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Children’s Parliament calls for end to hunger, malnutrition
KAMPALA, July 29, 2024 – The second National Children’s Parliament has proposed agricultural development and sensitisation as a strategy to address the hunger and malnutrition crisis in the country. The Children’s Parliament…
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Soroti district gears up for mass livestock vaccination against FMD
SOROTI, July 29, 2024 – The Soroti district production department intends to mass vaccinate livestock against the contagious Foot and Mouth Disease [FDM], a viral disease affecting cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs…
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Lango poultry farmers empowered to manage their projects better
Lira City, July 25, 2024: More than 200 poultry farmers in Lango sub-region have been trained on the better management of their projects so that they earn good money from them. The…
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Mbarara City: Govt launches mass vaccination against FMD
MBARARA, July 25, 2024 – To prevent the reoccurrence of foot and mouth disease [ FMD ], government has launched mass vaccination of livestock in Mbarara City, and neighbouring cattle corridor districts…
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Kikuube farmers urged to form groups to overcome challenges
KIKUUBE, July 24, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been urged to form groups if they are to find solutions to the challenges they face as farmers. In an interview with…
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East Africa
Conflicts: Women Coffee farmers in DR Congo’s Ituri Province wrestle with an uncertain future
ITURI, July 23, 2024 – Kavira Matsetse, a widow and mother of eight, inherited her coffee plantation in Biakato, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province, nearly a decade ago. The…
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Mobilise youth to embrace commercial agriculture, VP Alupo tasks Serere leaders
SERERE, July 23, 2024 – The Vice President, Jessica Alupo Epel has asked local leaders in Serere district to mobilise the youth to embrace commercial agriculture as a pathway out of poverty…
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Lango farmers advised to join SACCOs
LIRA, July 18, 2024 – Farmers in Lango Subregion have been urged to join or form Savings and Credit Cooperative organisations [ SACCOs ] to benefit from programmes initiated by government, and…
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Uganda’s coffee exports reach Shs 4.23trn, highest in value and volume in 30 years
KAMPALA, July 17, 2024 – Uganda’s coffee exports in 2023/24 were 6.13 million bags valued at US$ 1.144 billion [about Shs 4.23 trillion], Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] says in June 2024…
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Agriculture
Lango coffee coop minting money from coffee value addition
Lira City, July 15, 2024 – Within just one year of operation, Lango Coffee Traders Cooperative Society Limited in Lango Subregion is making millions of shillings from selling roasted coffee beans to…
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