agriculture
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Cooperatives & Communities
Heavy downpour kills one, properties worth millions destroyed in Masindi
MASINDI – A 32-year-old woman has died after being washed away by running water as a result of a heavy downpour in Kimina village, Kiruli sub-county, Masindi district. The incident occurred during…
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Development
More than 31m people likely to face food insecurity and hunger in East Africa
KAMPALA – An estimated 31.4 million people in the Eastern Africa are likely to face acute food insecurity and hunger unless states take appropriate response mechanisms. A regional research report by the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farm credit giving Omoro and Amuru women farmers a lifeline
OMORO – Dero-she capital, a local community-based organization (CBO) is helping more than 170 rural women in Amuru and Omoro districts to profitably engage in agriculture by extending farm credit to them.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Leveraging Ugandan food systems to attain SDGs by 2030
The Secretary-General of the United Nations will convene a Food Systems Summit in September, 2021 in a bid to accelerate the implementation of the Decade of Action to Achieve the Sustainable Development…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kapelebyong district demands for more foot and mouth disease vaccines
KAPELEBYONG – Authorities from the Eastern district of Kapelebyong have demanded for more Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines from the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to achieve a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi farmers shun cotton growing over short term crops
NEBBI –Â For the last three years, cotton growers in Nebbi district have shunned cotton growing for short term crops like rice due to consistent fluctuations in the price of cotton. Most…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Makerere University researchers recommend modern farming for Kikuube and Hoima Districts
KIKUUBE – Researchers from Makerere University have recommended modern farming to Agricultural Officers from the districts of Kikuube and Hoima. They further urged Agricultural Officers of these districts to sensitize farmers to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government signs agreement with Gulu Archdiocese for agricultural mechanization
GULU -The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gulu Archdiocese on agricultural mechanization. The agreement which was signed barely…
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Cooperatives & Communities
OWC gives 4000 kg of beans to Bushenyi locals for planting
BUSHENYI – Bushenyi district has received a consignment of 4000 kilograms of beans for planting from Operation Wealth Creation (OWC). The consignment was received on Wednesday by a number of district officials…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda Development Bank Partners with OWC to Support Farmers
GULU – Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) has earmarked about Shs 35.3 billion to reduce poverty among 1.5 million Ugandans in the next four years, through agro-industrialization, manufacturing, infrastructure development, human capital…
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