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Acholi union struggling to revive primary cooperatives
KITGUM – In1960s, farmers, mainly cotton growers from primary cooperative societies, in the original Kitgum district formed a union under their umbrella East Acholi Cooperative Union Limited [EACU]. However, the division of…
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Lira University students win Shs 1.127bln to implement their innovations
LIRA– Two students of Lira University have won Shs 1.127 billion in grants from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation following the success of their innovations expected to help the communities.…
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Legislators mesmerised by factory extracting fuel from cassava
NWOYA– Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry have commended Bukona Agro Processors Ltd, a local factory in Nwoya district that is manufacturing cooking fuel out of cassava. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives shun joining agricultural insurance
GULU – Cooperators under West Acholi Cooperative Union, covering Gulu, Omoro, Amuru, Nwoya districts, and Gulu City, have shunned joining agricultural insurance, according to officials. In the financial year, 2016/2017, the agricultural…
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TotalEnergies launches initiative to protect environment
BULIISA-TotalEnergies has launched the Tilenga Biodiversity Programme aimed at protecting and conserving biodiversity in and around the Tilenga Project Area where some of the oil activities are taking place. Philippe Groueix, the…
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TotalEnergies to donate processing plant to Bulisa cassava farmers
BULISA– TotalEnergies a French company drilling oil in the Albertine Grabben is set to support over 200 farmers with a cassava processing facility to help them add value to their produce. This…
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Cooperatives & Communities
High fuel prices hit Gulu farmers hard as some fail to open up farmlands
GULU– High prices of fuel have forced farmers in Gulu district to stop the use of tractors in the opening of their farmlands as they prepare for the new planting season. Currently,…
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Crops destroyed, goats killed as African Armyworm invades Hoima and Kikuube
HOIMA – Farmers in different sub-counties in Kikuube and Hoima districts are calling for help following an invasion of the African Armyworms that have destroyed gardens and grazing farmlands and killed over…
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Cassava Value Addition to Support Livestock Feedlot Technology
Hon Goli Ogwal Moses, MP-elect Dokolo North Constituency is leading a campaign to ensure that livestock farmers in Northern Uganda grow cassava on a large scale for animal feeds to improve their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya Farmers Struggle With Cassava Growing
NWOYA – In 2017 cassava brown streak disease wiped out the cassava crop in the northern district of Nwoya. Two years later, frantic attempts by farmers in the district to resume growing…
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