Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tanzania: Warehouse receipts to support market competition for farmers’ crops
DODOMA – Tanzania’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade, Exaud Kigahe, has called on every stakeholder involved in the use and management of the Warehouse Receipts System to fulfill their responsibilities…
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Agriculture
MAK don urges Masindi farmers to work in groups
MASINDI – Prof. Samuel Majalija from Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resource and Biosecurity, has implored farmers in Bujenje County, Masindi district to form and work in groups if they…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Huge debts force Banyankole Kweterana Coop to sell prime land
MBARARA – Members of the struggling Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] have unanimously supported the sale of 55 acres of land located in Kashari North, Mbarara district to enable their union settle…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BCU to repair dilapidated primary societies
MBALE – Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU] has revealed plans to rehabilitate structures belonging to primary societies in Bugisu Sub-region famous for the production of Arabica coffee. This is according to John Musila,…
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News
Bulambuli: Coffee farmers urged to ensure high quality
BULAMBULI: Coffee farmers in Bulambuli district and the rest of Bugisu Sub-region have been urged to ensure the production of high quality coffee if they are to access better markets. This call…
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Africa
Cameroon: Apex coffee cooperative empowers farmers with mobile hauling machine installation
YAOUNDÉ– The North West Cooperative Association [NWCA] Limited in Cameroon has taken steps to work with coffee farmers of Mbaw plane under the Donga Mantung Area Cooperative Union, according to the Hilltop…
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Agriculture
Farmers worried as caterpillars attack crops in Fort Portal City
FORT PORTAL – Farmers in Fort Portal City continue to count losses as caterpillars destroy crops on the farms. The caterpillars which have been cited in the villages of Bukwali, Mugoma, and…
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Agriculture
Farmers train in financial literacy as harvesting season sets in
NGORA – Farmers in Ngora district have been trained in financial literacy as the harvesting season across the country draws closer. About 20 groups comprising 30 members each, benefited from the training…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Cooperative Union to build Shs1bln maize mill in Kole district
LIRA – The administration of Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] is planning to construct the first maize mill in Ilera Parish, Ayer Sub-county in Kole district to boost production and value addition. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tea growers, BKCU to hold AGMs soon
KAMPALA – Shareholders of Kayonza Growers Tea Factory [KGTF] Limited will attend the company’s 27th Annual General Meeting on July 14, 2023, according to the company secretary, Kenneth Mutabaruka. Mutabaruka in the…
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