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Kikuube farmers urged to form groups to overcome challenges
KIKUUBE, July 24, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been urged to form groups if they are to find solutions to the challenges they face as farmers. In an interview with…
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Kikuube farmers ask govt to subsidise prices of agricultural inputs
KIKUUBE, June 26, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have appealed to the government to subsidise the prices of agricultural inputs. The farmers said commercial farming cannot be achieved when agricultural inputs…
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Boosting irrigation: Govt earmarks Shs 560mln for Masindi farmers
MASINDI, May 22, 2024 – Government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has set aside Shs 560 million for individual farmers in Masindi district to purchase and use…
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Zimbabwe goes for Brazilian maize amid drought
HARARE, May 17, 2024 – The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe [GMAZ] has embarked on a crucial mission to Brazil to source maize grain in response to a catastrophic drought that has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Protecting consumers: Kiryandongo to enact maize quality ordinance
KIRYANDONGO, February 16, 2024 – Kiryandongo district leaders have started a process to enact a quality ordinance aimed at improving the quality of maize and its by-products so that they are fit…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee farmers in Lango urged to practice simple irrigation
LIRA, January 19, 2024 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has advised farmers in Lango Sub-region to practice simple irrigation on their coffee farms during drought, saying it is cheap. According…
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National
Govt to establish Food and Agricultural Authority
KAMAPALA, October 26, 2023 – Cabinet has approved a proposal to establish a Food and Agricultural Authority that will be mandated to handle food-related matters, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Animal…
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Northern
BoU injects Shs 800bln in agriculture
LIRA, October 21, 2023 – The Bank of Uganda [ BoU ] has so far disbursed Shs 800 billion to farmers in the country under the Agricultural Credit Facility [ACF] introduced by…
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Central
Karamoja leaders to be empowered as role models in communities
NAKASEKE, October 19, 2023 – Government has pledged to empower Karamoja leaders as role models to aid the economic transformation of the sub-region. According to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, plans to develop…
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National
Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Bill in the offing
KAMPALA, October 12, 2023 – Parliament has granted Tororo Municipality Member of Parliament Apollo Ofwono Yeri leave to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, “The Rainwater (Harvesting and Storage] Bill”. The MP…
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