Cooperatives & Communities
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Deo Nsereko, former Cooperative Bank boss and senior cooperator dead
KAMPALA, September 18, 2023 – The former board chairman of the defunct Cooperative Bank, Deo Nsereko is dead, according to Milly Babalanda, the Minister for the Presidency. According to Babalanda, Nsereko who…
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Form Cooperatives to avoid exploitation, Kenyan envoy advises Lira farmers
LIRA, September 18, 2023 – Farmers in Lira district have been advised to form cooperatives so that they can have strong bargaining power when negotiating prices for their produce. The advice was…
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Kuwait cooperatives oppose govt over privatisation plan
TEHRAN, September 18, 2023 – Kuwait Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies is against the government’s plan to privatise the country’s cooperative retail societies. According to Arab Times, the President of the Union…
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PDM money is being spent on marriages and household items, says Ofwono
KAMPALA, September 16, 2023 – Some of the Ugandans who received the money under the Parish Development Model [PDM] are spending it on marriages and household items like mattresses, and food, according…
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TCDC urges coops to embrace warehouse receipt system
DODOMA, September 15, 2023 – The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ] registrar and chief executive Dr. Benson Ndiege has urged secondary cooperatives to strengthen their commercial systems by using a…
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Apac farmers acquire micro-irrigation scheme
APAC, September 15, 2023 -As part of efforts towards improving agricultural productivity government has commissioned a micro-scale irrigation demonstration site to serve members of Ayara Farmers’ Group in Apac district. Speaking Tuesday…
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Arla rewards climate-forward farmers with share of US$ 326mln
COPENHAGEN, September 15, 2023 – Arla, the Danish-Swedish dairy cooperative recently started to pay out a monthly incentive to its farmer owners based on their sustainability efforts. The incentive is a data-driven…
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Official warns PDM beneficiaries against diverting funds
LIRA, September 14, 2023 – The beneficiaries of the Parish Development [PDM] in Lira district have been warned against diverting the funds meant to help poor households engage in commercial farming. The…
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UN’s Guterres calls govts to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems for cooperatives
NEW YORK, September 14, 2023 – The 2023 UN Secretary General’s report on cooperatives in social development has been released. The report sets out the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach as a key way…
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Itubara cooperative in Oyam gets bulking centre
OYAM, September 13, 2023 – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government programme through the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has constructed a bulking store for Itubara Farmers’ Cooperative in…
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