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Farmers embrace human urine as fertiliser, persticide
MUKONO, December 12, 2024 – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda has unveiled a practical guide titled “Human Pee is Liquid Gold” that advocates for the use…
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Bugisu farmers advised to embrace organic farming for improved yields
BULAMBULI, November 12, 2024 — Feed the Future Uganda, a non-governmental organisation operating in Uganda, has urged farmers in the Bugisu Subregion to adopt the use of organic fertilisers/manure on their farms…
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IYC 2025: IFFCO boss invites cooperators worldwide
NEW DELHI, July 14, 2024 – The Managing Director of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] has issued a video invitation to cooperators from across the world to participate in…
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Kikuube farmers ask govt to subsidise prices of agricultural inputs
KIKUUBE, June 26, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have appealed to the government to subsidise the prices of agricultural inputs. The farmers said commercial farming cannot be achieved when agricultural inputs…
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Cultivating hope: Ivorian cocoa farmers’ path to empowerment
ABIDJAN, June 25, 2024 – On a misty morning in rural Cote d’Ivoire, Delphine Papo deviates from her usual routine. Instead of trekking 4 kilometres through the fog to her cocoa plantation,…
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IFFCO elections: a coop example of democracy at scale
NEW DELHI, June 24, 2024 – The 2024 ICA Global Conference in New Delhi is being hosted by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ], a multi-state cooperative society engaged…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya: Govt to help raise milk prices at farm gates
NAIROBI, February 13, 2024 – While attending a Sunday Mass at St. Andrew Kaggwa Catholic Church in Kwanza Constituency, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya’s Vice President, Rigathi Gachagua disclosed to the faithful that…
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East Africa
AFFM commits more than US$ 2mln to improve farmers’ access to fertilisers
NAIROBI, November 20, 2023 – The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism [AFFM] will provide a US$ 2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a US$ 219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited…
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Africa
Nairobi to host next African Fertiliser Summit
KAMPALA, November 1, 2023 – The Kenyan capital will host the African Fertiliser and Soil Health Summit from November 5 to 7, 2023. Organised by the African Union Commission [AUC], through the…
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Northern
Lira City organic fertiliser maker targets regional market
LIRA – Fidena Agri Uganda, a company based in Lira City, Northern Uganda has developed liquid organic fertiliser to improve vegetable and crop yields and is targeting the East African market. The…
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