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Development
Avocado cooperative seeks to make Acholi a green sub-region
ACHOLI – Gulu Avocado Farmers’ Cooperative Society has embarked on growing Hass Avocado variety; an initiative that will see heavily deforested Acholi sub-region green again and increase income among households. The Hass Avocado…
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Minister Tumwebaze sets team to investigate fake drugs
KAMPALA – Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has appointed a special team to carry out investigations on the alleged fake drugs in the market. “We have…
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Cooperatives & Communities
President Museveni commissions 346 km roads in Bunyoro
HOIMA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned various roads measuring to 346 kms in the Albertine Graben worth billions of shillings. The President commissioned the roads that include the 111km oil road…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Indian investors seeking investment opportunities in Acholi sub-region
ACHOLI – A group of Indian investors are in search for potential investment opportunities in Acholi sub region. In December 2021, a delegation representing a group of more than 2000 investors in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICT seeks 70b to implement the Parish Development Model
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has earmarked Shs. 70.6 billion as a prerequisite for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). Presenting the Sector Budget framework…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi leaders call for investigations into persistent wildfire outbreaks at Atiak Sugarcane works
AMURU – Leaders from Acholi sub-region have called for an investigation into the persistent wildfire outbreaks that have devastated sugarcanes belonging to Atiak Sugar Company and out growers. In December last year,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers from newly created sub counties demand for Government Extension workers
AMURU – Farmers in newly created Lakang and Layima sub-counties in Amuru district are demanding for deployment of extension workers to boost their agricultural knowledge. The two sub-counties were curved out of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government to start acaricide zoning to address issues of tick-borne resistance
KIRUHURA – The government of Uganda is pushing for acaricide zoning to fight the tick-borne resistance that has greatly affected animal industry especially in the cattle corridor. Through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministry of Agriculture invests Shs 8.5 billion to promote coffee fertilizers
HOIMA – Ministry of Agriculture through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have launched a campaign to rejuvenate old coffee plantations in Bunyoro region through supplying fertilizers to registered farmers. The campaign was on…
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Wildfire destroys more than 200 hectares of sugarcane plantation in Atiak
AMURU – Police are investigating yet another fire incident at Atiak sugar plantation that has reportedly destroyed more than 200 hectares. The Aswa River Region Police Public Relations Officer, David Ongom Mudong…
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