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Environment
Drought hits Europe’s rivers and crops
LONDON-Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas faced by drought. In the Netherlands the level of the Waal…
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News
Hunger in Otuke: Leaders to collect 25,000kg of relief food
OTUKE-Leaders of Otuke district are to mobilise relief food and planting materials to be distributed to poor households after two people in Okwongo Town council reportedly died due to hunger that has…
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Biting hunger: Charity donates food aid to Napak families
NAPAK– Etop Blessing Uganda Foundation [EBUF] in conjunction with Teso Students Development Association has donated food aid including1,500 kilogrammes of maize flour and 600 kilogrammes of beans to Napak district where hunger…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministers ask farmers to invest in tree seedlings in Northern Uganda
GULU-The State for Environmental, Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in Northern Uganda to invest in tree seedlings if they are to develop their farms at a low cost. Addressing the stakeholders’…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi cooperative farmers to sell maize under new model
KITGUM-At least 35 farmer cooperatives under East Acholi Cooperative Union [EACU] are to benefit from the new arrangement [ model ] of buying maize introduced by a private company. Known as ‘Maize-cob…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Turkish agency provides agricultural support to Palestinian local cooperatives
WEST BANK– Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency [TİKA] implemented four projects focused on agriculture, energy, and employment in order to increase the production capacity of four cooperatives that are affiliated with the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kitgum farmers urged to return to gardens after suffering losses
KITGUM– Famers under East Acholi Cooperative Union [WACU] in Kitgum district have been advised to prepare for the second season after their crop gardens were hit by an unexpected drought in the…
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News
Over 17,000 Balalo illegally grazing cattle in Amuru district
AMURU– A select committee of Amuru district councilors has discovered that a total of 17,017 cattle keepers, commonly known as Balalo, illegally graze their animals in the district. The committee established that…
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Over 300 encroachers on River Nguse banks ordered to vacate
KIKUUBE– More than 300 farmers who have encroached on the wetland banks of River Nguse in Kabwoya Sub-county in Kikuube district have been ordered to vacate before they face the wrath of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima Sugar Limited allows 200 farmers to harvest their crops
KIKUUBE– Hoima Sugar Limited has granted over 200 farmers a grace period of three months to harvest crops covering about 4370 acres before they vacate the land they had illegally occupied. The…
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