Cooperatives & Communities
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Former WOCCU President and CEO among recipients of U.S. credit union movement’s highest honour
WASHINGTON –The National Credit Union Foundation [the Foundation] has announced the honorees of its 34th annual Herb Wegner Memorial Awards—the U.S. credit union movement’s highest national honours. Brian Branch, former President and…
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Kikuube farmers take up cashew nuts growing
KIKUUBE-After encountering several challenges in sugarcane growing, some farmers in Kikuube district have decided to grow cashew nuts, with the expectation that the business will be profitable and improve their lives. The…
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Coffee business is my life, my passion, says the enterprising Dison Kaleng
KAPCHORWA – Dison Kaleng, 35, the proprietor of Bros Coffee in Kapchorwa town, says his growing coffee value chain business is his life and passion. Bros Coffee may sound a name unfamiliar,…
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PDM: Farmers, oil millers urge gov’t to set prices of commodities
LIRA-Oil millers, manufacturers, and farmers producing sunflower and soybean in the Lango Sub-region want government to regulate the prices of commodities in the country, saying it is the only way farmers will…
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Sebei coop new leaders demand compensation, promise openness
KAPCHORWA-In a bid to revamp the union, Emmy Geoffrey Sayekwo, the newly elected chairperson of Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union [SECU] has asked government to compensate them for the loss of union properties.…
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Demonstration farms help farmers appreciate value of fertilisers
GULU-A joint initiative by two fertiliser-producing companies is helping farmers in Uganda to appreciate the importance of using fertilisers to boost farm yields. Yara Fertilizer Company and Export Trading Group-ETG have collaborated…
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Farmers gain as Kinyara Sugar Works raises price for cane second time
MASINDI-Sugar manufacturer, Kinyara Sugar Works Limited, has again increased the price it offers to cane farmers, saying it will now buy at Shs 128, 000 from Shs 101,000 it has been paying…
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Ntungamo pineapple farmers cry out to gov’t as factory stops operations
NTUNGAMO-Farmers who embraced commercial pineapple growing in Itojo Sub-county and Nyamukana town council in Ntungamo are now crying to the government to help them find buyers after a local juice-processing factory failed…
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Gov’t officials on spot over displacement of people in Northern Uganda
PADER– Government officials are on the spot as more than 10,000 residents in Pader district stand to be displaced as government embarks on a project to improve food security in the region…
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Farmers advised to grow fast-maturing crops and vegetables
AGAGO -Agago district commercial officer, Geoffrey Otema has tipped cooperative farmers to plant fast-maturing crops and vegetables as the rainy season nears its end. According to Otema, crops and vegetables that take…
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