Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu coffee dealers trained on quality standards
MBALE, September 11, 2023 – The Uganda Quality Coffee Traders’ and Processors Association [UQCTPA] has trained coffee dealers in Bugisu Sub-region to enable them to increase productivity. UQCTPA brings together over 3,000…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Wakenya Pamoja SACCO launches banking platform for members
NAIROBI, September 8, 2023 – Wakenya Pamoja Deposit Taking SACCO recently launched a mobile digital banking platform expected to improve service delivery, according to Coop News. The new platform dubbed Wakenya M-Cash is a robust…
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Cooperatives & Communities
What dairy cooperatives are doing to support decarbonisation
BARCELONA, September 8, 2023 – Spanish Agri-food Cooperatives recently organised a conference in Navia, Asturias, as part of the European COOPID project that aims to accelerate decarbonisation of the dairy sector. Particularly,…
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Agriculture
AfDB unveils new initiative to cushion farmers from climate change effects
NAIROBI, September 8, 2023 – The African Development Bank has unveiled the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation [ACRIFA]. The initiative is aimed at insulating countries against catastrophic weather-related events. The…
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Western
Rwenzori vanilla farmers decry low prices
NTOROKO – Due to the low prices being offered by buyers, vanilla farmers in Ntoroko district and Rwenzori Sub-region at large have threatened to abandon the crop and go for other high-value…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers excited as Lira coop acquires maize mill
LIRA – Farmers in Ogur Sub-county in Lira district are excited after receiving a maize mill now under installation. The farmers in the subcounty have been travelling over five miles to get…
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Cooperatives & Communities
How war loss compensation is benefiting Masaka Cooperative Union farmers
MASAKA – Following a lengthy dispute by the cooperative movement in the country for compensation over the years, the government heeded the pressure and started off a process to recompense the cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Netherlands: Past, present and future of Rabobank, a cooperative
AMSTERDAM – Rabobank emerged from small credit unions founded by farmers and horticulturists starting at the end of the 19th century in the Netherlands. The common thread since its inception is to…
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Western
NSSF targets informal sector to boost membership and savings
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] newly appointed managing director, Patrick Ayota, in an ongoing campaign, has encouraged employers in the informal sector to register their employees with…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira cooperative promoting production of oil seeds
LIRA – The Erute North County Oil Seed Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Lira district has pledged to continue promoting the production and multiplication of oil seeds as well as value addition.…
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