Cooperatives & Communities
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Money lending: Mbarara leaders welcome 2.8 percent interest rate cap
MBARARA, December 6, 2024 – Leaders from Mbarara and the broader Ankole Sub-region have praised the government for introducing an interest rate of 2.8 percent per month on loans charged by the…
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Livestock farmers frustrated over NARO’s delay to release local anti-tick vaccine
MBARARA CITY, December 3, 2024 – Livestock farmers in the Ankole Subregion are growing increasingly frustrated over the delay in the release of a locally developed anti-tick vaccine, which has been under…
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Can we cooperate without communicating?
NEW DELHI, December 3, 2024 – If cooperativism was a country, it would be as big as India. If you lined up 1.2 billion cooperators, the total length of the queue would be…
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ICA and Fairtrade International partner to advance sustainable development and cooperative empowerment
NEW DELHI, November 29, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] and Fairtrade International have announced a new Joint Partnership Declaration, marking a commitment to deepen their collaboration in support…
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Ateker Community urged to grow cashew nuts to improve livelihoods
SOROTI CITY, 29 November 2024 – The Ateker Community has been urged to cultivate cashew nuts to enhance their livelihoods. This call was made recently by the Paramount Chief of Teso, Paul Sande…
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LoP advocates for fair sugarcane pricing
KAMPALA, November 29, 2024 – The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament [LoP] Joel Ssenyonyi has demanded that government intervene and regulate sugarcane prices in the country, saying that the current price…
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ICA Global Coop Conference concludes with New Delhi Action Agenda
NEW DELHI, November 27, 2024 – The three-day ICA Global Cooperative Conference, attended by delegates from 107 countries, concluded on Wednesday evening at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The event witnessed a…
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ENCU) advocates for proportional regulatory treatment in Brussels
MADISON, Wis. November 27, 2024—Fourteen representatives of the European Network of Credit Unions [ ENCU ] last week converged in Brussels, Belgium to share the credit union mission with newly elected officials…
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IFFCO boss scoops prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award
NEW DELHI, November 27, 2024 — Dr. U.S. Awasthi, Managing Director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] was honoured with the prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award by the…
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Complying with EUDR: Tayebwa Urges coffee farmers to register
MITOOMA, November 26, 2024 – Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged coffee farmers in Uganda to embrace registration in order to ensure that their green beans continue to be exported…
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