Agriculture
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Will NAADS seedlings avert food insecurity for Atiak Sugarcane Growers?
AMURU, Uganda: Government is giving away seedlings to Sugar cane farmers in the districts of Gulu, Lamwo, Amuru and Adjumani to forestall an anticipated food scarcity in the Atiak sub-region, theCooperator has…
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Farmers worry of drop in the price of milk, as peak season sets in
MBARARA, Uganda: Cooperators under the Uganda Crane Creameries Cooperatives Union (UCCCU) are worried of an emerging high peak Milk season that is threatening to slump the prices of milk even further, leaving…
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Museveni Commissions Soroti Fruit Factory, urges farmers to concentrate on high paying crops
SOROTI, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has said he personally de-campaigned cotton growing in Teso because it was not lucrative to the population in terms of boosting their household incomes and addressing poverty.…
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Have Ugandan Pepper Exports been banned from the EU Market?
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Pepper exports to the European Union (EU) could be suspended due to failure to comply with the EU’s phytosanitary requirements, theCooperator has learnt. In a letter dated March 20th…
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West Nile Growers Cooperative Union impounds 10 trucks over shs7.5b debt
By Patrick Jaramogi ARUA, UGANDA: A while back, we reported in these pages how West Nile Growers Cooperative Union had made a bumper harvest from tobacco growing. 4 months later, it has…
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IFAD, EU announces innovation funds for Rural youth cooperatives worth 200m Euros
Rome, Italy: Youths in sub-Saharan Africa, like Uganda living in rural areas but organized under cooperatives, are set to benefit from the just announced Impact Fund for an innovative approach. IFAD, along…
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Self-Driving Tractors Yet to Convince Farmers to Hand Over Keys
Perhaps sooner than later Cooperatives engaged in wide-scale farming may not need to sit behind their tractors when ploughing or harvesting, but not all farmers are ready to give up control of…
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Museveni: Embrace modern technology in farming
President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged farmers to embrace modern technology so as to get high yields. He also asked the farmers to change in their attitude and instead be calculative and use…
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Experts urge Dairy farmers to join cooperatives
With Uganda’s estimate of milk production in the next five years being ten billion liters annually, experts have recommended that cooperatives be supported, so as to strengthen more capacity for milk production.…
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President Museveni caution farmers harvesting and trading immature coffee
President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned farmers and traders against harvesting and trading in immature coffee. He said this led to compromising the quality of the coffee production which inevitably affects the commodity’s…
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