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Cooperatives & Communities
Heavy rains ravage Rwampara, farmers advised to plant trees
Residents of 7 villages in Rwampara district have called for emergency relief after heavy rain washed away gardens of crops in the area. Steven Tuhumure, the LC II chairperson Nyarundagazi parish explained…
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Costly seed and feed strain fish farming in Acoli
More than 900 fish farmers in Acoli subregion are struggling to stock their ponds with fish fingerlings (fish seed), due to absence of a hatchery in the area. The fish farmers found…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teacher arrested for impersonating cooperatives’ officials
Police in Mbarara yesterday morning arrested a secondary school teacher for allegedly ripping off a number of cooperatives around Mbarara City. Julius Twinomugisha, a teacher at St. Victor Secondary School in Buhweju…
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Cooperatives & Communities
More Acoli farmers embrace commercial coffee farming
Small holder farmers in Acoli sub region are joining commercial coffee growing, to fight poverty and secure their future. Coffee was introduced in the region in 1999 as an alternative perennial crop…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabale SACCO registers 10% increase in savings during lockdown
While several SACCOs around the country suffered serious setbacks during the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Lyamujungu Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) in Kabale registered a 10% increase in savings, according to Dick…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Seed Policy to stimulate agricultural sector growth
Absence of regulation to guide the promotion of good quality seed has long afflicted the agricultural sector, a loophole that some seed companies have in the past exploited to supply fake seeds…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acoli farmers count losses due to heavy rains
Farmers in Acoli are counting losses due to the heavy rains currently being experienced in the area. The heavy rains that started in May have destroyed several kilometres of roads cutting off…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperators condemn exploitation of farmers in Bugisu
Cooperators have condemned the exploitation of farmers in Bugisu sub-region by middlemen, especially those coming from neighbouring Kenya. The cooperators made the call during a sensitization meeting recently convened by the Uganda…
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East Africa
Meet Jane Baganda, the HR boss who quit office job for livestock farming
Six years after Jane Baganda, a former Human Resource Officer, quit her desk job for life as a farmer, she says she has no regrets. In her former life, Baganda, a resident…
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Amudat gold miners call for training on savings
A group of gold miners in Chepkararat village Karita Sub County in Amudat district have called upon the government and the financial institutes to train them on how to save the money…
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