Trade
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East Asia and Pacific to sustain growth amid global headwinds, says World Bank
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 — Developing East Asia and Pacific is growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than it was before the pandemic, the World Bank said on…
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Poultry farmers in Zombo district get automatic egg incubator
ZOMBO, April 2, 2024 – Farmers in Jupumocho parish, Paidha Sub-county in Zombo district under their umbrella body Med-Tego Ifur Group, have received an automatic egg incubator to boost their poultry keeping…
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Lango Sub-region: Cooperative distributes seeds to farmers
KOLE, April 2, 2024 – As the new planting season starts, the Alito Joint Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited in Alito Sub-county, Kole district has kicked off distributing soybean and simsim seeds…
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Economic inclusion project brings 25 institutions together to promote savings, financial inclusion
LIMA, March 30, 2024 —The USAID/WOCCU Economic Inclusion Project [EIP] days ago joined local partners to host a Global Money Week event in Lima, Peru featuring 25 financial institutions, public and private…
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Trade ministry official cautions SACCOs against multiple borrowing
KAMPALA, March 28, 2024 – Multiple borrowing could soon land rogue members of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [ SACCOs] in jail. This was said days ago by Moses Magumba, a Senior…
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Kiruhura: NAGRC Boss asks UPDF to protect Nshaara Ranch from land grabbers
MBARARA, March 28, 2024 – The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank [NAGRC & DB] Executive Director, Peter Beine has asked for military manpower to protect Nshaara Ranch from being…
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WSACCO to hit Shs 1trn in assets by 2025, top official says
JINJA, March 27, 2024 – The Chief Executive Officer of UPDF’s Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO], Col. Freddy Joseph Onata is confident they will hit a target of Shs 1…
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Global experts urge action as Africa grapples with US$ 65bln timber trade deficit
ABIDJAN, March 27, 2024 – Africa must work to urgently address its staggering US$ 65 billion timber trade deficit to position forests as a critical driver for the continent’s future development, global…
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Kikuube rice farmers urged to form cooperatives
KIKUUBE, March 27, 2024 – Samuel Kusima Kahesi, the Kikuube district Assistant Production Officer has advised rice farmers in the district to form cooperatives, saying the cooperatives offer many benefits. He said…
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Brazilian family farmer encourages work of other rural women in providing food for school feeding
BRASILIA, March 26, 2024– Family farmer Rita de Cássia Alves has been president of the AgroVerde Cooperative, located in Guapimirim, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 2021. In her…
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