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MOU to support sustainable development in COMESA region signed
LUSAKA, August 30, 2024 – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [ COMESA ] and International Institute for Sustainable Development [IISD] recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] to cooperate…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira farmers alerted of counterfeit seeds on market
LIRA, April 8, 2024 – As the new planting season takes centre stage in the country, farmers in Lira district have been advised to watch out for counterfeit seeds flooding the local…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda’s annual coffee exports rise 7 percent
KAMPALA, February 19, 2024 – Uganda’s coffee exports surged by 7 percent over the twelve months from February 2023 to January 2024, reaching a total of 6.10 million bags and generating an…
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Cooperatives & Communities
VSLAs improving livelihoods of locals in Amolatar
AMOLATAR, October 18, 2023 – The Village Savings and Loans Associations [ VSLAs ] have improved the livelihoods of the beneficiaries in Amolatar district. According to officials, there are over 600 VSLAs…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Indonesia’s coffee exports forecast to decline
JAKARTA– Coffee exports from Indonesia in the market year 2023/24 are expected to decline by nearly one-third, reportedly due to weather-related supply shortages. The most severe shortages are expected in Robusta production,…
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International
Coop Czech’s store wins in Wooden Building of the Year Awards
PRAGUE – Coop Czech has achieved an impressive feat by securing second place in the Large Wooden Constructions category of the 13th Annual Wooden Building of the Year competition. The building, operated…
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News
Alcohol Bill: Stakeholders in Kampala propose harsher restrictions
KAMPALA-Stakeholders have proposed tougher restrictions to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol in the country with a fine of Shs 20 milliom or spending 10 years in prison proposed in the…
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East Africa
Cooperatives lauded as fish production in Rwanda rises
KIGALI-Fish production in Rwanda slightly increased to 43,560 tonnes in 2022 from 41,664 tonnes harvested in 2021, according to the latest report released by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global coffee exports down 2.5 percent in October
Global exports of green beans in October 2022 totalled 8.5 million bags, compared with 8.72mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 2.5 percent, according to the latest International…
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Agriculture
Banana farmers suffer losses as strange disease ravages plantations in Kabarole
KABAROLE -Banana farmers in Kabarole district are counting losses as a strange disease continues to devastate plantations for close to a year now. A disease which agriculturalists say is banana rust thrips,…
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