The Cooperator News

Adjumani Girls’ Primary School in dire need of classrooms and sanitary facilities 

ADJUMANI-The inadequate classrooms and lack of washrooms in Adjumani Girls’ Primary School are likely to affect the performance of the learned. This reporter has established that the school has an enrolment of…

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Demonstration farms help farmers appreciate value of fertilisers

GULU-A joint initiative by two fertiliser-producing companies is helping farmers in Uganda to appreciate the importance of using fertilisers to boost farm yields. Yara Fertilizer Company and Export Trading Group-ETG have collaborated…

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High inflation: World Bank advises African gov’ts to restore macro-economic stability and protect the poor

WASHINGTON-Global headwinds are slowing Africa’s economic growth as countries continue to contend with rising inflation, hindering progress on poverty reduction. The risk of stagflation comes at a time when high interest rates…

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World Bank: Russian invasion of Ukraine impedes post-pandemic economic recovery in Europe and Central Asia

WASHINGTON-Russian invasion of Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic economic recovery for emerging and developing economies in the Europe and Central Asia region, says the World Bank’s Economic Update for the…

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Hoima city street vendors  demand for market and sanitary facilities

HOIMA– Street vendors operating on pavements of Buhaga road roundabout in Hoima West division, Hoima city have decried the lack of a market structure and sanitary facilities in the city. Over 200…

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Danish coop to replace Fakta supermarkets with discount stores

COPENHAGEN – Co-op Denmark has announced the closure of its Fakta supermarkets and merger of its Kvickly and SuperBrugsen chains, according to media agencies in Europe. The consumer co-op – one of…

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Farmers gain as Kinyara Sugar Works raises price for cane second time

MASINDI-Sugar manufacturer, Kinyara Sugar Works Limited, has again increased the price it offers to cane farmers, saying it will now buy at Shs 128, 000  from Shs 101,000 it has been paying…

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Ntungamo pineapple farmers cry out to gov’t as factory stops operations

NTUNGAMO-Farmers who embraced commercial pineapple growing in Itojo Sub-county and Nyamukana town council in Ntungamo are now crying to the government to help them find buyers after a local juice-processing factory failed…

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Gov’t officials on spot over displacement of people in Northern Uganda

PADER– Government officials are on the spot as more than 10,000 residents in Pader district stand to be displaced as government embarks on a project to improve food security in the region…

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LEGS project improving lives of farmers in rural areas, says minister Magyezi

FORT PORTAL – The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magezi has said the Local Economic Growth Support [ LEGS ] project is on track to improve the lives of more than one…

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