Farmers
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Agriculture
MPs urge govt to boost staffing at mechanisation centres
WAKISO, November 20, 2023 – Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has asked the government to recruit more staff at regional agricultural mechanisation centres in the country. Led by Committee…
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East Africa
AFFM commits more than US$ 2mln to improve farmers’ access to fertilisers
NAIROBI, November 20, 2023 – The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism [AFFM] will provide a US$ 2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a US$ 219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AfDB supports small livestock farmers in Zambia to adapt to climate change
LUSAKA, November 17, 2023– The Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project, implemented by the African Development Bank [AfDB] in Zambia between 2017 and 2022, has helped to equip small livestock farmers to adapt…
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West Nile
MPs irked by poor state of Zombo roads
ZOMBO, November 16, 2023 – Legislators comprising the Committee on Presidential Affairs have decried the appalling state of roads in Zombo district, which they said has rendered the delivery of services poor.…
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Western
Kikuube holds budget conference with call to focus on service delivery
KIKUUBE, November 15, 2023 – The Kikuube Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Peter Bisoborwa has urged the district leaders and technical staff to double their efforts in providing service delivery. Speaking during a…
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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
Hundreds displaced, farmers count losses as R. Kafu bursts its banks
MASINDI, November 14, 2023 – Hundreds of people in the four villages of Kayeera, Kimengo, Kibangya Myeeba, and Nyakarongo in Kimengo Sub-county, Masindi district have been displaced by floods as River Kafu…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agribusiness should benefit from the attention of banks and institutional donors, experts say
MARRAKESH, November 14, 2023 – Banks, institutional partners and the private sector should invest heavily in agribusiness in Africa, a sector that suffers from a financing gap just as it becomes the…
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Agriculture
Govt offers tractors to farmers in Alebtong district
SALEBTONG, November 10, 2023 – The government has donated eight walking tractors to sub-counties in Ajuri County, Alebtong district to help farmers boost agricultural production and productivity. The sub-counties that benefited from…
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Agriculture
Kitgum farmers in need of value addition facilities
KITGUM, November 8, 2023 – Lack of facilities for value addition is affecting farmers under King of Kings Multi-Investment and Consultancy Farm Limited in Kitgum district in Northern Uganda. The company has…
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