Agriculture
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Namutumba officials remanded over theft of PDM cash
NAMUTUMBA, August 7, 2024 – Three Parish Development Model [PDM] leaders in Namutumba district were yesterday remanded to prison on charges of obtaining money by false pretence. They were arrested by the…
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Global annual coffee exports up 3. 8 percent
KAMPALA, August 6, 2024 – Global green bean exports in June 2024 totalled 9.78 million bags, as compared with 9.43mln bags exported in the same month of the previous year, up 3.8…
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Masindi village chairpersons want to benefit from PDM
MASINDI, August 6, 2024 – Local Council One chairpersons in Masindi district say they should also benefit from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ], a government initiative launched in February 2022,…
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Zambia agribusiness SME Accelerator launches second cohort to boost climate action
LUSAKA, August 5, 2024 – The second cohort of an Accelerator program for small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in the agribusiness sector launched recently in Lusaka, Zambia. This Accelerator will deliver climate-smart…
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Bukedea dairy farmers urged to form cooperative
BUKEDEA, August 5, 2024 – Dairy farmers in Bukedea have been urged to form a cooperative to market their milk and collectively further the economic well-being of the cooperative’s member-owners. The call…
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COCOBOD boss calls for private sector investment in Ghana’s cocoa industry
ACCRA, August 4, 2024 – The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board [ COCOBOD ], Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has urged private investors to venture into Ghana’s cocoa processing industry. Aidoo said…
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IFAD, Senegal partner to increase smallholder farmers’ resilience to external shocks
DAKAR, August 3, 2024 – A new rural development programme in Senegal will improve national food and nutrition security and smallholder farmers’ resilience to external shocks such as global price volatility, trade…
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Mbarara City to hold PDM Expo this August
Mbarara City, August 2, 2024 – Mbarara City leaders are preparing to hold the Parish Development Model Expo [PDM Expo] from August, 29-31, 2024 at Mbarara Independence Park. According to Dr. Moses…
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PDM beneficiaries suffer losses as strange disease kills over 10,000 chicken in Masaka City
MASAKA, August 2, 2024 – The Parish Development Model [PDM] beneficiary poultry farmers in Masaka City are worried following an outbreak of a strange viral poultry disease that has claimed over 10,000…
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MAAIF lifts FMD quarantine on livestock trade in Bukedea district
BUKEDEA, August 1, 2024 – Trade in livestock and related products can continue in Bukedea district. This is after the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] lifted a quarantine imposed…
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