Food security
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society gets storage facility
OTUKE-The Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny has commissioned a storage facility for Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society in Olilim town council, Otuke district. The farmers’ storage facility constructed for bulking…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mukono farmers take up agroecological agriculture
MUKONO: In a bid to save the environment and boost food security, a section of coffee farmers in Mukono district under the guidance of Eastern and South African Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda…
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News
Bunyoro MP implicated in land grabbing scandal
KIKUUBE-Buhaguzi East County Member of Parliament [ MP ]Stephen Aseera Aka Itaza has been implicated in a scandal where community land in Kikuube district was titled without the knowledge of the residents…
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Agriculture
FAO launches project to enhance gender equality in Amolatar
AMOLATAR-The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] has launched a flagship project to end gender inequality and boost food security in Ugandan households. The pilot project, Dimitra…
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Africa
AfDB extends €63.6mln loan for agro-processing project in Senegal
ABIDJAN– The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a loan of €63.6 million to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project. The Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Wetland evictees urged to embrace climate smart agriculture
SOROTI-The Ministry of Water and Environment has urged farmers that were evicted from wetlands recently to embrace climate smart agriculture [CSA]. According to World Bank, CSA is an integrated approach to managing…
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News
Acholi leaders want locals involved in massive production of food crops
PADER-Leaders from Acholi Sub-region want government to involve the local people in the planned massive production of food crops like maize and soybean on land formally owned by government in the district.…
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News
LEGS project improving lives of farmers in rural areas, says minister Magyezi
FORT PORTAL – The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magezi has said the Local Economic Growth Support [ LEGS ] project is on track to improve the lives of more than one…
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Agriculture
Digital regional food balance sheet launched
KIGALI-COMESA in partnership with several stakeholders, among them the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa [AGRA] days ago launched the digital Regional Food Balance Sheet [RFBS]. The RFBS aims to accelerate the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Climate disasters: Mutual ARC can play ‘vital role’ in Africa
BLANTYRE– Mutual insurer African Risk Capacity Limited [ ARC ] recently met stakeholders in Malawi to discuss how its parametric insurance can transform Africa’s response to climate disasters such as droughts and…
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