agriculture
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Cooperatives & Communities
UNFFE, Bunyoro kingdom partner to promote modern farming
Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) to promote farming and conservation. The MoU was signed by the Kingdom Prime Minister Owek, Andrew…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kakumiro bee farmers resolve to form SACCO
Bee farmers in Kakumiro district have resolved to form a SACCO in a bid to address some of the challenges they face in their enterprise. According to Joseph Serugo, a bee farmer…
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UCA suit adjourned after Respondents’ no-show in court
Mengo Chief Magistrate Nasambu Esther has adjourned the Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) vs Attorney General and Registrar for Cooperative Societies case to April 29, 2021, after the two respondents’ lawyers failed, for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Bee farmers to form cooperative
Bee farmers in Gulu are in the process of forming a cooperative in a bid to address some of the challenges they face in their enterprise. There are over 1,000 bee farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Chimpanzee Trust gives Kikuube farmers vermin-proof seed to combat wildlife attacks
The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) has started supplying farmers in Kikuube district with agricultural inputs that are not eaten by vermin and other wildlife under their umbrella Village Saving and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya cooperatives receive Produce stores worth Shs 500m
Produce stores worth over Shs 500m have been constructed for three farmer cooperatives in Nwoya district in an effort to boost post-harvest handling. One store worth Shs169.2mwas built for Koch Goma Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOs if you want to grow, Minister tips women VSLAs
Women’s Village Saving and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Hoima district have been challenged to turn their associations into Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) as one way to promote economic growth and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Cooperative Union to switch from cotton to dairy, fish farming
Lango Cooperative Union leaders have unveiled the Union-led Fisheries and Aquaculture program that will see the union embark on the promotion of cassava, milk, and fish farming in the Sub-region. Lango Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Weak Primary Societies to blame for collapsing Cooperative Unions
The assistant Commissioner for cooperatives, Robert Mpakibi Waiswa, has attributed the increasing collapse of cooperative unions in Uganda to weak primary societies, lack of diversification and poor leadership, among other reasons. Mpakibi…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Advocacy platform needed for Agriculture sector post-COVID- NAAC
The National Alliance of Agricultural Co-operatives (NAAC) has called for the formation of a nationwide agricultural advocacy platform to bridge the gap between the government and the other actors in Uganda’s agricultural…
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