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Masindi district LCV rallies sugarcane farmers to form cooperatives
MASINDI – Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district LCV Chairperson has embarked on mobilizing sugarcane farmers in the district to form cooperative societies such that they can form a union of sugarcane farmers.…
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Government building youth sexual reproductive health centre at Lira University
LIRA – The government is constructing a youth sexual reproductive health centre at Lira University to improve on the youth reproductive healthcare provision. A single stored building with an approximate floor area…
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Parliament approves Shs108bn for mechanization of Atiak Sugar Works project
KAMPALA – Parliament of Uganda has approved a total of Shs 108 billion in supplementary budget to fund the mechanization of Atiak Sugar Works. The company sits on 60,000-acre piece of land…
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Wild animals have destroyed over 3000 acres of food crops in Nwoya district in the last six months
NWOYA – In Nwoya, wild animals have destroyed more than 3000 acres of food crops in the last six months. The most affected areas are Lii sub-county where farmers lost 787 acres…
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Sheema: District Veterinary Officer calls for animal compensation policy
SHEEMA – Sheema District Veterinary Officer (DVO) has appealed to legislators to consider drafting the animal compensation policy. This comes at a time when the district is battling a number of animal…
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Nwoya locals, leaders reject trenches, demand for electric fence
NWOYA – Residents of five sub-counties in Nwoya district are demanding electric fence installation, instead of trenches being dug by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). In the past six months, 3,014 acres of…
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Oyam farmers desert Tochi Irrigation Scheme worth Shs28b
OYAM – Tochi Irrigation Scheme in Oyam district that the government constructed at the cost of Shs 28b to promote rice growing has been deserted after a portion got submerged into floods.…
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Acholi MPs want tractors distributed in all parishes
ACHOLI – Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub-region want the government through the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Animal Husbandry to distribute tractors to farmers instead of hand hoes. Initially, the…
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Government to scaleup fish farming, says Adoa – Fisheries Minister
GULU – The Ugandan government is on a mission to take fish farming to every part of the country including parts without water bodies, the State Minister for Fisheries, Hellen Adoa has…
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Minister for Agriculture commissions two cassava factories in Nebbi
NEBBI – The State Minister for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga has commissioned two cassava factories in Nebbi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP). The commissioned factories are among the five…
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