Agriculture
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Ntungamo farmers stranded as supplier delays to deliver seeds
Farmers who enrolled under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) in Ntungamo district are worried that they may incur losses after Green Firm Africa (U) Limited, the supplier contracted to supply bean…
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Over 2,000 farmers in Apac set to benefit from a new rice growing project
Farmers in different cooperatives in Lango Sub Region are set to benefit from a recently introduced rice out growers scheme. At least 2,000 farmers in Apac district, have been supported to start…
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Banana farmers count losses as strange disease rages on
Farmers in Western Uganda are counting their losses in the wake of a ‘strange’ banana disease that has ravaged plantations in the region for months now. The disease, which has been attributed…
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Nwoya fruits growers urged to join Cooperatives
Fruits growers in Nwoya District have been advised to join cooperatives in order to improve their negotiation power when Delight Uganda Juice factory begins operations in the district come 2021. Delight Uganda…
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National Alliance of Agricultural Cooperatives elects Inaugural Board
Government has pledged to support all agricultural co-operatives in Uganda as one way of enhancing agricultural production in the country and improving the livelihoods of farmers. The remarks were made by Joseph…
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Ministry of Agriculture Moots Tougher Quality Control Measures for Milk
State Minister for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama has revealed that his ministry plans to propose amendments to the National Dairy Development Act, to introduce tougher sanctions against those undermining the quality of…
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Government donates tractors to cooperatives in Kasese
In a bid to boost agricultural production, government through Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has donated three tractors to three cooperative societies in Kasese district. The donation comes at a time when the…
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Ssempija roots for Agricultural Mechanisation
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempija has appealed to farmers in Rwenzori sub region to embrace agricultural mechanisation as one of improving production. He emphasised that…
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Is Soroti Fruit Factory Operating Below Capacity?
SOROTI: Fruit farmers in Teso sub-region are bemoaning insufficient demand for fruits from Soroti Fruit Factory which has made them that has left them stranded with surplus produce and huge losses. In…
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Bishop Stuart University to Commercialize Student Agri-Business Ideas
Bishop Stuart University(BSU) has announced it is moving to formally register an agribusiness incubation center, with a view of developing its student agri-business ideas for sale as commercial products. The announcement was…
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