Agriculture
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She Is A Millionaire From Selling Eggs, A Humbling Testimony
Jeanne Nyirankurunziza, a mother of four in her forties, runs a poultry farm with over 700 chickens, some village in Gasabo District, an outskirt in Kigali City. She also rears cows and…
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Sebei Coop Farmers Frustrated by Erratic Weather
Kapchorwa: Extremely hot to rainy weather has meant prolonged delays of planting for farmers from the Sebei sub-region and yet the new season is already witnessing excessive rains. In his 30 years…
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West Nile Vegetable Growers Reap big from Irrigation Schemes
Pakwach. A section of farmers in the West Nile region is already reaping from small scale irrigation schemes set up by the government to improve agricultural production and productivity. Olama Farmers Group…
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Government Launches Call Center to Report Fake Agro-input Dealers
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries have launched a toll-free call centre for farmers to report suppliers selling or distributing fake agricultural inputs on the market. Agriculture Minister Vincent Bamulangaki…
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Trade Minister on the Spot Over Sugarcane Farmers Arrested in Kenya
Kampala, Uganda. Parliament on Tuesday tasked government to explain the continuous arrest and mistreatment of Ugandan farmers trying to sell their sugar cane in Kenya. The House also questioned if the government…
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Six cooperatives supported by Nema-Chosso generate D11M
In an exclusive interview on Tuesday, 18 June, 2019, with the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema), Mr. Momodou L. Gassama, the project director, gave the latest updates on…
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OWC targets cooperatives in new shs600b fund for presidential Agri-Led Initiative
KAMPALA, Uganda: The Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has started countrywide mobilization of farmers grouped under cooperatives to benefit from the Presidential directive on Agro Industrialization for Local Development, thecooperator has learnt. The…
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Uganda, UK partner to improve post-harvest handling for Ugandan farmers
Entebbe, Uganda: Farmers united under cooperative societies are set to benefit from a new partnership between the Government of Uganda and the United Kingdom, that will see them benefit from advanced post-harvest…
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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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