International
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Smarter water use could feed 10bln and create nearly 250mln jobs-report
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Rebalancing water use across the global food system will be crucial to meeting future food demand sustainably and could create 245 million long-term jobs, most of them…
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World Happiness Report 2026 shows complex global picture of social media and happiness as Uganda ranked 118
KAMPALA, March 19, 2026 — Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, especially among girls, according to…
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Cooperatives urged to drive justice and equality for all women and girls
BRUSSELS, March 17, 2026 — Cooperatives are founded on values that explicitly promote equality for all, including women, but more work remains to be done. To mark International Women’s Day 2026, Xiomara…
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Coop lawyers gather in the lap of Africa for the first time
MOSHI, March 16, 2026 — Moshi Co-operative University [MoCU], a premier university initiated by the cooperative movement in Tanzania, and one of the 32 inaugural sites on the ICA Cooperative Cultural Heritage…
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FAO Food Price Index rises in February for first time in five months
KAMPALA, March 15, 2026 – The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices rose in February, ending a five-month downward trend, as higher quotations for wheat, most vegetable oils and several meat types…
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Instant coffee likely to be added to EU deforestation rules
BRUSSELS, March 14, 2026 — The European Union Deforestation Regulation [EUDR], designed to curb deforestation linked to global commodity supply chains, may soon be amended to include instant coffee after industry observers…
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UN adopts FAO’s new guidelines for landmark 2030 agricultural data drive
KAMPALA, March 14, 2026 — Guidelines formulated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] for the World Programme of Census of Agriculture in 2030 were endorsed on March…
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Uganda drives Africa’s year-on-year coffee export growth in January 2026
KAMPALA, March 13, 2026 — Africa’s coffee exports recorded strong growth in January 2026, rising by 15.3 percent to 1.27 million bags, up from 1.1 million bags in January 2025, according to…
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FAO welcomes UN resolution establishing International Coffee Day
KAMPALA, March 12, 2026 — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [ FAO ] has welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly proclaiming October…
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Panama to host 2026 ICA GA and Global Conference in September
BRUSSELS, March 10, 2026 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] says its 2026 General Assembly [GA] and Global Conference will take place this September in Panama, in partnership with Cooperatives of the…
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