Cooperatives & Communities
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Quality assurance: Coffee farmers promised 33 percent bonus
NEBBI– Coffee farmers in Zombo and Nebbi districts would get a 33 percent bonus on each kilo of premium coffee produced in the seasons ahead to encourage them to maintain quality standards…
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Over 350 farmers register to plant bamboo in Amuru
AMURU – A total of 353 farmers in Lakang Sub-county in Amuru district have registered to join commercial bamboo farming. This follows an initiative by Association of Acholi Environmentalists, a charity group…
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Mayuge RDC gives money lenders ultimatum to return clients’ IDs
MAYUGE – The deputy resident district commissioner Mayuge, Trevor Solomon Baleke has issued an ultimatum to all money lenders in the district to return all national identification cards [ IDs ] confiscated…
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Over Shs 380mln storage facility motivates Gulu farmers to grow more maize
GULU-A 60-metric ton storage facility constructed at Shs 386 million for Paicho Central Kal Cooperative Society in Gulu district has motivated farmers there to increase the production of maize. The cooperative is…
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Otuke farmers’co-ops to boost production of oil seeds and rice
OTUKE-At least six farmers’ cooperative societies in Otuke district are recruiting more farmers to boost the production of oil seeds such as sunflower, soybeans, simsim, and rice next year. The cooperatives which…
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EKMCS installs Shs 18mln cassava milling machine
SERERE– East Kyoga Multipurpose Cooperative Society [EKMCS] has installed a cassava hammer milling machine worth Shs 18.5 million, according to Stephen Epau, the cooperative’s chairperson. Epau says the milling machine was established with…
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Bukwo maize farmers aim at value addition
BUKWO – Maize farmers in Bukwo district are struggling to pool resources together to buy machinery that would enable them add value to their maize. The farmers under Kapsukwar Farmers’ SACCO, totaling…
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Global coffee exports down 2.5 percent in October
Global exports of green beans in October 2022 totalled 8.5 million bags, compared with 8.72mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 2.5 percent, according to the latest International…
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Lira University to open faculty of agriculture in Amolatar
LIRA-Lira University is to open a Faculty of Agriculture and Fisheries in Amolatar district after it was offered land there to kick-start the project. According to the university`s vice chancellor, Prof. Jasper…
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Gulu cooperatives to be probed over mismanagement, unprofessionalism
GULU-Plans are underway to probe cooperative societies in Gulu district over allegations of mismanagement, unprofessionalism, and operating under closed doors. According to Gulu district commercial officer, Patrick Ojok Lakica, several members belonging…
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