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Cooperatives & Communities
Tanzania: Warehouse receipts to support market competition for farmers’ crops
DODOMA – Tanzania’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade, Exaud Kigahe, has called on every stakeholder involved in the use and management of the Warehouse Receipts System to fulfill their responsibilities…
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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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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Babalanda orders RDCs to arrest officials failing PDM
KAMPALA – The Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda has directed all the resident district commissioners [RDCs] in the country to arrest all public servants sabotaging the implementation of the Parish Development Model…
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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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News
Farmers decry continued invasion of elephants from Kibale National Park
KABAROLE – Residents of Kasenda Sub-county in Kabarole district have decried the persistent invasion of wild animals from Kibale National Park. The most affected parishes are Isunga, Nyabweya and Burambira, all neighbouring…
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News
Prices of foodstuffs rise in Kikuube district
KIKUUBE – Residents of Kikuube district are grappling with high prices of beans and posho arising from the low supply of the foodstuffs. Bosco Sebazungu, a resident of Waraganza trading center in…
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Agriculture
Lango, Teso farmers embrace growing iron-rich beans
LIRA – Farmers in the Lango and Teso sub-regions have started the production of iron-rich beans, alongside orange sweet potatoes, and green vegetables such as Sukuma wiki to improve nutrition in their…
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Environment
Kikuube leaders implicated in destruction of Bugoma Forest Reserve
KIKUUBE – Kikuube district leaders, including members of the district executive committee have been accused of aiding the depletion of Bugoma Forest Reserve through the cutting of trees for timber and charcoal…
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News
Teso cultural leader urges subjects to embrace commercial farming
SOROTI – The Emorimor of Teso, Paul Sande Emolot has urged his subjects to embrace commercial farming in a bid to fight household poverty. The Emorimor made the remarks on Friday during…
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Agriculture
Minister Ngobi launches Shs 500mln model farm in Butebo district
BUTEBO – The State Minister for Trade and Cooperatives, Frederick Ngobi Gume has launched a Shs 500 million model farm in Kacuru Sub-county, Butebo district to help improve farming activities in the…
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