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Agriculture
GULU: NARO courts more farmers into growing new rice variety
GULU-The National Agricultural Research Organization [NARO] is courting farmers in Gulu district to join in the massive production of Namche 5 rice variety. The rice variety, which grows and yields well in…
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Agriculture
Tea farmers decry high prices of fertilisers
SHEEMA – Tea-out growers in Sheema and other districts continue to ponder over the increasing prices of fertilisers and herbicides, saying unless government intervenes they will not be able to boost production…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Review contracts to settle disputes, MTIC official urges Hoima Sugar Limited and farmers
KIKUUBE– A senior official from the Ministry of Trade, industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] wants Hoima Sugar Limited and cane out-growers in Kikuube district to revise their contracts if the long-standing disputes between…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Demonstration farms help farmers appreciate value of fertilisers
GULU-A joint initiative by two fertiliser-producing companies is helping farmers in Uganda to appreciate the importance of using fertilisers to boost farm yields. Yara Fertilizer Company and Export Trading Group-ETG have collaborated…
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National
Boosting food security: Museveni directs govt on large-scale production
KAMPALA– President Yoweri Museveni has directed the whole government led by the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance to implement strategic interventions in large-scale food production, especially at…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Why Alvaro Lario was chosen IFAD’s next president
ROME– The International Fund for Agricultural Development [ IFAD ] has appointed its top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, to be its next president, choosing a champion of private sector investments to lead…
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News
Masindi residents decry poor extension services
MASINDI– Residents of Masindi district are dissatisfied with the inadequate extension services rendered by different officers of the district local government. The residents expressed their concerns on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kilak Farmers’ Cooperative Society to embark on massive soybean production
AMURU– Kilak Farmers’ Cooperative Society and Trafford, a dealer in soybean have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] where farmers will produce soybean on a large scale and then sell the seeds…
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News
Desist from use of chemicals, farmers urged
LIRA– Farmers, especially those dealing in oil seeds like soybean, sunflower, and sim-sim in Acholi Sub-region, have been advised to stop applying chemicals such as pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in their gardens.…
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