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Cooperatives & Communities
ILO supports establishment of agro-cooperatives in Sudan
KHARTOUM – To improve the income levels and resilience of host and refugee community farmers in Sudan, the International Labour Organisation [ILO] PROSPECTS is supporting the development of agro-cooperatives through training and peer…
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Cooperatives & Communities
India cautions people not to deposit funds with three Sahara co-operatives
NEW DELHI – India’s Ministry of Cooperation has asked depositors to be aware of a Delhi High Court judgment, whereby the court has asked three co-operatives (co-ops) under the Sahara group not…
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Fairtrade
ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project empowers Nigeria’s cocoa cooperatives
LAGOS– In Nigeria, the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project is working with a network comprising field trainers, managers of cooperative unions, members of cocoa farmers’ cooperative society and other supporting organizations in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The 3rd cooperative strategic research launched, cooperators advised on mindset change
KAMPALA – The Uhuru Institute for Social Development (TUI) recorded another milestone after successfully launching the third strategic research report on cooperative resilience. The research conducted in 2020 titled “Upholding Cooperative Identity…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AGM: Bushenyi SACCOs continue to perform well despite Covid-19 huddles
BUSHENYI – Whereas most financial institutions are grappling to recover from Covid-19 pandemic, Kyamuhunga Peoples’ SACCO (KYAPS) in Bushenyi district is in the limelight for recording tremendous success during the financial year…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gen. Salim Saleh urges DCOs, Agricultural Officers to report on farmers’ demands
MBARARA – Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho a.k.a Salim Saleh, the Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has urged District Commercial Officers (DCOs) and Agricultural Officers including his own army officers in OWC…
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Government supports five cooperatives under ACDP in Masindi
MASINDI – The government has supported five cooperatives with more than Shs 900 million under the Agriculture Cluster Project (ACDP). The money is supposed to be used for the construction of shelters…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ker Kwaro Acholi moves to re-align the agricultural and business sector to cooperative societies
ACHOLI – Ker Kwaro Acholi, the Acholi Cultural Institution is in the final stages of rolling out a new cooperative society which seeks to organize and re-align the agricultural and business sector…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA to establish a Shs.1 billion regional coffee learning hub at MUST
MBARARA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is in collaboration with Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to construct a coffee learning hub at Kihumuro Campus on Mbarara-Bushenyi road. In a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICT seeks 70b to implement the Parish Development Model
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has earmarked Shs. 70.6 billion as a prerequisite for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). Presenting the Sector Budget framework…
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