Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Best of the Pearl Competition to raise profile of Uganda Coffee globally
KAMPALA– The Uganda Coffee Development [UCDA] is receiving final samples for the second edition of the Best of the Pearl Robusta competition 2022. The deadline for submission is August 19, 2022. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
IDF: Amul and Nandini named main sponsors of World Dairy Summit
NEW DELHI– India’s top-ranking dairy brands Amul, marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd and Nandini, marketed by Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd) are named as main sponsors of International…
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International
Value addition: Nwoya livestock farmers ask for govt support
NWOYA –Nwoya livestock keepers want government to help them to start adding value to the animal products as opposed to selling their live animals to middlemen. The farmers under Pamin-Owot Livestock Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Eastern Sudan farmers plan cooperatives as herders are arrested
KHARTOUM-Farmers in eastern Sudan are in the advanced stages to establish cooperative companies that will use collective economic and bargaining power to provide them with the necessary supplies and equipment for agriculture…
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News
UCDA and PSFU partner to boost coffee subsector
KAMPALA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda [ PSFU ] have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at growing the country’s coffee sector. Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye,…
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Health
Climate Change: Experts urge government to prioritise investing in irrigation systems
KAMPALA-Climate Change and Environmental experts have urged government to prioritise and invest more resources in the establishment of irrigation systems across the country. This comes at a time when several parts of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro sugarcane farmers form cooperative union
MASINDI-Sugarcane farmers from Bunyoro Sub-region have come together to form Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union Limited, according to Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district LCV Chairperson, who is also a member of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministers ask farmers to invest in tree seedlings in Northern Uganda
GULU-The State for Environmental, Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in Northern Uganda to invest in tree seedlings if they are to develop their farms at a low cost. Addressing the stakeholders’…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 110,000 youth acquire agri-business skills
MASAKA-At least 112, 900 youth from different rural communities in Uganda have acquired skills after being trained in agri-business, which organisers said should make the young people create their own jobs and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AfDB approves more than US$1bln for emergency food production plan
ABIDJANI-The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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