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Cooperatives & Communities
Amolatar women farmers ask FAO for storage facilities, tractors
AMOLATAR– Members under the umbrella of Amot Farmers Association in Amolatar district have asked the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO] to provide them with storage facilities and tractors,…
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Health
Eastern region most hit by climate change, experts warn
MBALE-According to climate change experts, global warming has caused more damage in eastern Uganda compared to other regions of the country. The experts said the region is among the regions worst affected…
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East Africa
AfDB clears over US$ 20mln for agro-pastoral project in Burundi
BUJUMBURA– The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group days ago greenlighted the award of a US$ 23.26 million grant to Burundi to implement the Agro-Pastoral Entrepreneurship and Professional Development Project for the Youth…
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Agriculture
FAO launches project to enhance gender equality in Amolatar
AMOLATAR-The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] has launched a flagship project to end gender inequality and boost food security in Ugandan households. The pilot project, Dimitra…
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Africa
WBG approves US$ 497mln to fund lowering of greenhouse gas emissions in South Africa
WASHINGTON-The World Bank Group [WBG] days ago approved a request by South Africa a $497 million project to decommission and repurpose the Komati coal-fired power plant using renewables and batteries. The project…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ankole leaders, farmers to petition gov’t over coffee seedlings
RWAMPARA -Leaders and farmers in Ankole Sub-region districts Rwampara, Bushenyi, Mbarara, and Ntungamo districts plan to petition government after they received far fewer than the expected coffee seedlings from Uganda Coffee Development…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agricultural investment: Teso youth ask for tractors at gathering
SOROTI – Thousands of youth from the 11 districts of Teso Sub-region have asked government to provide them with modern agricultural implements like tractors and others to help them increase agricultural output.…
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Technology
NARO launches anti-tick vaccine trials in Mbarara
MBARARA– Ministers, Members of Parliament, and National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] scientists late last week commissioned the trial of an anti-tick vaccine in Mbarara district to protect cattle from ticks and related…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Leaders of cooperative societies urged to be transparent and accountable
KIKUUBE– The board members and managers of cooperative societies in Kikuube district have been told to develop a spirit of transparency and accountability to ensure the sustainability of the existing cooperative societies…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Farmers, oil millers urge gov’t to set prices of commodities
LIRA-Oil millers, manufacturers, and farmers producing sunflower and soybean in the Lango Sub-region want government to regulate the prices of commodities in the country, saying it is the only way farmers will…
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