Agriculture
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MP Auma launches construction of Shs 800mln oil seed roads
LIRA, January 5, 2025 — Lira District Local Government has officially launched the construction of roads under the National Oil Seed Project [NOSP] aimed at improving access to markets, boosting oil seed…
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Kwania smallholder farmers form cooperative society to improve livelihoods
KWANIA, January 5, 2025 — More than 500 smallholder farmers from Inomo Town Council and Inomo Subcounty in Kwania district have united to form a cooperative society, believing it will significantly improve…
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Former combatants transform Colombia’s coffee industry
BOGOTA, January 3, 2025 — FEMNCAFÉ, a federation of Colombian coffee producers led by former combatants who adhered to the 2016 Peace Agreement, is at the heart of this transformation. The organization…
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Langi urged to establish family farming enterprises
LIRA CITY, January 2, 2025 –– The people of the Lango subregion have been encouraged to practise farming as a family enterprise in order to increase production and improve their living standards.…
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Museveni urges Isingiro farmers to embrace irrigation to increase productivity
ISINGIRO, December 29, 2024 — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has tasked the people of Isingiro to embrace irrigation in order to increase productivity. Due to irrigation, the President said Dr. Florence Muranga of…
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Bishop Wanok cautions Alebtong youth against misusing PDM money
LIRA, December 26, 2024 — The Bishop of Lira Diocese, Sanctus Lino Wanok, has cautioned the youth in Alebtong against spending the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds on alcohol consumption, emphasising that…
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Bulambuli: Museveni visits landslide survivors, commits government support
BULAMBULI, December 23, 2024: President Yoweri Museveni recently assured landslide survivors that the government will provide them with two acres of land per family and enough money to construct better houses for…
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UNDP Advocates African Coffee Sector Transformation Amid Looming EUDR Deadline
NEW YORK, December 23, 2024: The EU Deforestation Regulation [ EUDR ] has put commodity producing countries under pressure, with many working hard to find ways to comply. UNDP is encouraging governments…
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Lack of IDs affecting access to PDM funds in Lira district
LIRA, December 21, 2024 — Residents of Amach Town Council in Lira district have called on the government to expedite the process of issuing the national identity cards [ IDs ] to…
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Museveni launches AfCFTA implementation strategy for Uganda, commissions free zones export facility in Entebbe
ENTEBBE, December 20, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni early this week, 2024 commissioned the free zones export facility at Entebbe International Airport and also launched the African Continental Free Trade Area [AfCFTA]…
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