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Tayebwa urges Europeans to invest in Uganda’s coffee sector
KAMPALA, May 24, 2024 – Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called for the support of visiting Germany legislators to push the rest of the European Union [EU] countries to import…
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Coffee importers speed up shipments before EU deforestation law, says ICO
LONDON, May 24, 2024 – Coffee importers have increased the pace of shipments recently, seeking to escape problems after December when the European Union’s Regulation on Deforestation Free Products [EUDR] enters into…
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War-torn Ukraine earns free-trade deal to protect its agri-food sector
BRUSSELS, May 14, 2024 – The European Council [EC] has approved the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian and Moldovan exports to the EU for another year as part of…
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International
EU backtracks on stricter import rules amid international backlash
LONDON, March 12, 2024 – The European Union [ EU ] plans to relax its incoming deforestation regulation [EUDR] by temporarily designating all export countries with the same standard risk classification. The…
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East Africa
EAC-EU develop joint roadmap to foster digital transformation in East Africa
ARUSHA, October 13, 2023 – The East African Community [EAC] and the European Union [EU] days ago agreed to foster a human-centric digital transformation in East Africa to utilise digital technologies and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA asserts its involvement in PFD of European Union
BRUSSELS, October 11, 2023 – Representatives of civil society organisations and local authorities days ago met with the European Commission in Brussels to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Policy Forum on…
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East Africa
Underground ivory trade threatens dwindling hippo population in Uganda and DRC
ARUA, September 25, 2023 – The hippopotamus in Africa’s Great Lakes is on the verge of extinction. The number of hippos is reducing in Lake Albert, at Murchison Falls National Park in…
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Africa
ITC Supports coffee producers in Liberia through cooperative training
MONROVIA – The International Trade Centre [ITC] in partnership with the Farmers Union Network of Liberia [FUNL], has initiated a week-long training programme focused on the significance of cooperatives for coffee producers.…
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East Africa
Cooperatives, others in EAC to benefit from major trade campaign
ARUSHA – The East African Community [EAC] has launched a campaign aimed at creating awareness on the agri-export trade opportunities that have been created through the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme [MARKUP].…
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International
Partners discuss farmer organisation models and cooperatives in Iraq
BAGHDAD – An event was held by partners implementing the European Union Agri-food Business Development Programme [AfBDP] in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the development of farmers’ organisations and cooperatives in Iraq and…
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