Farmers
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Agriculture
Teso citrus farmers look to regional market in the post COVID-era
Contrary to widespread gloomy economic projections in the post-COVID future, citrus farmers in Teso sub-region are optimistic that they will…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 200 acres of crops destroyed by hailstorm in Masindi
More than 300 farmers from five villages in Pakanyi Sub County in Masindi district are counting losses following a hailstorm…
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Agriculture
Lamwo: 400 LDUs deployed to plant sugarcane due to labour shortage
Four hundred Local Defence Unit personnel, LDUs, have been deployed to help plant sugarcane for Ayuu Alali Cooperative Society Limited…
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Agriculture
Farmers frustrated over low banana prices
Banana farmers in Uganda’s western region have expressed frustration over the current spell of low produce prices that threatens to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu agro-input dealers run out of stock as lockdown continues
Agro-input stocks in Gulu district are running low following the ban on public transportation as one of the measures to…
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Agriculture
Tomato farmers count losses as prices plummet
Farmers in Kasese are counting heavy losses resulting from a sharp drop in tomato prices. According to several farmers, the…
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Agriculture
Coffee company increases prices
A coffee processing company in Kasese district is offering farmers better prices for their coffee following the decreased production in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbale police fires teargas, bullets to disperse defiant traders over COVID-19
Police yesterday fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse traders who had opened their shops in defiance of a presidential…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rwampara farmers urged to embrace crop insurance
Farmers in Rwampara district have been urged to embrace crop insurance as one way of mitigating losses resulting from natural…
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Agriculture
COVID-19: Misery for Ntoroko cattle cooperatives as markets ban begins to bite
Cattle marketing cooperatives in Ntoroko are crying foul as the president’s 32 day ban on cattle markets begins to take…
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