Coffee
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ankole Diocese Partners With UCDA To Alleviate Poverty
ANKOLE – Ankole Diocese and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have launched a partnership to plant coffee to improve household incomes and transform communities in Western Uganda. According to Sedrack Muhangi, UCDA’s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni To Farmers: Don’t Overprice Milk
KAMPALA – Insidious cattle diseases such as Foot and Mouth and Anthrax have diminished the quality of the country’s animal products, made farmers to overprice milk and narrowed their competitive edge in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UNFFE, Bunyoro kingdom partner to promote modern farming
Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) to promote farming and conservation. The MoU was signed by the Kingdom Prime Minister Owek, Andrew…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form cooperatives with a purpose- Masindi LC V
Masindi district LC V Chairman, Cosmas Byaruhanga, has challenged residents to form cooperatives with a purpose if they are to reap big from them. Byaruhanga made the call on Tuesday during an…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative targets coffee processing machine
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative Society Limited in Bwijanga Sub-county, Masindi district is in the process of acquiring a coffee processing machine that will enable them to add value to their coffee. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA cracks down on immature coffee trade
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has declared war against traders engaged in buying immature coffee from farmers. UCDA’s regional extension officer for Rwenzori region, Emmanuel Tumwizere, said picking immature coffee berries…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Cooperative Union sets up credit arm to support members
In December 2019, Masaka Co-operative Union formed a financial cooperative to boost coffee production capacity in the region. For the last 70 years, Masaka Co-op union has worked with primary societies involved…
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News
Masindi farmers demand for coffee hurler from government
Coffee farmers in Masindi district want government to establish a coffee processing machine within the district, saying that they produce enough coffee to sustain it. Masindi district has four active coffee cooperatives,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda registers increase in coffee exports despite COVID-19
Uganda registered an increase in coffee exports in March 2020, despite an overall contraction in international trade as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu Coop Union Founder to be remembered
The family of the late EV Samson Kitutu, one of Uganda’s first Cooperators and a founding father of the Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU), is planning to host a Public Memorial Day in…
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