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Agriculture
Let us work together, factory boss tells tea farmers
KABAROLE- Methuselah Kasukaali, the chairperson board of directors of Mpanga Growers’ Tea Factory has appealed to cooperate with the factory’s management, saying the good relationship will sustain the tea business. Kasukaali said…
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Cooperatives & Communities
CIDI injects shs40mln in Soroti cooperatives
SOROTI-In a move to boost effective bulk production, value addition, and collective marketing, Community Integrated Initiative Development [ CIDI ] has provided Shs 40 million as seed capital for five farmers’ cooperatives…
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Health
Stanbic Bank donates beds and mama kits to Masaka hospital
MASAKA– As part of its corporate social responsibility, Stanbic Bank Masaka Branch has donated two delivery beds and medical mama kits worth eight million shillings to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital maternity ward.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tooro dairy cooperative gets Shs 1bln machine for value addition
FORT PORTAL – Tooro Dairy Cooperative Society Limited has received an ultra-high temperature [UHT] machine worth about Shs1 billion, under Operation Wealth Creation [OWC] for value addition. The cooperative society’s manager, Micheal…
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International
Global air traffic was up 58.8 percent in July 2022, says IATA
KAMPALA-The International Air Transport Association [IATA] says passenger data for July 2022 shows that the recovery in air travel continues to be strong. Total traffic in July 2022 [measured in revenue passenger…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi farmers wary of middlemen in coffee subsector
NEBBI– Although growing coffee is one of the enterprises that the government has selected under Parish Development Model [PDM] to fight poverty in rural households, farmers in Nebbi district have urged government…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UAE Ministry of Economy partners with ICA-AP to boost the co-op sector
DUBAI – The Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates days ago signed a co-operation agreement with the International Cooperative Alliance – through the latter’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office [ICA-AP], which aims…
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News
MPs urge govt to restore National Seed Company
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has said there is need to revamp the National Seed Company to curb counterfeit agricultural products on the Ugandan market. Chairperson Janet…
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News
EU funds establishment of village supermarkets in Lango, Acholi sub-region
LIRA – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government of Uganda integrated programme has constructed five farmers’ village supermarkets in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions. With support from the European…
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