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Agriculture
Kapelebyong district leaders, staff trained to implement major irrigation programme
KAPELEBYONG – Kapelebyong district is building the capacity of agricultural extension workers and lower local government leaders on the implementation of the Micro-scale Irrigation Programme, which aims to have more land in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Help VSLAs invest in lucrative agricultural ventures, minister urges district officials
NWOYA– The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Kwiocwiny has urged Nwoya district officials to enroll the local Village Saving and Loan Associations [VSLAs] into lucrative agricultural ventures. The minister made the…
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Agriculture
Mak don transforming lives of Masindi peasants through modern agriculture
MASINDI – Prof. Samuel Majalija, from Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resource and Biosecurity, is training farmers in Masindi district in good agronomic practices with the aim of helping them…
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Masindi farmer groups trained on agronomic practices
MASINDI-Farmers under different farmer groups in Masindi district have been trained on good agronomic practices, post-harvest handling, value addition, and institutional development. The two-day training which was held at the education hall…
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Agriculture
Prices of green vegetables rise in Teso
SOROTI– The prices of green vegetables in Teso Sub-region have shot up due to the low supply arising from a dry spell that does not support rain-fed agriculture. Green vegetables such as…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga: Nwoya district struggling to recover over Shs 500mln
NWOYA-Nwoya district commercial office is struggling to recover a total of 513 million disbursed to various groups. The district has 32 Emyooga SACCOs established in the constituencies of Nwoya County and Nwoya…
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Agriculture
Govt donates 13 tractors to farmers in Bunyoro
KAKUMKIRO-Farmers in Bunyoro Sub-region have a reason to smile after they received 13 tractors from the government to engage in commercial agriculture. The 13 tractors are part of the mechanisation machinery, which…
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Teso professionals launch plan to fight poverty
SOROTI-Professionals hailing from Teso Sub-region under their umbrella codenamed Ateker Professionals Initiative for Development [APID] have launched a-10 year poverty eradication strategic plan. The plan was launched this week during APID’s first…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira rice farmers call for quality seeds
LIRA-Rice growers at Olweny Rice Irrigation Scheme in Itek Sub-county, Lira district have appealed to the Agriculture ministry to avail them with quality seeds, saying they will help boost the production of…
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80 youth passed out from Amelo Technical Institute
ADJUMANI-Amelo Technical Institute over the weekend awarded certificates of completion to 80 students who completed a three-month training in agriculture and agri-business-related courses in the first of the two cohorts. The training…
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