Environment
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Amuru farmers get irrigation equipment
AMURU– Amuru district local government has distributed 11 solar-powered irrigation equipment to small-scale farmers to continue practicing farming during the dry season and boost their household income. The equipment was provided as…
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Mbarara : RCC evicts locals from Rucece wetland
MBARARA – Mbarara City Resident commissioner (RCC) Lt Col. James Mwesigye has ordered locals to vacate Rucece wetland. The wetland found along Mbarara-Kabale road covers Rucece cell in Rwakishakizi Ward, Misyamo, Kibaya,…
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UWA to surround Marchison Falls National Park with electric fence
MASINDI- The Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] plans to construct an additional 100-kilometre electric fence surrounding the wildlife conservation areas of Murchison Falls National Park. The Executive Director of UWA Sam Mwandha disclosed the…
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Farmers beg govt to extend their stay on Hoima Sugar Limited land
KIKUUBE– Over 150 farmers with crop farms established on Hoima Sugar Limited land have petitioned the Office of Kikuube Resident District Commissioner, Amlan Tumusiime, requesting to be given a grace period of…
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ICA joins international community to mark International Day of Argania tree
KAMPALA– The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] will join the international community in marking the Second International Day of Argania, celebrated globally on May 10. The Argan tree (Argania Spinosa), found in the…
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Ntungamo farmers decry continued quarantine
NTUNGAMO– Cattle farmers in Ntungamo district are worried that a quarantine imposed on the movement of livestock and related products still remains in force following an outbreak of the infectious Foot and…
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Lira City traders bitter over delayed completion of road works
LIRA- All is not well in Lira City as traders who do business along Olwol Road say the delayed completion of construction works has made them incur losses as the road remains closed,…
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Amuru district in talks with government over free customary land titles
AMURU– Amuru district local government is in talks with the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to provide free customary land titles for four administrative units in the district. The administrative units…
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NAADs introduces cashew nuts growing in Lango sub region
LIRA – The National Agricultural Advisory Service [NAADs] has introduced the growing of cashew nuts in the Lango sub region. A total of 8,000 seedlings of the highly hard drought resistant tree…
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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than before due to population growth
SOROTI– Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing three times faster than forests, experts have warned. Wetlands include some of the most…
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