Agriculture
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Bunyoro cane farmers lift supply ban on local sugar company
HOIMA, December 3, 2025 — Sugarcane farmers in Hoima and Kikuube districts in Bunyoro Subregion have lifted their ban on supplying cane to Hoima Sugar Limited. The suspension had been imposed in…
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Bushenyi tea farmers form cooperative union to strengthen collective voice
BUSHENYI, December 2, 2025 – Tea farmers in Bushenyi district have formalised their collective efforts by establishing the Bushenyi District Tea Farmers’ Cooperative Union, a move aimed at strengthening their bargaining power…
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Serere women reap big from block farming
SERERE, December 2, 2025 2025 — In Serere district, women who have embraced block farming say the approach has transformed their wellbeing, with many saying they now have money in their pockets.…
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Politics: Museveni pledges coffee factory and ferry to boost regional trade
IBANDA, December 2, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni, the National Resistance Movement [NRM]flag bearer in the upcoming presidential election, has pledged to build a coffee factory in Ibanda district and establish a…
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Agriterra and Senegal sign five-year deal to boost cooperative farming
DAKAR, December 2, 2025 — The representatives from Agriterra and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock of Senegal recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] at the Residence of the…
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Loss of crop diversity threatens Africa’s food sovereignty – FAO
KAMPALA, December 1, 2025 — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO] has sounded the alarm over the rapid loss of Africa’s crop diversity. Yurdi Yasmi, Director of Plant…
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Agriterra to boost capacity of Wagagai Coffee Farmers’ SACCO members
KAPCHORWA, December 1, 2025 — In a significant boost to the cooperative movement in the Sebei Subregion, Agriterra has entered into a five-year partnership with Wagagai Coffee Farmers’ SACCO aimed at strengthening…
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Gov’t Chief Whip urges locals in Alebtong to embrace PDM and Emyooga
ALEBTONG, December 1, 2025 — Government Chief Whip and National Resistance Movement [NRM] flag-bearer for Ajuri County Member of Parliament , Denis Hamson Obua, has called on residents in his constituency to…
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Gov’t restores Kole Dam at Shs 720mln after weed infestation
KOLE, November 30, 2025 — The Government has rehabilitated Leye Dam in Ayer Subcounty, Kole district, following a deadly weed infestation that destroyed all the fish previously reared there. The dam, constructed…
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Politics: Mabirizi pledges irrigation schemes to boost farming in Adjumani
ADJUMANI, November 28, 2025 — The Conservative Party [CP] presidential candidate, Joseph Elon Mabirizi, has pledged to establish modern irrigation schemes for communities in Adjumani and the wider West Nile Subregion if elected…
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