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UCDA signs a deal with Russian agricultural trading company- Russkiy
Kampala – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has signed a deal with a Russian agricultural trading company Russkiy to start producing instant Coffee. In collaboration with the Ugandan Embassy in Moscow, officials from…
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Shs5 billion project to boost livestock farming in Acholi
Countryside Harvest, through its new project, has supplied 180 animals with the intention to improve animal production in the Acholi sub-region. The five-year support project will be implemented through a partnership business…
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Chinese investors construct Shs17.5billion modern abattoir in Kiruhura district
Sino Modern Agriculture Development Group Limited has constructed Zhong Wu beef abattoir at Nshara Industrial Park, in Nyakasharara sub-county Nyabushozi county with a target on the beef market in the Democratic Republic…
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Lack of national IDs frustrating EACOP compensation process
Hoima – The East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] project affected persons [PAPs] in the Bunyoro region who missed out on the national identification cards [IDs] are finding it hard to process…
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CNOOC restores hope on continued Final Investment Decision (FID) demands
HOIMA – The China National Offshore Oil Corporation [CNOOC] Uganda Ltd has restored hope to the government and Ugandans interested in tapping from the oil and gas sector after Company officials declared…
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Government failing to implement the Tobacco Control Act
GULU – After seven years, the Government of Uganda is still far from fully implementing the Tobacco Control Act. The implementation of the Tobacco Control Act still hangs in balance, as local…
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Government to start acaricide zoning to address issues of tick-borne resistance
KIRUHURA – The government of Uganda is pushing for acaricide zoning to fight the tick-borne resistance that has greatly affected animal industry especially in the cattle corridor. Through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal…
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Ministry of Agriculture invests Shs 8.5 billion to promote coffee fertilizers
HOIMA – Ministry of Agriculture through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have launched a campaign to rejuvenate old coffee plantations in Bunyoro region through supplying fertilizers to registered farmers. The campaign was on…
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MTIC PS Geraldine Ssali challenges Commercial Officers on Parish Development Model
JINJA – Geraldine Ssali, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, has urged all stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) to embark on…
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Stanbic Bank Uganda continues with bold steps towards Uganda’s Socio-Economic Recovery
KAMPALA – Last Thursday the 9th of December 2021, Stanbic Bank organized a breakfast meeting themed “Working together to drive Uganda’s Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery”; to share planned initiatives that are aimed at…
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