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Cooperatives & Communities
UNFFE, Bunyoro kingdom partner to promote modern farming
Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) to promote farming and conservation. The MoU was signed by the Kingdom Prime Minister Owek, Andrew…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nine SACCOs cleared to receive Emyooga funds in Masindi
Nine out of 54 SACCOs in Masindi district have been cleared to receive the long-awaited Emyooga cash, Moses Kalyegira, Masindi district’s Commercial Officer has revealed. Kalyegira says the nine, which hail from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima milk traders urged to form SACCO for value addition
Milk traders and vendors in Hoima oil city have been challenged to form Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) if they want to have one voice and develop their businesses. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango cooperatives hit hard by Kenya maize ban
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO are apprehensive about the falling gate price of maize grain at the private aggregating centers in Lango Sub-region as Kenya’s ban on Ugandan maize hits hard.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Bee farmers to form cooperative
Bee farmers in Gulu are in the process of forming a cooperative in a bid to address some of the challenges they face in their enterprise. There are over 1,000 bee farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative targets coffee processing machine
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative Society Limited in Bwijanga Sub-county, Masindi district is in the process of acquiring a coffee processing machine that will enable them to add value to their coffee. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Chimpanzee Trust gives Kikuube farmers vermin-proof seed to combat wildlife attacks
The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) has started supplying farmers in Kikuube district with agricultural inputs that are not eaten by vermin and other wildlife under their umbrella Village Saving and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya cooperatives receive Produce stores worth Shs 500m
Produce stores worth over Shs 500m have been constructed for three farmer cooperatives in Nwoya district in an effort to boost post-harvest handling. One store worth Shs169.2mwas built for Koch Goma Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO members receive farm inputs
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO have received farm inputs from Ngetta Tropical Holdings, with funding from Micro the Finance Support Centre, to promote sunflower growing. Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO, formerly called…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOs if you want to grow, Minister tips women VSLAs
Women’s Village Saving and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Hoima district have been challenged to turn their associations into Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) as one way to promote economic growth and…
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