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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka farmers call for disease and drought-resistant coffee varieties
MASAKA– Farmers in the Greater Masaka region have appealed to give them coffee varieties that are disease and drought-resistant, saying they are tired of making losses in every harvesting season. The farmers…
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Agriculture
Prominent Nebbi grapes farmer suffers loss due to prolonged dry spell
NEBBI-Oswald Onencan Mugumba a grapes farmer in Mbaro East village in Nyaravur-Angal town council, Nebbi district was expecting to reap big from his grapes orchard, but due to prolonged dry spells, actual…
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Health
Malaria cases soar in Bukedi as residents misuse mosquito nets
PALLISA – Despite several interventions by government and other stakeholders to combat malaria in Bukedi Sub-region through the distribution of mosquito nets, the number of people reporting at medical facilities with the…
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News
Pork business resumes in Sheema and Bushenyi districts
BUSHENYI-Piggery farmers, businessmen and consumers in Bushenyi and Sheema districts are excited after the district veterinary department partially lifted the quarantine on the pork business. The districts had been attacked by African…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global coffee exports gain slight increase, says new ICO report
KAMPALA– Global exports of green beans in June 2022 totalled 10.03 million bags, compared with 9.95mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 0.8 percent, according to International Coffee…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Nodding Syndrome afflicted families demand for special funding
KITGUM– Local leaders in Kitgum district are demanding special funding under the Parish Development Module [PDM] for families afflicted by Nodding Syndrome. The Government is effective this financial year is injecting Shs…
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