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Gov’t delivers 269,000 coffee seedlings to Lango Subregion
LIRA, August 8, 2025 –– The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], has delivered a total of 269,000 clonal Robusta coffee seedlings to farmers across…
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Nwoya: Public-private partnership to boost grain and cassava supply for ethanol production
NWOYA, August 7, 2025 – Bukona Agro Processors Limited recently entered into a public-private partnership [PPP] agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and Nwoya District Local Government, aimed at…
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PDM beneficiaries in Lira told: “It is time to pay back the loans”
LIRA, August 5, 2025 – As the period for political campaigns in Uganda opens up, officials from the Lira District Local Government have launched a sensitisation drive aimed at urging beneficiaries of…
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Regional animal diseases diagnostic centre commissioned in Gulu district
GULU, August 5, 2025 – The Gulu Regional Animal Disease Diagnostics & Epidemiology Centre [GRADDEC] was commissioned last week in Gulu district, aimed at bringing timely veterinary services closer to livestock farmers in the Acholi Subregion.…
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MP Auma empowers more VSLAs in Kwania district
KWANIA, August 1, 2025 – Nine Village Savings and Loan Associations [VSLAs] in Chawente Sub-county, Kwania district, have received seed capital of Shs 2 million each, courtesy of Kwania district Woman Member…
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Gulu City farmers receive 20,000 coffee seedlings to boost production
GULU CITY, June 31, 2026 — At least 20,000 coffee seedlings have been distributed to 65 farmers in Gulu City under a government initiative aimed at increasing coffee production and promoting household…
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Lira City PWDs embrace coffee farming to secure future for families
LIRA CITY, July 29, 2025 –– A number of Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] in Lira City in Lango Subregion have taken up coffee farming, hoping the perennial crop, one of Uganda’s top…
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Lira district official attributes poverty in Lango to poor mindset and enterprise selection
LIRA, July 25, 2025 — The Production and Marketing Officer of Lira District, Thomas Okello, has attributed the persistent poverty in the Lango Sub-region to a poor mindset among farmers and poor…
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Kwania PDM SACCO elects new leadership after three years
KWANIA, July 23, 2025 — Members of the Teduka Ward Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [PDM SACCO] in Kwania district have elected a new governing board to lead the…
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Alebtong RDC urges farmers to embrace coffee growing
ALEBTONG, 22 July 2025 — The Resident District Commissioner [RDC] of Alebtong, Geoffrey Okiswa, has called on local farmers to embrace coffee cultivation, describing it as a key government initiative aimed at…
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