Farmers
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oil companies ready to invest 10 billion dollars in oil and gas sector
HOIMA – Sarah Birungi Banage, the Head Corporate Affairs Uganda National Oil Company [UNOC] has explained that oil companies under their joint ventures Total Energies Uganda, China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNOOC…
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News
Kiruhura farmers fear for their animals over invasion of African armyworms
MBARARA – African armyworms that have terribly affected districts of Bukedea, Luwero and Namutumba have so far crossed to western Uganda in Kiruhura district where the insects have eaten all the animal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Death of Oulanyah halts programs for more than 60 VSLAs in Omoro district
OMORO – The death of the late Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has left more than 60 Village Savings and Loan Association [VSLA] members in shock and suspense having joined a housing…
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Development
USAID to fund agriculture co-operatives in Uganda
KAMPALA– Some of the agriculture co-operatives in Uganda will be able to access cheap loans enabled by United States Agency for International Development [USAID] / Uganda Strategic Investment Activity (SIA), with co-operators…
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EU funds establishment of village supermarkets in Lango, Acholi sub-region
LIRA – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government of Uganda integrated programme has constructed five farmers’ village supermarkets in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions. With support from the European…
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Development
Teso farmers panic as fall armyworms ravage crops
SOROTI– Farmers in the Teso sub-region are counting losses following an invasion of fall armyworms (FAW) pest, which is scientifically known as (Spodoptera Exempta) ravaging thousands of acres of crop fields across…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kinyara Sugar limited, farmers lose more than 3000 acres of cane to fire
MASINDI – Kinyara Sugar Limited and the sugarcane out-growers in Masindi district have lost more than 3000 acres of sugarcane plantation to fires since December last year, says Mathivanan Masilamani, the Agriculture…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Value added pumpkins boost Gulu Farmers savings
GULU – A local farmer group in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is adding value to pumpkins in a bid to cut out the middle man and earn more money from the fruit.…
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ACDP: Parliament directs Ministry of Agriculture to investigate none payment of farmers
The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has directed the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to investigate claims of non-payment of farmers under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP). Anita Among said…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Poor on-farm practices responsible for tick resistance, says NDA’s spokesperson
KIRUHURA – Farmers in Kashongi Kiruhura district have been advised to put more emphasis on good farm practices to address the challenge of persistent tick resistance on their farms. This was revealed…
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