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Cooperatives & Communities
Rising Layoffs Worry Nwoya Casual Workers
NWOYA – Commercial farmers in Nwoya are cautiously scaling back operations and increasing layoffs of casual labor jobs largely to cope with the grim Covid-19 restrictions on movement. The rising lay-offs of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers Launch Push To Save Bugoma Forest
KIKUUBE – The continued destruction of Bugoma Forest Reserve by Hoima Sugar Limited has stirred a heave of anger among farmers in the western district of Kikuube. Angry local communities recently launched…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fire Razes 40 Acres Of Cane In Masindi
MASINDI –The 40 acres of sugarcane razed by fire is a huge jolt to farmers on Kihonda farm in Labongo Sub County, Masindi District. Speaking to theCooperator, the farmers said the fire…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya Farmers Cut Losses, Drop Maize Crop
NWOYA – Poor harvests of maize last year has done more than shatter the hopes of Nwoya farmers as they quit planting the crop altogether. Nwoya Cassava and Rice Growers Cooperative Society…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Maize Farmers, FICA Seeds In Pay Dispute
MASINDI – A raging pay dispute in Pakanyi Sub County Masindi District has pitted over 400 maize farmers against FICA Seeds– a seeds producing and marketing company, accused of failing to pay…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Build Factories, Farmers Tell OWC
AMURU – The pitiable retail prices of crops grown out of seeds supplied by Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has remained a subject of vast disagreement between the beneficiary farmers and the program…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers To Resume Cassava Growing
NWOYA – After a three-year cassava mosaic imposed lay-off, farmers will resume cassava growing in the northern district of Nwoya next year. Farmers allied to Nwoya Rice and Cassava Cooperative Society Limited…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Go big on Coffee, Bushenyi Farmers Told
BUSHENYI – Large-scale coffee farming could be the surest way to draw into the district a steady stream of investors from across the country and guarantee big pay-days for Bushenyi farmers in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Goat Plague Wipes Out 700 Animals
HOIMA – A frail district veterinary system is struggling to scale back what seems to be the worst Goat Plague in the western district of Hoima. So far, it has killed more…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Sugarcane Farmers Elect New Board
MASINDI – Masindi Sugarcane Farmers Association Limited (MASGAL) has a new board elected on June 2. Robert Atugonza, a former board chairperson bounced back unopposed to replace Cosmas Byaruhanga, who is also…
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