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Agriculture
Banana farmers suffer losses as strange disease ravages plantations in Kabarole
KABAROLE -Banana farmers in Kabarole district are counting losses as a strange disease continues to devastate plantations for close to a year now. A disease which agriculturalists say is banana rust thrips,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mukono farmers take up agroecological agriculture
MUKONO: In a bid to save the environment and boost food security, a section of coffee farmers in Mukono district under the guidance of Eastern and South African Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda…
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East Africa
Returned South Sudanese refugees break ground at farm cooperative
JUBA-Working with a purpose, returned South Sudanese refugees hope to grow crops at sufficient scale to lift themselves and their community out of a hand-to-mouth existence of grinding poverty in one of…
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Agriculture
Kasese farmers count losses as strange disease ravages banana plantations
KASESE – Banana farmers in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange viral disease attacked their plantations, exposing the farmers’ households to hunger and poverty. Agricultural experts in the district say…
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News
Kwania residents plant bananas in protest over poor state of road
KWANIA– Angry residents of Atongtidi and Chawente Sub-counties, Kwania district have planted bananas on the dilapidated road in the area accusing leaders of failing to fix it. The residents rose up in…
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Tarmacking of critical oil road hangs in balance after withdrawal of funds
KIKUUBE– Residents and drivers using the Kabwoya-Kyangwali road in Kikuube will have to endure the poor state of the road for a while due to the lack of funds to tarmac it…
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Stop destroying natural resources if you want to restore Masaka’s glory, minister Kaboyo tells locals
MASAKA– State minister for Luweero Triangle, Alice Kaboyo has warned people in Greater Masaka area against the destruction of natural forests and wetlands, saying it has deprived Masaka of its glory as…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister: Bananas Can Make You Rich
MBARARA –Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has offered expert advice to farmers that could rake in higher profit: Embrace value addition to reap more income. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries…
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Agriculture
Bunyangabu banana cooperative frustrated by lack of transport as prices continue to plummet
Members of Kasunganyanja Banana Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Bunyangabu district have expressed frustration over lack of transport for their bananas as prices drop to as low as Shs 500 per bunch…
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