Cooperatives & Communities
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Kole coop expands market across the EAC
KOLE, June 15, 2025 –– Alito Joint Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, based in Kole district, is gaining regional recognition, extending its quality seed market beyond the Lango, Acholi, and Karamoja sub-regions to…
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100 PDM beneficiaries in Soroti City receive funds for investment
SOROTI, June 14, 2025 –– At least 100 more beneficiaries from Moruapesur Ward in Soroti City East Division have received funding through the Parish Development Model [PDM], aimed at lifting households out…
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PDM SACCOs urged to embrace a saving culture for sustainability
HOIMA CITY, June 14, 2025 – – Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] operating under the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to cultivate a saving culture in…
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Applications open for World Social Summit accreditation
BRUSSELS, June 13, 2025 –– The window is still open for cooperatives and other organisations to become accredited for the UN Second World Summit for Social Development [WSSD2], an event that will…
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Preparations for CoopsDay 2025 launched in Fort Portal City
FORT PORTAL CITY, June 13, 2025 – Uganda has officially launched preparations for the 2025 International Day of Cooperatives [ CoopsDay ], scheduled to take place on July 5, 2025 in Fort…
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Cameroon launches national campaign to prepare coffee and cocoa farmers for EUDR
BERTOUA, June 11, 2025 –– Cameroon’s Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Council [CICC] has launched a nationwide awareness campaign to prepare cocoa and coffee farmers for the implementation of the European Union Regulation…
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Hoima City: Members join forces to revive local cooperative business
HOIMA CITY, June 11, 2025 –– Members of Ageteraine Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Hoima City have pooled resources to connect electricity to their maize processing facility, breathing new life into a…
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First cooperative feedlot to be inaugurated in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, June 10, 2025 –– On June 12, Argentina’s first cooperative feedlot will open its doors, located in Humboldt, Santa Fe. This confined area intended for intensive cattle fattening in pens will…
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Bunyoro sugarcane farmers appeal to Museveni for Shs 50bln support
MASINDI, June 10, 2025 – Sugarcane farmers from the Bunyoro Sub-region have appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to capitalise their soon-to-be-established Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] with a grant of Shs…
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New ICA Working Group on Cooperative Cultural Heritage has ambitious plans for 2025
BRUSSELS, June 8, 2025 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] has created a Global Working Group on Cooperative Cultural Heritage [CCH-WG] as part of its efforts to identify and make known the…
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