Farmers
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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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Agriculture
Small-scale irrigation: Amuru moves to promote fish farming
AMURU – The Amuru district agricultural department is considering helping farmers who have embraced small-scale irrigation on their farms to begin fish farming as an additional income-generating activity. Currently, Amuru district has…
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News
Kitgum district rallies farmers to embrace small-scale irrigation
KITGUM – Kitgum district agricultural department is rallying small-scale farmers in the district to embrace the use of small-scale irrigation technology as one of mitigating climate change. The agricultural department last week…
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News
Agro-processing facilities lie idle in Kapelebyong district
KAPELEBYONG – Famers in Kapelebyong district are in agony as agro-processing facilities established about six years ago by government under the Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme-project 2 [CAIIP-II] lie idle. Among the agro-processing facilities…
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Agriculture
Amuru risks losing over Shs 1.1bln for irrigation equipment
AMURU-Amuru district production department is at risk of losing at least Shs 1.1 billion meant for procuring small-scale irrigation equipment. The government allocated the said money through the Micro Scale Irrigation Programme…
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News
Smallholder farmers in Teso to benefit from market linkages
SOROTI – Smallholder farmers in Teso Sub-region will in the near future be helped to get market for their produce market by African Women Agrobusiness Network [AWAN], a non-governmental organisation that provides…
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Environment
Degraded landscapes in Uganda to be planted with indigenous trees
SEMBABULE – Uganda has been selected among the seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to implement a five-year project for the restoration of degraded landscapes in communities that are most at…
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Agriculture
MAK conducts research to move rice farmers from wetlands
KIKUUBE– Makerere University researchers have established a research project in the Bunyoro Sub-region aimed at stopping farmers from growing rice in wetlands and river banks. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, the principal investigator of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Paa-Apira SACCO transforming livelihoods of members in Northern Uganda
GULU – Farmers in Acholi Sub-region are busy planting maize, rice, sorghum, sim-sim, cassava as the first planting season of the year continues. Notable among the busy farmers are the members of…
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