Agriculture
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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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First Farmer-to-Farmer assignment in El Salvador connects cocoa cooperative to a global market
SAN SALVADOR, August 1, 2024: Once troubled by widespread violence and high homicide rates, El Salvador has made notable strides in combating its crime rates. Under the leadership of President Nayib Bukele,…
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As Sudan’s war rages, its farmers help fill the hunger gap
KHARTOUM, July 31, 2024: Standing in a field of golden wheat, Imad is a long way from his life as a mechanic in Sudan’s once-bustling capital of Khartoum. Today, the city lies…
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Earning more from dairy farming: Gulu farmers trained to make yogurt
GULU, July 31, 2024 – At least 300 farmers from two cooperatives in Patiko Subcounty, Gulu district have been trained to make yogurt at home, and earn more money from dairy farming.…
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Wealth creation: Leaders in Bunyoro urged on four acre-model
HOIMA, July 31, 2024 – Political, religious, and cultural leaders and civil servants in Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to embark on mobilising farmers with small land to embrace a four-acre model…
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Museveni boosts Buikwe groups with heifers
BUIKWE, July 303, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni has contributed 10 heifers to different development groups in Buikwe district to boost wealth creation initiatives in the district. Under the State House programme…
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Teso College Aloet to set up irrigation scheme to support learners
SOROTI, July 30, 2024 – The administrators of Teso College Aloet [TCA] plan to support learners in the new curriculum by setting up a small-scale irrigation scheme project on the school’s farm.…
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