The Cooperator News

Acholi leaders want locals involved in massive production of food crops

PADER-Leaders from Acholi Sub-region want government to involve the local people in the planned massive production of food crops like maize and soybean on land formally owned by government in the district.…

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Nebbi farmers fail to access inputs via e-voucher system, want their money refunded

NEBBI.  A total of 3, 640 model farmers in Nebbi district who were registered under the Agricultural Cluster Development Program [ACDP)] to access agricultural inputs via the e-voucher system want their money…

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Evictees in Kikuube IDP camp living without food, as women and girls are raped and defiled

KIKUUBE-“We are living a miserable life in this camp. Where will our help come from?” Ester Turyahebwa, a mother to 8 children who stays at Kigyayo camp for the internally displaced people…

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Alebtong district fails to recover Shs 1.4bln advanced to youth

ALEBTONG-Alebtong district has failed to recover Shs 1.4 billion that the government advanced to support various youth projects in the district. The money, according to a senior district official, was disbursed under…

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EACOP: TotalEnergies boss snubs European Parliament invite

KAMPALA-Patrick Pouyanne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies has declined to appear before the European Parliament’s sub-committee on Human Rights, saying legislators there took a tough yet deeply biased decision…

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Mbarara market vendors fear Ebola outbreak 

MBARARA – Following the outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district that has claimed the lives of some people including medical workers, vendors in Mbarara Central Market now fear the deadly disease could…

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Katakwi tomato farmers incur losses as Fusarium wilt attacks gardens

KATAKWI – Tomato farmers in Katakwi district are counting losses following the outbreak of Fusarium wilt disease that is ravaging their tomato gardens. The farmers have been used to good years but…

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Kwania residents plant bananas in protest over poor state of road

KWANIA– Angry residents of Atongtidi and Chawente Sub-counties, Kwania district have planted bananas on the dilapidated road in the area accusing leaders of failing to fix it. The residents rose up in…

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Indian successful dairy co-ops awarded by federation

NEW DELHI-During the recent Eastern and North-Eastern Cooperative Dairy Conclave 2022 in Gangtok, many state level and a few district-level dairy co-ops bagged the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd [NCDFI]…

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Pader elders uneasy as youth choose SACCOs over producer cooperatives

PADER– Elders in Pader district are concerned that the youth there are reluctant to join traditional producer cooperative societies, even as the young people are supposed to be the future leaders of…

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