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Low cassava prices hit Nebbi farmers
NEBBI, December 9, 2024 — Farmers venturing into cassava farming in Nebbi district are threatening to abandon the enterprise, citing low prices in the local and foreign markets. They said a kilo of…
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NAADS to distribute Hass avocado and macadamia seedlings worth Shs 3.5bln
KABAROLE, August 28, 2024 – In the 2024/2025 financial year, the National Agricultural Advisory Services [NAADS] will distribute 400,000 Hass avocado seedlings worth Shs 2.5 billion and over 100,000 macadamia seedlings valued…
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Western
Bushenyi: Poor roads compromising quality of tea
BUSHENYI, January 9, 2024 – Farmers in Greater Bushenyi say poor roads are contributing to the poor quality of freshly picked green tea leaves needed by the processing factories in the area.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni injects Shs 1.2bln in Kampala ghetto SACCOs
KAMPALA, December 30, 2023 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni days ago injected Shs1.2 billion into 12 ghetto SACCOs in Kampala Metropolitan Area. “I sent Brig. Ddamulira and Kutesa to mobilise you and…
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Western
Govt pledges to help local tea farmers
KAMPALA, November 20, 2023 – Government has developed a Cabinet Paper that will establish a policy to reenergise the tea business in Uganda, according to Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja. “We have held…
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Agriculture
Minimising environmental disasters: Kasese farmers urged to embrace good farming methods
KASESE, November 14, 2023 – Farmers in Kasese district have been urged to practice good farming methods like terracing to minimise the occurrence of disasters like landslides and soil erosion. For several…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Review contracts to settle disputes, MTIC official urges Hoima Sugar Limited and farmers
KIKUUBE– A senior official from the Ministry of Trade, industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] wants Hoima Sugar Limited and cane out-growers in Kikuube district to revise their contracts if the long-standing disputes between…
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Environment
Tayebwa pledges to defend Mabira Forest
BUIKWE– The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has promised to fight those that have encroached on Mabira Forest, saying that those destroying the forest will face the wrath of the law.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cassava shortage hits farmers’ cooperatives in Nebbi district
NEBBI-Five-based rural cassava agro–factories that were established in Nebbi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development program [ACDP] have scaled down their operations due to the scarcity of cassava in the district. The Shs…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Farmers, oil millers urge gov’t to set prices of commodities
LIRA-Oil millers, manufacturers, and farmers producing sunflower and soybean in the Lango Sub-region want government to regulate the prices of commodities in the country, saying it is the only way farmers will…
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