Agriculture
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Minister: Bananas Can Make You Rich
MBARARA –Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has offered expert advice to farmers that could rake in higher profit: Embrace value addition to reap more income. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries…
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Huge Chunks Of Tea Wasting Away In Zombo
ZOMBO –Tea agriculture has gained a big toehold in the West Nile district of Zombo but frustration is growing among farmers over the lack of a processing factory and the pitiable prices…
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Lango Farmers Turn To Hass Avocado
LANGO – Frustrated by poor local yields and wavering low crop prices, farmers in the Northern districts of Kwania, Apac, Lira, Kole and Dokolo are switching to the high value Hass Avocado…
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Amuru Builds Shs1.5bn Produce Stores
AMURU –To spur on-farm productivity and shore up the market for big volumes of agricultural commodities, Amuru District local government is constructing 11 produce stores worth about Shs1.5 billion for cooperative groups…
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Abapiri Farmers Lobby For Shs 400m Warehouse
KWANIA –Frustrated by how little farm produce they can stash away, a 450-member group of farmers allied with Abapiri Oil Seed Cooperative Society, in Abapiri Village, in Chawente Sub County, Kwania District…
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Gulu Farmers Avoid Large Scale Farming
GULU –Deeply frustrated by the high cost of opening and ploughing virgin land, farmers in Acholi sub-region have steered clear of large scale farming. Beatrice Kipwola, a member of Paicho Central Kal…
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Gulu Rice Farmers’ Group Goes For Big Loans
GULU –The 48-member Latyeng Farmers’ group in Gulu District has big plans and an even bigger appetite for loans. First, the group wants to morph into a cooperative largely to attract big…
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Pay Dispute Rocks Atiak Out Growers Cooperative
AMURU –Rebel war abductees allied to Dwog Cen Paco Cooperative Society in the Northern district of Amuru are demanding about Shs 8.68 billion in wages for work done for Atiak sugarcane plantation…
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New Disease Kills Cattle Within 48 hours in Gulu
GULU: The outbreak of Black Quarter disease has exacted a heavy toll on livestock in the Northern district of Gulu. So far 50 cattle have died from the disease, which the district…
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Zombo Tea Cooperative In Expansion Drive
ZOMBO – Zombo Tea Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited is using a multipronged recruitment push to draw more farmers into the cooperative in its renewed effort to popularize tea growing in the West…
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