Food security
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National
Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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Eastern
Tororo: Construction of Shs 716mln irrigation scheme launched
TORORO – The Ministry of Water and Environment recently launched the construction of Gule Water Irrigation Scheme in Tororo district. The project being established in Iyolwa town council aims at improving people’s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The role of cooperatives in achieving sustainable development
KAMPALA– This year’s International Day of Cooperatives theme is “Cooperatives: partners for accelerated sustainable development”. According to the World Co-operative Monitor, the largest 300 cooperatives and mutuals reported a total turnover of US$ 2,034.98…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Koboko farmer SACCOs hire tractor to boost commercial farming
KOBOKO – Farmer SACCOs in Koboko district will now find it easy to cultivate land after they acquired a tractor from Muni University. According to the farmer SACCO leaders, the tractor will…
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Agriculture
MP Nebanda distributes maize seeds to farmers
BUTALEJA- The Butaleja district Woman Member of Parliament, Florence Nebanda has started to distribute 2.5 tonnes of maize seeds to farmers in her constituency. Nebanda told this reporter that seeds that were…
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Agriculture
Ngetta ZARDI realises poor farm yields
LIRA– Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [ZARDI] in Lira City, one of the government agencies implementing the project for massive production in the country, has registered poor harvests in the…
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News
Omoro: Food security ordinance in offing
OMORO– Omoro district local government is in the process of developing a nutrition and food security ordinance in a bid to fight food shortage that was experienced by some families in 2022.…
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Africa
AfDB’s Shs 518mln AgriPitch Competition names 25 finalists
KAMPALA-Twenty-five youth-led agriculture sector companies from 14 African countries have advanced to the finalist round of the African Development Bank Group’s 2022 AgriPitch Competition. The Bank, in collaboration with the implementing lead…
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News
DINU programme to close next year
The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [ DINU ], a Euro 150 million programme funded by the European Union [EU] to support interventions in food security, infrastructures and good governance will close…
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Africa
Ministers to promote initiatives on food security and environmental management
LUSAKA-Ministers responsible for agriculture, natural resources, and environment from COMESA Member States have undertaken to support the development and implementation of the COMESA digital Regional Food Balance Sheet [RFBS] initiative. This undertaking…
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