Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amolatar women farmers ask FAO for storage facilities, tractors
AMOLATAR– Members under the umbrella of Amot Farmers Association in Amolatar district have asked the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO] to provide them with storage facilities and tractors,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mpanga Growers Tea Factory to hold AGM
FORT PORTAL-The Annual General Meeting [AGM] of the shareholders of Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Limited for the year ended December 31, 2021, is to be held on December 8, 2022, according to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kiryandongo official unveils progress report of PDM
KIRYANDONGO – Kiryandongo district production officer, Hassan Isa Byenkya, who also doubles as the district’s focal person for the Parish Development Model [PDM] has highlighted the progress of the programme in the…
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Energy & Mining
WBG announces major initiative to electrify Sub-Saharan Africa
WASHINGTON-The World Bank Group [WBG] has announced an innovative initiative to accelerate the pace of electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve universal access by 2030. The World Bank, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mukono farmers take up agroecological agriculture
MUKONO: In a bid to save the environment and boost food security, a section of coffee farmers in Mukono district under the guidance of Eastern and South African Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda…
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Agriculture
Nebbi cotton farmers concerned as heavy rains hit gardens
NEBBI- Cotton farmers in Nebbi district are concerned about the bad weather which they say has affected both the quality and quantity of yields this year. Cotton is one of the traditional…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low rice production in Bunyoro blamed on sugar
KIKUUBE– Growing cane for sugar manufacturing is responsible for the current low rice production in Bunyoro Sub-region, according to researchers from Makerere University. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, a principal investigator at Makerere University…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ankole leaders, farmers to petition gov’t over coffee seedlings
RWAMPARA -Leaders and farmers in Ankole Sub-region districts Rwampara, Bushenyi, Mbarara, and Ntungamo districts plan to petition government after they received far fewer than the expected coffee seedlings from Uganda Coffee Development…
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Agriculture
NaCORI unveils trap to catch coffee pests
MASAKA -In a bid to save coffee plantations in the Greater Masaka districts from the black coffee twig borers, the National Coffee Research Institute [ NaCORI ] has developed a bait trap,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO official advises Kabarole tea farmers on value addition
KABAROLE: An official from the National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] has advised that tea farmers in Kabarole district and other parts of the country should add value to their agricultural…
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