Cooperative
-
Masindi District Farmers Association (MADFA) skilling youths for job creation
Masindi District Farmers Association (MADFA) has partnered with Enabel, the Belgian development agency, to empower youth in the district with skills in welding and fabrication of farm equipment like manual maize planters,…
Read More » -
Over 600 acres of crops destroyed by hailstones in Agago district
At least 7000 farmers in Agago district are in distress after heavy rain accompanied by hailstones destroyed their crop gardens on Friday. The LC III of Omiya Pacwa Sub-County, Raymond Otim, told…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru RDC rejects immature animals supplied under NUSAF 3
Amuru Deputy Resident Commissioner (RDC), Osborn Oceng Geoffrey, on Friday rejected a total of 46 out of 71 oxen procured by a supplier under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF…
Read More » -
Pallisa farmers decry market access problems caused by COVID-19 lockdown
Fresh agricultural produce is piling up, unconsumed, at various farm gates in Pallisa district, resulting in major losses for the farmers unable to sell their produce due to market access bottlenecks brought…
Read More » -
Inadequate sensitisation blamed for slow e-voucher management system uptake
Inadequate sensitisation is slowing enrolment of farmers in Gulu district into the Electronic Voucher Management System (EVMS), a programme created by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries to oversee distribution…
Read More » -
Private school teachers in Tooro cry for relief aid
More than 500 teachers working in private schools in Tooro sub-region have appealed for food relief from government three months after President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of schools in order to…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers desperate as floods destroy gardens in Serere district.
Serere district in Teso region in Eastern part of Uganda could face a major food crisis, as the ongoing heavy rains continue to ravage the sub counties that constitute the district’s main…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti fruits factory management calls for ban on juice concentrate imports
The management of Soroti Fruits Factory has called upon government to ban all the importation of juice concentrates in order to promote local consumption of the factory’s all-Ugandan concentrate. According to the…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak Sugar Project plagued by labor shortage
At least 750 casual laborers are still needed by Ayuu Alali Cooperative society to help speed up the planting of sugarcane in Palabek Kal sub county in Lamwo district. Ayuu Alali embarked…
Read More » -
Money changers at Elegu Border count losses as Covid19, restrictions bite
Money Changers at Elegu, Uganda’s border with South Sudan in Atiak Sub County, Amuru district are counting losses after majority have been pushed out of the business due to Covid 19. At…
Read More »