Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
4,500 sugarcane out growers in Amuru suspend planting due to floods
Atiak Sugarcane Plantation Out growers Cooperative Society has suspended planting of sugarcane on 2,000 acres of land due to persistent rain and resultant floods. Santa Joyce Laker, the Chairperson of the Cooperative…
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Karamoja farmers appeal to government for irrigation scheme
A section of farmers in Karamoja sub region in north eastern Uganda have appealed to the government to prioritize construction of irrigation schemes if it is to address food shortage in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society launches saving scheme
Members of Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Bwijanga Sub County, Masindi, have launched a saving scheme which they hope will help them to boost their income. Speaking at the scheme’s launch,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 1800 Kwania farmers enrol for ACDP
At least 1,820 farmers in Kwania district have subscribed to benefit from the Agricultural Cluster Development Project (ACDP). ACDP is a five-year government project initiated in 2018, to improve on-farm productivity, production,…
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News
Farmers desperate as snails scourge Kabarole farmlands
Snails have invaded Kabarole district, destroying gardens of beans, tomatoes, Irish potatoes, cabbages, and severely impacting harvests. According to farmers in Kichwamba sub county Kabarole district, the snail invasion has scourged the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hailstorm destroys 1000 acres of crops in Kole District
A section of farmers in Akalo Sub County, Kole district have been left devastated after more than 1000 acres of their crop gardens were destroyed by a hailstorm over the weekend. Worst…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Alur King backs tea-growing for economic transformation
In the early 1960s, tea growing was introduced in Alur kingdom as a complement to coffee, at the time the region’s predominant cash crop. However, tea growing died out in the 1990s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Five cooperative-owned cassava factories nearing completion in Nebbi district
Five cassava mini factories worth over Shs 3bn are nearing completion in Nebbi District. The mini-factories are part of a bid to increase production, productivity and value addition of cassava in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mushanga SACCO celebrates 50 years of growth
Mushanga Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Limited celebrated its Golden jubilee anniversary in a ‘scientific’ 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held over the weekend. According to its General Manager, Gorden Nankunda, the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government injects USD 150m into Agriculture Cluster Development Project
With funding obtained from the World Bank, Government of Uganda is poised to extend a grant worth USD 150m for the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) towards providing farmer organizations with Post…
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