environment
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Western
Masindi residents grappling with unsafe water
MASINDI, November 9, 2023 – Residents of Kimengo Sub-county and Kijunjubwa town council in Masindi district are grappling with the lack of safe water sources, saying the prevalence of waterborne diseases is…
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Western
Absa Bank partners with Hoima City to plant 50,000 trees
HOIMA, November 3, 2023 – Hoima City Council with support from Absa Bank Uganda Limited is to plant 50,000 trees in a campaign aimed at restoring the city’ green environment. Speaking during…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt urged to probe Shs 42bln Tochi Irrigation Scheme
OYAM, October 27, 2023 – Legislators on Parliament`s Committee on Equal Opportunities have asked the government to launch an investigation into the Tochi Irrigation Scheme in Acaba Sub-county, Oyam district. The chairperson…
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West Nile
Nebbi youth run for climate justice
NEBBI, September 18, 2023 – In a bid to advocate for climate justice, youth in Nebbi district over the weekend turned up in big numbers to celebrate the belated International World Youth…
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International
Arla rewards climate-forward farmers with share of US$ 326mln
COPENHAGEN, September 15, 2023 – Arla, the Danish-Swedish dairy cooperative recently started to pay out a monthly incentive to its farmer owners based on their sustainability efforts. The incentive is a data-driven…
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Education
Minister urges headteachers to plant trees in schools
SOROTI, September 12, 2023 – The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysestom Muyingo, has asked school headteachers in the country to embrace the Greening Project which encourages the planting of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Brazil can earn US$ 202.1bln with cooperativism in 2027, says OCB
BRASILIA – Brazil has the capacity to have revenues of R$ 1 trillion [about US$ 202.1 billion] with cooperativism and reach 30 million members in 2027, according to the president of the…
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International
Saving the environment: Polish coop adopts two beehives, home to 50,000 bees
WARSAW – Nautiqus SP. Z.O.O., a Coop member in Gdynia, Poland, has adopted two beehives which are home to nearly 50,000 bees. Nautiqus has a long-standing policy of socially responsible business and…
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Western
Entice youth to embrace commercial agriculture, farmers’ organisations urged
HOIMA – Farmers’ organisations operating in the Bunyoro Sub-region have been urged to mobilise and encourage the youth in the area to embrace commercial agriculture. Innocent Aliguma, the community development officer for Kyabigambire…
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Africa
FSD Africa Investments avails £10mln to support Nigeria’s sustainable climate infrastructure
LAGOS – FSD Africa Investments [FSDAi], in collaboration with InfraCredit, have invested £10 million into a first-of-its-kind risk-sharing backstop facility, designed to unlock local currency funding for sustainable infrastructure development in Nigeria. The…
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