Coffee
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Agriculture
NaCORI unveils trap to catch coffee pests
MASAKA -In a bid to save coffee plantations in the Greater Masaka districts from the black coffee twig borers, the National Coffee Research Institute [ NaCORI ] has developed a bait trap,…
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International
Honduran coffee farmers hope for a brighter future
TEGUCIGALPA-Honduran coffee has been a good news story, it is an important export, and it is well regarded worldwide for its flavoursome speciality beans, but it is under threat from climate change.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu religious leaders urge coffee farmers to deal with BCU
SIRONKO– Religious Leaders from Bugisu Sub-region have urged coffee farmers from Sironko and Bulambuli districts to work with Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU], saying the cooperation will lead to the development of the…
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International
Trio of US murals celebrate Fairtrade, farmers and co-operation
MILWAUKEE -October in the United States is Fairtrade Month and Co-operative Month, and the two movements are joining forces to call for a fairer deal for farmers, according to news agencies there.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka farmers call for disease and drought-resistant coffee varieties
MASAKA– Farmers in the Greater Masaka region have appealed to give them coffee varieties that are disease and drought-resistant, saying they are tired of making losses in every harvesting season. The farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee business is my life, my passion, says the enterprising Dison Kaleng
KAPCHORWA – Dison Kaleng, 35, the proprietor of Bros Coffee in Kapchorwa town, says his growing coffee value chain business is his life and passion. Bros Coffee may sound a name unfamiliar,…
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Development
Africa’s exports fell 11.9 percent in August 2022, Uganda is the reason why
KAMPALA-Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa dropped by 11.9 percent to 1.24 million bags in August 2022 from 1.4mln bags sold in August 2021, according to International Coffee Organisation [ICO],…
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Development
BCU to arrest members over failure to pay back loans
NAMISINDWA-Bugisu Cooperative Union [ BCU ] chairman Nathan Nandala Mafabi has told cooperative societies members who have failed to pay back the loans acquired from the union that they will be arrested…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BCU mobilises coffee farmers, offers cheap loans
MBALE-Bugisu Co-operative Union [ BCU ] is engaged in zonal mobilisation meetings with coffee farmers in Bugisu Sub-region as one of the measures to increase the supply of green coffee to the…
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Development
Trust takes tree growing campaign to Masindi schools
MASINDI-As one way of inculcating the culture of conserving the environment amongst citizens, Umoja Conservation Trust [UCT]has embarked on its campaign to plant trees in schools in Masindi district. Brian Toshi Bwana,…
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