Agriculture
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Ateker Community urged to grow cashew nuts to improve livelihoods
SOROTI CITY, 29 November 2024 – The Ateker Community has been urged to cultivate cashew nuts to enhance their livelihoods. This call was made recently by the Paramount Chief of Teso, Paul Sande…
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LoP advocates for fair sugarcane pricing
KAMPALA, November 29, 2024 – The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament [LoP] Joel Ssenyonyi has demanded that government intervene and regulate sugarcane prices in the country, saying that the current price…
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IFFCO boss scoops prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award
NEW DELHI, November 27, 2024 — Dr. U.S. Awasthi, Managing Director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] was honoured with the prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award by the…
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Complying with EUDR: Tayebwa Urges coffee farmers to register
MITOOMA, November 26, 2024 – Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged coffee farmers in Uganda to embrace registration in order to ensure that their green beans continue to be exported…
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WFP requires US$ 16.9bln in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs
KAMPALA, November 26, 2024 — The World Food Programme [WFP] has called for some US$ 16.9 billion to address the escalating global hunger crisis, or roughly what the world spends on coffee…
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UCDA registers 170,000 coffee farmers in two weeks in bid to meet EUDR
KAMPALA, November 26, 2024 – Days ago, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] reported registering about 170,000 farmers as part of a nationwide initiative to prepare for the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation…
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Empower Women, Transform Communities: Join the YAMNA-RCAL Grain for Good Campaign
RABAT, November 18, 2024 — Resourced, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming food systems for an abundant future, launched the YAMNA-RCAL Grain for Good Campaign, running from November 1, 2024, to January 10,…
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Take PDM as a future investment, says CAO Napak
NAPAK, November 25, 2024: James Okumu Bedijo, the Chief Administrative Officer [CAO] of Napak district, has urged the people of Northern Uganda to view the Parish Development Model [ PDM ] as…
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Tea farmers seek Shs 126bln to revive industry
KYENJOJO, November 25, 2024: Tea farmers in Uganda are urgently appealing to the government for a Shs 126 billion bailout to revive the struggling industry, which is on the brink of collapse…
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Masindi residents asked to embrace coffee growing to improve household incomes
MASINDI, November 22, 2024 — Residents of Masindi district have been challenged to engage in coffee growing as one way of improving their household income. The call was made by Father Joseph…
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