Agriculture
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Lango cooperatives hit hard by Kenya maize ban
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO are apprehensive about the falling gate price of maize grain at the private aggregating centers in Lango Sub-region as Kenya’s ban on Ugandan maize hits hard.…
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Form cooperatives with a purpose- Masindi LC V
Masindi district LC V Chairman, Cosmas Byaruhanga, has challenged residents to form cooperatives with a purpose if they are to reap big from them. Byaruhanga made the call on Tuesday during an…
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Gulu Bee farmers to form cooperative
Bee farmers in Gulu are in the process of forming a cooperative in a bid to address some of the challenges they face in their enterprise. There are over 1,000 bee farmers…
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Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative targets coffee processing machine
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative Society Limited in Bwijanga Sub-county, Masindi district is in the process of acquiring a coffee processing machine that will enable them to add value to their coffee. According to…
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Chimpanzee Trust gives Kikuube farmers vermin-proof seed to combat wildlife attacks
The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) has started supplying farmers in Kikuube district with agricultural inputs that are not eaten by vermin and other wildlife under their umbrella Village Saving and…
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Nwoya cooperatives receive Produce stores worth Shs 500m
Produce stores worth over Shs 500m have been constructed for three farmer cooperatives in Nwoya district in an effort to boost post-harvest handling. One store worth Shs169.2mwas built for Koch Goma Cooperative…
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Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO members receive farm inputs
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO have received farm inputs from Ngetta Tropical Holdings, with funding from Micro the Finance Support Centre, to promote sunflower growing. Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO, formerly called…
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MADFA SACCO registers 75% increased member savings in two years
The Masindi District Farmers Association (MADFA)’s SACCO has registered an increase in members’ savings from Shs. 1.2 bn to 2.1 bn over the past two years, representing a 75% growth. According…
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Lango Cooperative Union to switch from cotton to dairy, fish farming
Lango Cooperative Union leaders have unveiled the Union-led Fisheries and Aquaculture program that will see the union embark on the promotion of cassava, milk, and fish farming in the Sub-region. Lango Cooperative…
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Weak Primary Societies to blame for collapsing Cooperative Unions
The assistant Commissioner for cooperatives, Robert Mpakibi Waiswa, has attributed the increasing collapse of cooperative unions in Uganda to weak primary societies, lack of diversification and poor leadership, among other reasons. Mpakibi…
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