Agriculture
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Cooperatives’ compensation: Advocate Matovu arraigned on charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud govt
KAMPALA, August 14, 2024 – John Matovu, an advocate with Matovu & Matovu Advocates, has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court on charges of theft by an agent and conspiracy to defraud…
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Fairtrade International wants small-scale farmers supported over EU deforestation regulation
KAMPALA, August 14, 2024 – Fairtrade International is calling for more financial support and clarification of the technical terms of the EU Deforestation Regulation [EUDR]. The regulation mandates that companies demonstrate that…
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Kapchorwa Parish Chief arrested for extorting PDM beneficiaries
KAPCHORWA, August 13, 2024 – The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, in collaboration with the police, has arrested a Parish Chief for allegedly extorting money from beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM],…
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Hoima coop pursues gov’t for coffee seedlings
HOIMA, August 13, 2024 – Farmers under Kigorobya Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Hoima district have appealed to government to provide them with coffee seedlings, saying it would boost production of…
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Boosting agricultural value addition: MPs urge gov’t to improve access to electricity in rural areas
KAMPALA, August 9, 2024 – Members of Parliament [MPs] have urged government to improve access to electricity in rural areas to boost value-addition in the agriculture sector. The legislators made the call…
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Banyankole Kweterana finally receives Shs 9bln for ranch compensation
MBARARA City, August 9, 2024 – Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] in Mbarara City has finally received over Shs 9.55 billion from the Finance ministry as compensation for its ranch taken over…
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Oyam PWDs decry irregularities in implementation of PDM
OYAM, August 8, 2024 – Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] in Oyam district have raised concern over irregularities in the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the district, stating that they…
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Farmers in eastern Uganda urged to embrace irrigation
SOROTI, August 8, 2024 – Farmers in eastern Uganda have been urged to embrace irrigation as a way of coping with the everchanging climatic conditions and also boost crop production at the…
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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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