Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers advised to grow fast-maturing crops and vegetables
AGAGO -Agago district commercial officer, Geoffrey Otema has tipped cooperative farmers to plant fast-maturing crops and vegetables as the rainy season nears its end. According to Otema, crops and vegetables that take…
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Environment
The Jane Goodall Institute courts farmers to conserve protected areas
KIKUUBE– The Jane Goodall Institute, a global non-governmental conservation organisation with a keen interest in chimpanzees, has started offering livelihood alternatives as incentives to prevent farmers from encroaching on protected areas. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sheema dairy farmers abandon milk facility donated by gov’t
SHEEMA –Dairy farmers in Sheema district have rejected a milk cooler installed by government over 10 years ago to boost production and marketing of the farm product. The fully-fledged 300-litre capacity milk…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BCU mobilises coffee farmers, offers cheap loans
MBALE-Bugisu Co-operative Union [ BCU ] is engaged in zonal mobilisation meetings with coffee farmers in Bugisu Sub-region as one of the measures to increase the supply of green coffee to the…
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Technology
Mbarara University students develop organic fertiliser
MBARARA– Students in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies [FIS], Mbarara University of Science and Technology [MUST] have developed an organic fertiliser out of animal waste and plants. The new I-soft fertiliser was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya farmer groups in need of stores for produce
NWOYA-Farmer groups in Nwoya district have asked authorities to build them stores if they are to maintain quality of their produce. Currently, the district has stores in major trading centers. However, farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TUI Legacy Awards revitalise hopes of youth in Kiryandongo district
KIRYANDONGO – Over 120 youth under Kigya United Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Kiryandongo district are excited that their investment in quality seeds has produced positive results and are hoping to grow their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tooro dairy cooperative gets Shs 1bln machine for value addition
FORT PORTAL – Tooro Dairy Cooperative Society Limited has received an ultra-high temperature [UHT] machine worth about Shs1 billion, under Operation Wealth Creation [OWC] for value addition. The cooperative society’s manager, Micheal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pesticides killing our bees, Rubirizi farmers cry out for help
RUBIRIZI – Apiary farmers in Rubirizi district are worried that they could soon lose their business as bees are being killed by the pesticides used on the farms to prevent diseases and…
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Technology
Ugandan scientists develop anti-tick vaccine
WAKISO-Ugandan Scientists have discovered an effective anti-tick vaccine that is set to undergo trials soon. The vaccine developed by the National Livestock Research Institute [NaLIRRI] at Nakyesesa is ready for field trials.…
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