Agriculture
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Soroti Farmers Urged To Embrace Irrigation
SOROTI – Farmers in Soroti district have been advised to utilize the rains that have returned to cover up what was lost last season. According to Enyaku James Michael, the Soroti District…
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Theft Of Government Hoes Rocks Soroti City
SOROTI – Police in East Kyoga region have launched investigations into the circumstances under which another batch of 49 boxes of government hand hoes worth a tune of Shs 11,760,000 were stolen…
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Sugar Cane Farmers Reject The New Price
MASINDI – Byaruhanga Cosmas, the out-going chairperson for Masindi Sugar Cane Out-growers Association Limited (MASGAL); also, the Masindi District Chairperson has said that sugar cane farmers are in disagreement with new price…
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Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative To Acquire Grain Sorter
OMORO – Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative Society wants to acquire a grain sorter that can clean fusarium-damaged grains from bulk stocks. A grain or color sorter is a machine that helps in cleaning…
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NDA Crackdown On Falsified Veterinary Drugs
MBARARA – The National Drug Authority (NDA) has enrolled countrywide trainings on local leaderships to track fake veterinary drugs on market. During the meeting on Friday, Dr Muhindo Jeanne, the head of…
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Low Shea Nuts Production Worries Otuke Farmers
OTUKE – Persistent reduction of Shea nuts yield is worrying Otuke farmers. Otuke, being among districts in Uganda with high Shea nuts production, has continued to produce less fruits for the last…
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OWC to Cluster Beneficiaries For Value Addition
GULU – The second phase of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is aiming at clustering beneficiaries into primary and secondary societies, to enable them add value to their products and increase the market.…
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Extremely Hot Weather Hinders Alternative Feeds Project
GULU – Extremely hot weather has hampered efforts by poultry and fish farmers in parts of Acholi sub region to breed black soldier fly larvae as alternative feeds for fish and poultry.…
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Paicho Cooperative Store Construction Delayed
GULU – Construction of Paicho Central Kal Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited (PCKGCS) store has delayed due to inadequate funds. Construction of the store by Stanhope General Merchandise, should have started in October…
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Cooperatives Are Key In Modern Farming Methods
AMURU – After the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and Uganda People’s Defense Forces’ (UPDF) insurgency, the biting poverty at the time forced those who had returned from the Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs)…
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