Coffee
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole PDM SACCOs disburse 95 percent of money received in first phase
KABAROLE, October 31, 2023 – The Parish Development Model Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisations [PDM SACCOs] in Kabarole district have so far disbursed 95 percent of the money they received from the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima City: Over 900 benefit from second phase of PDM funds disbursement
HOIMA, October 26, 2023 – The beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Hoima City who did not receive the money in the first round have a reason to smile after…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Karamoja: Slow progress of PDM implementation worries MPs
KAMPALA, October 25, 2023 – Members of Parliament on the Committee of Public Service and Local Government are concerned about the level of implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Namisindwa: Four arrested over extorting PDM beneficiaries
NAMISINDWA, October 25, 2023 – Three officials from Bukhabusi Sub-county in Namisindwa district have been arrested for allegedly asking the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] to give them part of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
First regenerative agriculture labeled coffee to be launched
MILAN, October 25 Oct 2023 – The world’s first coffee with a “regenerative agriculture” label is being distributed globally by the Italian brand Illy Caffè in partnership with the Cerrado Coffee Growers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Annual coffee exports fetch Uganda over US$ 940mln
KAMPALA, October 20, 2023 – Coffee exports for the coffee year [2022/2023] totaled 6.14 million bags worth US$ 940.36mln compared to 5.86mln bags worth US$ 877.66mln in the previous coffee year [2021/2022],…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister urges Kasese farmers to grow Arabica coffee
KASESE, October 12, 2023 – The State Minister for Agriculture, Fredrick Bwino Kyakulaga has urged farmers in Kasese district to grow more Arabica coffee and add value to it in order to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA re-opens primary coffee factories in Buganda and Busoga
KAMPALA, October 12, 2023 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has reopened all primary coffee factories in the Greater Mukono, Greater Luweero, and Busoga regions, effective October 11, 2023. According to UCDA,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole district leaders cite corruption in disbursement of PDM funds
KABAROLE, October 3, 2023 – Leaders in Kabarole district in western Uganda have accused LCII chairpersons, SACCO chairpersons, and parish chiefs of corruption, saying they demand kickbacks from the beneficiaries of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Youth in Kwania spend PDM cash on smartphones, hoofers
KWANIA, September 28, 2023 – A section of the youth who benefited from the Parish Development Model [PDM] cash in Kwania district are using the government money to buy hoofers, smartphones, and…
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