Trade
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Global green coffee exports up 3.3 percent in June 2025-report
KAMPALA, August 6, 2025 –– Global green coffee bean exports rose by 3.3 percent in June 2025, reaching 10.23 million bags, compared with 9.91 million bags in June 2024, according to the…
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Teso farmers struggling to access Agricultural Credit Facility
SOROTI, August 6, 2025 –– Farmers in the Teso Subregion in eastern Uganda are facing difficulties accessing the Agricultural Credit Facility [ACF], which was established to help boost agricultural production. The ACF…
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NARO adopts agroforestry technologies to combat climate change
MUKONO, August 6, 2025 –– The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] is promoting agroforestry technologies as a solution to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly in areas that experience recurrent climate-induced…
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Sheema SACCO innovates to mitigate climate change
SHEEMA, August 6, 2025 –– Kigarama People’s SACCO has taken bold and innovative steps to address the impact of climate change. Based in Sheema district, the financial institution has launched a Water,…
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PDM beneficiaries in Lira told: “It is time to pay back the loans”
LIRA, August 5, 2025 – As the period for political campaigns in Uganda opens up, officials from the Lira District Local Government have launched a sensitisation drive aimed at urging beneficiaries of…
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Regional animal diseases diagnostic centre commissioned in Gulu district
GULU, August 5, 2025 – The Gulu Regional Animal Disease Diagnostics & Epidemiology Centre [GRADDEC] was commissioned last week in Gulu district, aimed at bringing timely veterinary services closer to livestock farmers in the Acholi Subregion.…
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Lango: Farmers urged to use clean planting materials to boost cassava production
LIRA CITY, August 5, 2025 – Cassava farmers in the Lango Subregion have been urged to adopt the use of clean planting materials to improve farm yields and enhance household food security.…
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Cooperatives urged to tap into Free Trade Zone opportunities
GULU, August 5, 2025 –– Cooperatives in Northern Uganda and across the country are being encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Free Trade Zones [FTZs], as a means to…
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Mbale extension workers blamed over poor PDM implementation
MBALE CITY, August 4, 2025 — Agricultural extension workers in Mbale City have come under criticism for failing to provide technical support to farmers under the Parish Development Model [PDM], a government…
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Gov’t commissions Nyagak III Hydropower Project in West Nile
ARUA, August 4, 2025 — Government has officially commissioned the 6.6-megawatt Nyagak III Hydropower Project in Zombo district, a milestone development aimed at accelerating industrialisation in the West Nile Subregion where agricultural…
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