental Police have been deployed to protect three forest reserves of Manwa, Jubiya, and Mujuzi in Bukakata Subcounty and Namirembe Forest Reserve in Kyanamukaka Subcounty…
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News
500 heads of cattle in Lyantonde die due to fake drugs
LYANTONDE– Lyantonde district has lost about 500 heads of cattle after being vaccinated with fake veterinary medicines supplied by the local drug outlets. According to Lyantonde District Veterinary Officer, Ronald Bameka, many…
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