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Cooperatives & Communities
Less than half of Emyooga SACCOs in Fort Portal City apply for permanent registration
FORT PORTAL – Out of the 36 Emyooga SACCOs registered in Fort Portal City, only 17 of them have applied for permanent registration, according to the city principal commercial officer, Michael Karwani.…
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International
Coops in Argentina help drive expansion of renewable energy
BUENOS AIRES – When the residents of Armstrong, a town of 15,000 in western Argentina, began to meet to discuss a renewable energy project, they agreed that there could be many positive…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PSST Ggoobi: SACCOs in Uganda have grown to over 30,000
The number of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Uganda has increased to 33,000, according to the Permanent Secretary and [PSST] Secretary to the Treasury, Ramadhan Ggoobi. According to Ggoobi, there…
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International
Kuwait: Over 800 jobs announced in cooperatives
KUWAIT CITYH– The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in Kuwait has announced the availability of 828 supervisory positions in the country’s cooperatives, according to local news agencies. However, the positions will…
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Cooperatives & Communities
2023/2024 budget: Govt earmarks over Shs 1trn for SACCOs
KAMPALA– Government has earmarked Shs 1.177 trillion for various SACCOs in the upcoming 2023/2024 financial year, according to State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo. Parliament yesterday approved the Shs 52trn budget for…
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Africa
South Africa signs agreement to benefit local cooperatives
JOHANNESBURG-South Africa [SA] has signed an international development cooperation agreement with the German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation [GCRC] to benefit local cooperatives, according to the South African Government News Agency. The agreement will…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kamwenge farmers get platform to air out challenges
KAMWENGE-Kamwenge District Local Government in partnership with the National Alliance of Agricultural Cooperatives [NAAC] has launched an advocacy platform to help farmers dialogue with district officials on the challenges facing them. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt procures Shs 2.2bln machinery for dairy cooperatives
KIRUHURA-The government has purchased mini dairy processing equipment worth 2.2 billion to benefit farmers in the districts of Sembabule, Kabarole and Isingiro. According to Grace Kazigeti, the head of the Agri-business department…
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International
Forum explores cooperatives and clustering small farmers and fishers for integration in global value chain
MANILA-The Philippine government’s Department of Agriculture [DA] and the French government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, along with the Bureau of Exportation and International Partnership, days ago organised the 2nd Philippines-France…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Butaleja rice farmers ask govt to subsidise prices of machinery
BUTALEJA – Rice farmers under Doho Irrigation Farmers’ Cooperative Society [DIFACOS] in Butaleja district have appealed to government to subsidise prices of agricultural machinery, saying it will help them to boost production.…
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