Coffee
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Musenero urges Butebo farmers to embrace PDM
BUTEBO – The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero, has urged residents of Butebo district in eastern Uganda to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the fight against…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Engola urges Oyam residents to embrace PDM
LIRA– State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Okello Engola has called upon residents of Oyam district to take advantage of the Parish Development Model [PDM] to increase production. The…
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International
Global coffee exports down 15 percent in January 2023
KAMPALA-Global green bean exports in January 2023 declined by 15 percent to 8.69 million bags, as compared with 10.23mln bags in the same month of the previous year, International Coffee Organisation [ICIO]…
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Agriculture
Museveni pledges tractor to Omoro coffee farmers
OMORO– President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to give a tractor to coffee farmers in Lakwana Sub-county in Omoro district. The beneficiaries are expected to be out growers under MK Morden Organic Naturals,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya farmers shun ACDP stores
NWOYA– Four multi-million farmers’ storage facilities in Purongo, Anaka, Alero, and Kochgoma sub-counties in Nwoya district are underutilised as farmers keep their produce in homes, theCooperator has learnt. The storage facilities were…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bulambuli: Govt asked to expedite release of PDM funds
BULAMBULI- Members of Parliament in Bulambuli district have asked government to urgently disburse parish development model [PDM] funds to the beneficiaries who are eager to implement their activities. The legislators said giving…
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International
Understanding the business of coffee cooperatives
BOGOTÁ – Much of the coffee consumed across the globe is produced by coffee cooperatives. In the simplest sense of the word, these can be defined as organised groups of smallholder farmers…
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Africa
Africa’s coffee exports drop 9 percent in December 2022
KAMPALA -Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 9 percent to 0.97 million bags in December 2022 from 1.13mln bags in December 2021, according to International Coffee Organisation [ICO].…
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News
Mbale MP uses own money to construct local road
MBALE– The Mbale Northern City Division Member of Parliament, Seth Wambede Kizangi days ago launched the construction of Lwaso road to ease transportation in the area. The road works are expected to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperative stuck with uninstalled cassava milling machine
NEBBI – Members of Yesu Dit Cooperative Society in Parombo Sub-county, Nebbi district are stuck with an uninstalled cassava milling machine supplied by a local company, China Huangpai Food Machines [U] Limited. The…
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