Cooperatives & Communities
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The Co-operators avails cyber-insurance coverage for businesses
ONTARIO– Canadian insurer, the Co-operators, has revamped its cyber insurance offers for business policyholders. The Co-operators, a co-operative group, says the product will protect business owners from unexpected expenses and/or costs of…
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US$1mln boost for programme to drive racial equity in credit unions
NEW YORK – Cuna Mutual Group Foundation has committed to invest US$1m in a fund to build equity in credit unions led by or serving people of colour, according to thenews.coop. The money…
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Ministry releases data collection template, cooperatives urged to enroll
NEW DELHI– Moving with a sense of urgency, the Indian Ministry of Cooperation has released a draft Data Collection Template for cooperatives across the states to fill up their details in a…
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Preparations to mark International Day of Cooperatives in high gear
KAMPALA– Cooperatives around the world will on July 2, 2022, celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay). A decade on from the UN International Year of Cooperatives, which showcased the unique…
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NAADs introduces cashew nuts growing in Lango sub region
LIRA – The National Agricultural Advisory Service [NAADs] has introduced the growing of cashew nuts in the Lango sub region. A total of 8,000 seedlings of the highly hard drought resistant tree…
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Farmers in Teso and Lango reaping big from Value Addition Project
SOROTI– Farmers in Teso and Lango sub-regions are testifying to improved livelihood and nutrition wellbeing. This is resulting from value addition equipment that Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] under Building Resilience…
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Govt to set seasonal harvesting date as farmers decry vanilla theft
RUBIRIZI – The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] is traversing the country consulting farmers and making assessments to ensure uniform harvest of vanilla beans. According to Sedrack Mugisha, Chairperson Rubirizi…
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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than before due to population growth
SOROTI– Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing three times faster than forests, experts have warned. Wetlands include some of the most…
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BoU boss commends Kabarole district on commercial agriculture
KAMPALA– The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda [BoU] Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego has lauded the people of Kabarole district for engaging in commercial agriculture, emphasising the role the sector plays in the…
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Pader district farmers get ox-ploughs to boost production
PADER – Hundreds of farmers from various sub counties in Pader district have received ox-ploughs to boost their farming. The 180 ox-ploughs were distributed by Country Side Harvester, a farmer-led organisation to…
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