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AU minsters’ summit declares coffee a strategic commodity
KAMPALA – The Summit of African Union Ministers sitting in Nairobi days ago certified coffee as a key strategic commodity for the poorest yet resource-rich continent. The development would require trading in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni roots for 4-acre farming approach to boost household incomes
OMORO– President Museveni is rooting for small-scale commercial farming approach in order to boost household incomes in northern Uganda. This comes at a time when the Acholi Sub-region, according to a survey…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya to host first Africa coffee summit this week
NAIROBI– Kenya will host the first G25 African Coffee Summit from May 25-27, 2022. The country was granted the opportunity during the Inter African Coffee Organization [IACO] 61st Annual General Assembly which…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lack of tea policy affecting Uganda’s farmers
FORT PORTAL– Tea is Uganda’s third most important agricultural export earner after coffee and fish, but tea farmers say they need a policy to regulate the sector. It is one of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BKCU grappling with debts ahead of next AGM
MBARARA– Preparations are in high gear as the debt-ridden Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] Limited prepares to hold its 49th Annual General Meeting [ AGM ] this Friday, over three weeks from the…
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UVCCL coffee deal: Investors want to mortgage govt land at Namanve
KAMPALA– Even though President Yoweri Museveni and NRM caucus Members of Parliament [MPs] have agreed to review the controversial coffee export deal signed between the government and Vinci Coffee Company Limited [UVCCL], the…
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Shocking: Italian Enrica Pinetti signed Shs284b coffee deal as witness
KAMPALA – It has emerged that Italian Enrica Pinetti in February 2022 only signed as a witness as the Government of Uganda inked Shs 284 billion controversial coffee agreement with Uganda Vinci Coffee…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ugandans roast PS Ggoobi on Twitter over controversial coffee deal
MBALE – On April 15, 2022, at 9: 06 am, Finance ministry Permanent Secretary [PS] /Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, in a lengthy explanation, twitted, “Dear Ugandans, I am minded to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICO members receive draft of new International Coffee Agreement
KAMPALA – The 132nd (virtual) Session of the International Coffee Council concluded on April 2021 following a week of associated meetings of the Committees of the Organisation, with the committees holding meetings to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenyan coffee farmers fetch Kshs 105.1 million
KERICHO – 9582 smallholder coffee farmers under Kipkelion District Co-operative Union Ltd (KDCU) in Kericho days ago received payment amounting to Kshs 105.1 million for the sale of 134.4 metric tonnes of…
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