Agriculture
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Cattle Rustling Derails Farming In Lamwo
LAMWO – Cattle rustling has soared in Agoro Sub County, Lamwo District. It has diminished the oxen herd and subsequently frustrated commercial farming in the area. Francis Todwong, the LC-I chairman of…
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Heavy Rains Worry Cassava Farmers
PADER – The unrelenting heavy rains battering Pader District are threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of cassava farmers in the northern district. Cassava farmers allied to Acholi- bur Cooperative Society in…
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Join Cooperatives To Defeat Middlemen
OMORO – Middlemen, according to farmers in Omoro District, are raking in all the profits and paying peanuts for unprocessed millet, sorghum, maize and soya-beans. The farmers claim they have fallen easy…
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Kwania Farmers Sign Sorghum Growing Deal
KWANIA – Farmers in Kwania have agreed a deal that effectively leaps sorghum to the front-of-the-line of crops grown on a large scale in the northern district. Several farmers signed up to…
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Sugarcane Out-growers Plant Cashew Nuts
AMURU – Sugarcane out-growers in the northern district of Amuru have broken with tradition – they have added cashew nuts to their outgrowing enterprise. Atiak Sugarcane out-growers Cooperative Society Limited has grown…
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Cooperative Boosts Food Production In Acholi
GULU – West Acholi Cooperative Union is on a mission to rescue people in Acholi land from the claws of hunger and starvation by increasing food production among its members. Acholi land…
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Low Soya Bean Prices Worry Acholi Farmers
GULU – Farmer groups and cooperatives in Acholi Sub region hurt by slumping of soya bean prices have been forced to rethink the future of the crop. Many farmers have turned to…
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Extension Workers To Bring Services Closer
GULU – Agricultural extension workers in northern Uganda have a new tack for spurring farmers’ productivity, they have formed a coalition to improve access to extension services and hone farmers’ skills and…
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Sugarcane Outgrowers Crying Foul
KIKUUBE – Complaints over mistreatment and missed payments are sparking friction between sugarcane outgrowers and their employer, Hoima Sugar Limited in the western districts of Kikuube and Hoima. Francis Isingoma alias Max…
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Farmers Stranded With Mangoes, Oranges
AMOLATAR – Lower fruit prices and a lack of a better market have stoked harsh arguments among mango farmers bruised by sizable losses in the northern district of Amolatar. Across the sub…
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