The Cooperator News

Farmers tipped on agroecology to mitigate climatic change disruptions

MBARARA – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESSAF Uganda] has appealed to small-scale Farmers in the country to embrace agroecology in a bid to contain some of the…

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Nature Uganda launches research study to conserve endangered wildlife

GULU – Little is still known about Northern Uganda and its biodiversity, according to herpetologists who say there is a need to conserve the endangered rare wildlife species in the region. Dr.…

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Journey to revive Cooperative Bank begins as gov’t inaugurates steering committee

KAMPALA– Cooperators in Uganda could soon have access to cheap and appropriate financing after the government on Tuesday inaugurated a steering committee to revive the defunct Cooperative Bank whose assets were taken over…

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Gov’t readies extra Shs 134bln for best SACCOs

KAMPALA – Government through the Finance ministry has approved Shs 134 billion to be given as additional seed capital to 6,721 best performing SACCOs across the country. The ministry in an update…

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Monitoring and evaluation key to success of SACCOs

There has been tremendous growth in the cooperative sector in Uganda.  Statistics from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives show that Uganda has over 41,621 registered cooperative societies under their various…

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 Counterfeit maize seed seized in Lira

LIRA – More than 1,000 kilogrammes of fake maize seed have been seized in an ongoing operation mounted by the police, Lira district agricultural department, and Lango Agro-input Dealers’ Association. The operatives…

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50 youth get ready for opportunities in oil and gas sector

HOIMA – About 50 youth in the oil-rich Albertine region have been empowered with skills that should help them take advantage of the opportunities in the oil and gas sector. The one-month…

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Kwania recovers Shs 90mln from youth

KWANIA – Authorities in Kwania district have so far recovered Shs 90 million from the beneficiaries of the Youth Livelihood Programme [YLP] run by the Gender ministry. In mid-2014, the government through…

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Lira City grappling with garbage collection

LIRA – Lira City Council is currently faced with the challenge of garbage collection and needs more resources to do the job better as it currently spends slightly above Shs 40 million…

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Mid-term growth for East Africa region projected highest on the continent for 2023-2024

KAMPALA – East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth figures at over 5 percent, according to the newly published African Development…

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