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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19: Misery for Ntoroko cattle cooperatives as markets ban begins to bite
Cattle marketing cooperatives in Ntoroko are crying foul as the president’s 32 day ban on cattle markets begins to take its toll. On 18th March this year, the often crowded monthly or…
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COVID-19: Tend your farms despite lockdown, farmers told.
The vice Chairperson of Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) has urged farmers in Bugisu to continue tending their coffee farmlands despite several ongoing restrictions imposed by the Government in the battle against Coronavirus.…
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COVID-19: Vehicles seized for violating public transport ban
Police in Mbarara and the greater Rwizi region has cracked down on buses, taxis and motorcycles for flouting the recent presidential directive suspending all public transport for a space of two weeks.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu Coop Union Founder to be remembered
The family of the late EV Samson Kitutu, one of Uganda’s first Cooperators and a founding father of the Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU), is planning to host a Public Memorial Day in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers blame bad roads for premature coffee harvests
Coffee farmers and Cooperators in Kasese district have blamed the poor road network for the losses they make as a result of harvesting and selling unripe coffee beans. The farmers made the…
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Government rolls out climate change guidelines for Karamoja.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has launched a program for the dissemination of guidelines for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Agricultural sector in Karamoja region.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kasese traders vow to reward president for market
Traders in the Western Uganda district of Kasese have vowed to reward President Museveni handsomely for a new market currently under construction in Kasese town. Construction of Kasese Central market is being…
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Karimojong, Turkana pastoralists lobby for regional beef factory
Pastoralists from Karamoja and Turkana have called on the governments of Kenya and Uganda to establish a regional beef factory at the border between the two communities. The demand, made on Monday…
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Cooperators raise alarm over Bundibugyo water crisis
Residents of Bukonzo County in Bundibugyo district are facing an acute water shortage three months after floods and landslides devastated the area. Following a spate of ruinous floods that ravaged numerous areas…
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Ministry of Agriculture signs MoU to promote cashew nut production
Cashew nut farmers have reason to celebrate after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to develop the crop’s value chain on Wednesday this…
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