Cooperatives & Communities
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Onek warns politicians against politicising PDM
AMURU-The Minister for Refugees and Disaster Preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister Hillary Onek has warned politicians in Amuru district against politicking and discouraging locals in the district from participating…
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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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Muhame Financial Services SACCO seeks govt support
SHEEMA– The Chairman of Muhame Financial Services SACCO Limited, Lay Canon Robert Kankiriho has appealed to the government to render it financial support so that the institution is able to grow its…
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COPAC to mark Coops Day at UN headquarters
NEW YORK– The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives [COPAC] is organising an event to commemorate Coops Day as part of the Voluntary National Review Lab [VNR Lab] hosted annually…
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Teso cassava farmers upset by govt failure to build processing plant
AMURIA– The State Minister for Teso affairs Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote has reiterated his commitment to push government to fulfill its promise of establishing a cassava-processing factory in Teso Sub-region after farmers…
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Amuru district tasked to popularise coffee growing
AMURU– Amuru district agricultural department and the district leaders have been tasked to popularise coffee farming to rally more farmers in the sub-sector which is one of the priority enterprises as government…
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Lango leaders caution govt on hurrying PDM processes
OYAM– A section Lango leaders have raised concern over the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM], saying the speed at which government is implementing some activities must be checked, especially if…
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Govt to boost surveillance as pests and diseases show resistance
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] plans to bolster control and surveillance strategies to counter the marked resistance of pests and diseases in crop farms across the…
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Crédit Agricole to stop financing gas and oil sector
PARIS– French co-operative bank, Crédit Agricole, has announced commitments to move away from oil and gas financing. ‘2025 Ambitions’ sets out a number of short, medium and long-term goals for France’s second…
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PDM: Lango farmers urged to take up modern farming
DOKOLO– Farmers in the Lango Sub-region have been encouraged to get involved in exotic livestock rearing, fish farming and other enterprises under Parish Development Model [PDM] if they are to fight abject…
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