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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyangabu district launches disbursement of PDM funds
BUNYANGABO – Bunyangabu district has launched the disbursement of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds to 49 parishes. While launching the disbursement of the PDM money to beneficiaries on Friday at Bunyangabu…
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Cooperatives & Communities
APAC: Carelessness in data collection delays disbursement of PDM funds
APAC – Laxity in the collection of baseline data for the Parish Development Model [PDM] has delayed the disbursement of funds to targeted beneficiaries in Apac District, theCooperator can say. In June…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole district launches disbursement of PDM funds
KABAROLE – Kabarole district has launched the disbursement of Parish Development Model [PDM] funds to the 52 parishes in the district. The Kabarole district PDM focal person, Dr. Salvatore Abigaba said each…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Kwiycwiny urges PDM beneficiaries to embrace coffee growing
APAC – Grace Freedom Kwiycwiny, the Minister of State for Northern Uganda has urged beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Lango Sub-region to embrace coffee growing, saying it will help…
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Agriculture
Farmers worried as caterpillars attack crops in Fort Portal City
FORT PORTAL – Farmers in Fort Portal City continue to count losses as caterpillars destroy crops on the farms. The caterpillars which have been cited in the villages of Bukwali, Mugoma, and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Translate PDM guidelines into local languages, gov’t told
MBARARA – The government has been asked to translate the guidelines of the Parish Development Model [PDM] into local languages since many of the beneficiaries of the poverty eradication programme don’t understand…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka cooperatives sweet-talk farmers on agroecology
MASAKA-Farmers’ cooperatives in the greater Masaka region have begun mobilising small-scale farmers to build sustainable and nutritious food systems based on agroecology. According to agricultural scientists, agroecology is the application of sustainable…
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Agriculture
KYOTERA: Farmers count losses as torrential rains hit farms
KYOTERA – About 800 farmers in Kyotera district are counting losses following torrential rains that have destroyed farms including about 300 acres of vanilla in Kiwumulo village in Kasaali Subcounty. The LCI…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bulambuli: Govt asked to expedite release of PDM funds
BULAMBULI- Members of Parliament in Bulambuli district have asked government to urgently disburse parish development model [PDM] funds to the beneficiaries who are eager to implement their activities. The legislators said giving…
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News
Museveni directs more funding for banana factory in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI-President Yoweri Museveni in a letter dated October 2022, has directed Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to provide Shs 23 billion for the capitalisation of the Banana Industrial Research & Development Centre [BIRDEC]…
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