Farmers
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Development
Teso citrus farmers benefit as training centre is opened
SOROTI– Teso Citrus Training and Education Centre was officially opened in Arapai Sub-county in Soroti City to help citrus fruit farmers including cooperatives to improve the quality of their fruits, and add…
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News
Three Hoima Sugar Limited workers in trouble over assault of trader
KIKUUBE– Three Hoima Sugar Limited officials in Kikuube district are in trouble over allegations of assaulting a businessman. The victim, Fred Bakyali, 52, a sugarcane supplier for Kyejonjo Sugar Factory has lodged…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi cooperative farmers to sell maize under new model
KITGUM-At least 35 farmer cooperatives under East Acholi Cooperative Union [EACU] are to benefit from the new arrangement [ model ] of buying maize introduced by a private company. Known as ‘Maize-cob…
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Development
Dangerous borer destroys over 900 acres of coffee in Kyotera and Masaka
KYOTERA– At least 952 acres of coffee gardens have been destroyed in the districts of Kyotera and Masaka after coffee black twig borer invaded the area, causing losses to the farmers. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
GIZ requested to sensitise farmers on storage and strengthening cooperatives
The National Agricultural Research and Development Organization has appealed to GIZ [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit] and partner organisations to train farmers in post-harvest handling, storage, modern farming methods, and strengthen cooperatives.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kitgum farmers urged to return to gardens after suffering losses
KITGUM– Famers under East Acholi Cooperative Union [WACU] in Kitgum district have been advised to prepare for the second season after their crop gardens were hit by an unexpected drought in the…
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News
Kikuube residents pick tools to repair road
KIKUUBE– Residents of Kikuube district have resorted to community work [Bulungibwasi] following the failure of the district local government to rehabilitate the impassable roads in the area. The residents of Nyarugabu Parish…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Onek warns politicians against politicising PDM
AMURU-The Minister for Refugees and Disaster Preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister Hillary Onek has warned politicians in Amuru district against politicking and discouraging locals in the district from participating…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso cassava farmers upset by govt failure to build processing plant
AMURIA– The State Minister for Teso affairs Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote has reiterated his commitment to push government to fulfill its promise of establishing a cassava-processing factory in Teso Sub-region after farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru district tasked to popularise coffee growing
AMURU– Amuru district agricultural department and the district leaders have been tasked to popularise coffee farming to rally more farmers in the sub-sector which is one of the priority enterprises as government…
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