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Cooperatives & Communities
NDA Crackdown On Falsified Veterinary Drugs
MBARARA – The National Drug Authority (NDA) has enrolled countrywide trainings on local leaderships to track fake veterinary drugs on market. During the meeting on Friday, Dr Muhindo Jeanne, the head of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low Shea Nuts Production Worries Otuke Farmers
OTUKE – Persistent reduction of Shea nuts yield is worrying Otuke farmers. Otuke, being among districts in Uganda with high Shea nuts production, has continued to produce less fruits for the last…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Extremely Hot Weather Hinders Alternative Feeds Project
GULU – Extremely hot weather has hampered efforts by poultry and fish farmers in parts of Acholi sub region to breed black soldier fly larvae as alternative feeds for fish and poultry.…
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Cooperatives Are Key In Modern Farming Methods
AMURU – After the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and Uganda People’s Defense Forces’ (UPDF) insurgency, the biting poverty at the time forced those who had returned from the Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs)…
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Inaccessible Tractor Hire Services Failing Farmers
YUMBE – Limited access to tractor hire services in Yumbe district, has led to failure of Aupi Community Cooperative Credit and Savings Society Limited to utilize more than 200 acres of their…
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We Cannot Reach Out To The Farmers
KITGUM – Officials at East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) have decried failure to reach the farmers as the second lock-down takes effect. To them, they are being restricted in their movements to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kigya Cooperative Commends The Uhuru Institute
MASINDI – Members of Kigya United Farmers Cooperative Society Limited in Kigumba Sub County, Kiryandongo district have commended The Uhuru Institute for Social Development for helping them continue with their activities amidst…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi Farmers Count Loses As Dry Spell Bites
NEBBI– Farmers in Nebbi district have started counting loses in this first planting season due to the dry spell that has stunted the growth of crops. They said the affected crops are:…
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Cooperatives & Communities
EACU Unveils Sim-Sim Value Addition Plan
KITGUM – East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) plans to use millions of shillings to improve the value of Sim-Sim and put more money in pockets of its farmers. Many EACU farmers grow…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fish Feeds Price Farmers Out Of Business
GULU – Expensive fish feeds have forced more than half of the members of West Acholi Integrated Fish Farmers Cooperative Society, WIFFICOS, out of fish farming. WAIFFICOS, a fish farmers’ cooperative, was…
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