Agriculture
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Uganda’s year-on-year coffee exports fetch Shs 4trn
KAMPALA, June 16, 2024 - Uganda’s coffee exports for the twelve months [June 2023-May 2024] totaled 6.02 million bags worth US$ 1.07 billion [about Shs 4 trillion] compared to 5.73mln bags worth…
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Kwania: SACCO leaders empowered with financial management skills
KWANIA, June 16, 2024 – In a bid to curb mismanagement of the funds under their control, leaders of the Parish Development Model SACCOs [PDM SACCOs] in Kwania district have been trained…
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Regional bodies sign MoU to implement COMESA Biotechnology Implementation Plan
LUSAKA, June 16, 2024 - The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa [ACTESA] has signed a memorandum of understanding [MoU] with the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications [ISAAA AfriCenter] to…
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Complying with EUDR: Smallholder coffee farmers at risk of being excluded from EU market
KAMPALA, June 15, 2024 - Smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda and the rest of the world are at risk of being excluded from the European Union [ EU ] market due to…
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Rice and oilseed outputs forecast to peak as wheat and maize face decline – new report
KAMPALA, June 14, 2024 - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation [FAO] projects that the world’s major food commodities will be in “adequate supply” in 2024 and 2025. But the organisation warns…
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Acholi farmers advised to continue growing cotton
GULU, June 14, 2024 - Cotton growing is still a profitable enterprise that should never be shunned by the farmers despite the emergence of new cash crops in Uganda, according to Bob…
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Kapelebyong cooperative acquires shea nut oil processing machine
KAPELEBYONG, June 12, 2024 - In a bid to boost their household incomes, members of Adungo River Bank, Water and Environment Conservation Cooperative Society Limited have acquired and installed a shea nut…
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Cane union drags Kinyara Sugar to court over disruption of operations
MASINDI, June 12, 2024 - Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union Limited [BUSFACOU] has run to court seeking a permanent injunction stopping Kinyara Sugar Works Limited from disrupting their operations at the weighbridges…
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Preparations in high gear for Banyankole Kweterana’s 51st AGM
MBARARA CITY, June 10, 2024 – Preparations are underway as Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] Limited prepares to hold its 51st Annual General Meeting [ AGM ]. According to Margaret Birungi, General…
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The Race To Map The World And Protect US$ 110 Billion Of Trade
LONDON, June 9, 2024 - The European Union Deforestation Regulation [EUDR] is a new law aimed at tackling climate change and halting biodiversity loss, threatening far-reaching consequences for over US$ 110 billion…
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