Cooperatives & Communities
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Dairy farmers, others urged on hygiene standards
FORT PORTAL, November 21, 2023 – Dairy farmers and other milk handlers have been urged to mind proper hygiene standards while handling milk to ensure it is safe for human consumption. According…
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Buganda launches initiative encouraging pupils to save
MASAKA, November 21, 2023 – Buganda Kingdom, through its Project to Empower Women through Savings and Loan Associations [PEWOSA], has launched a new project codenamed ‘’PEWOSA Toto’’ to encourage pupils in Greater…
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Bukwo SACCO applauds Fanaka Finance for offering affordable financing
BUKWO, November 21, 2023 – The management of Kapsukwar Savings and Credit Cooperative Society in Bukwo district has hailed Fanaka Finance Limited for offering appropriate and affordable loans to their cooperative, enhancing…
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Oyam RDC gives ultimatum to PDM officials to disburse cash to beneficiaries
OYAM, November 20, 2023 – The Oyam Resident District Commissioner [RDC], William Komakech has given a one-month ultimatum to the sub-county Parish Development Model [PDM] focal persons to ensure that the beneficiaries…
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Almost half of largest 100 coops in U.S. are focused in agriculture
NEW YORK, 20, 2023 – For more than 30 years, the National Cooperative Bank [NCB] has published its list of top 100 cooperatives across the U.S. For the latest list—based on 2022…
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AfDB supports small livestock farmers in Zambia to adapt to climate change
LUSAKA, November 17, 2023– The Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project, implemented by the African Development Bank [AfDB] in Zambia between 2017 and 2022, has helped to equip small livestock farmers to adapt…
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Parliamentary report exposes the greed and connivance in the theft of cooperators’ money: Part A
KAMPALA, November 16, 2023 – A Report of Sectoral Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry has unearthed the rot in the compensation of cooperatives for the war losses incurred during the political…
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Egypt’s CHC explores collaboration with Qatar’s GORD
DOHA, November 16, 2023 -A high-level delegation from Egypt’s General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives [ CHC ], led by Major General Engineer Waleed Farouk Elbaroudi, the Chairman of the Board…
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UN resolution calls for a second International Year of Cooperatives in 2025
KAMPALA, November 14, 2023 – The United Nations [ UN ]General Assembly has adopted a new resolution on cooperatives in social development calling for the proclamation of 2025 as an International Year…
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Hundreds displaced, farmers count losses as R. Kafu bursts its banks
MASINDI, November 14, 2023 – Hundreds of people in the four villages of Kayeera, Kimengo, Kibangya Myeeba, and Nyakarongo in Kimengo Sub-county, Masindi district have been displaced by floods as River Kafu…
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