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Hunger looms in Katakwi district as floods destroy farms
KATWAKI– A food crisis in Katakwi district is likely to worsen as floods occasioned by the ongoing heavy rains continue to devastate the area, leaving several hectares of different crops on farms…
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Buliisa residents petition UWA over destruction of crops by elephants
BULIISA-Over 1,380 residents living near Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa district have asked the Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] to act and stop elephants and buffaloes from invading their communities. In their…
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Northern Uganda farmers ask gov’t for storage facilities
LIRA-Cooperative farmers in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions have urged government to construct storage facilities to enable them to maintain the quality of their harvests. They said the production has gone up…
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Amuru authorities in dilemma as farmers opt to grow cash crops
AMURU-Authorities in Amuru district are concerned that they might not be able to fight famine in the district in the near future as a high number of farmers are opting to grow…
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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
Soroti cooperatives receive Shs 186mln machinery for value addition
SOROTI– Three farmers’ cooperatives in Soroti district have received machinery worth Shs 186 million to process their cassava into finished products, ready for consumption. The cooperatives include Community Link for Development Organization…
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Mbale city residents pool resources to build own road
MBALE – After living for years without a good road, residents of four villages in Industrial City Division, Mbale City have decided to construct one so that they can have easy access…
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Teso cassava farmers upset by govt failure to build processing plant
AMURIA– The State Minister for Teso affairs Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote has reiterated his commitment to push government to fulfill its promise of establishing a cassava-processing factory in Teso Sub-region after farmers…
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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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