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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Youth Advised To Form Cooperatives
MASINDI – The member of parliament for Bujenje County Kenneth Kiiza Nyendwoha has called upon the youth in Masindi district to form cooperatives to enable them tap into support from the government.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Paicho Cooperative Store Construction Delayed
GULU – Construction of Paicho Central Kal Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited (PCKGCS) store has delayed due to inadequate funds. Construction of the store by Stanhope General Merchandise, should have started in October…
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Cooperatives Are Key In Modern Farming Methods
AMURU – After the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and Uganda People’s Defense Forces’ (UPDF) insurgency, the biting poverty at the time forced those who had returned from the Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs)…
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We Cannot Reach Out To The Farmers
KITGUM – Officials at East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) have decried failure to reach the farmers as the second lock-down takes effect. To them, they are being restricted in their movements to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers Encouraged To Take Up Agricultural Insurance
AMURU – Leaders of Kweyo Growers Cooperative Society are encouraging their members to take up agricultural insurance, to save them losses resulting from risks such as pests, diseases, and drought among others.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kigya Cooperative Commends The Uhuru Institute
MASINDI – Members of Kigya United Farmers Cooperative Society Limited in Kigumba Sub County, Kiryandongo district have commended The Uhuru Institute for Social Development for helping them continue with their activities amidst…
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Cooperatives Advised To Adopt ICT
Adopting Information and Communication Technologies, ICT by cooperatives is crucial for their continued business operations during the covid-19 pandemic, Mpakibi Waiswa Robert, the assistant registrar of cooperatives, has said. Mpakibi made the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Opportunistic Pig Farmers Under Attack
GULU – Across northern Uganda, Marcelo Peter Okwonga is pitching a switch to a more sustainable pig farming model to get rid of the many opportunistic small holder farmers. Interviewed recently in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
2nd Lockdown: Food Prices Double in Gulu
GULU – People in Gulu are struggling to feed their families as food prices soar, spurred largely, by the second national lockdown and ban on inter-district movement and cattle markets. Essential food…
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Cooperatives Fail The Loans Acquisition Test
NWOYA – Without assets to stake as collateral, cooperative societies in the northern district of Nwoya have failed to snap up agricultural loans available in several banks. John Bosco Odong, a member…
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