food
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gov’t officials on spot over displacement of people in Northern Uganda
PADER– Government officials are on the spot as more than 10,000 residents in Pader district stand to be displaced as government embarks on a project to improve food security in the region…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya farmer groups in need of stores for produce
NWOYA-Farmer groups in Nwoya district have asked authorities to build them stores if they are to maintain quality of their produce. Currently, the district has stores in major trading centers. However, farmers…
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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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International
Regional network to support climate finance in Africa launched
NAIROBI-The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero [GFANZ], a practitioner-led, global coalition of financial sector institutions working to accelerate the world’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, has announced the…
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International
UNDP and Carrefour Jordan collaborate to support cooperatives in Jordan
AMMAN-Carrefour Jordan, owned and operated by Majid Al-Futtaim Company in Jordan, recently signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme UNDP to support and promote the products of cooperatives in Shouneh,…
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News
Church donates to 300 families in Napak
NAPAK– The Christians of Pentecostal Outreach Ministries International Uganda has donated food relief to 300 families in Napak district, Karamoja Sub-region. Currently, People are dying of hunger in Karamoja Sub-region. The donation…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Butaleja rice farmers oppose gov’t ban in swamps
BUTALEJA-Rice farmers in Butaleja district have opposed the plan by government to ban the growing of the grain and other food crops in swamps. The farmers argue that the government’s decision affects…
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News
Legislators urge gov’t to give farmers seeds for new season
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have asked government to procure and distribute seeds to the farmers as a measure to avert famine in the months to come ahead. Some parts of the…
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News
Pork business resumes in Sheema and Bushenyi districts
BUSHENYI-Piggery farmers, businessmen and consumers in Bushenyi and Sheema districts are excited after the district veterinary department partially lifted the quarantine on the pork business. The districts had been attacked by African…
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News
Bugisu MPs want Lwakhakha upgraded to one-stop border post
MBALE – Bugisu Members of Parliament have urged government to transform Lwakhakha town council into a modern one-stop border post. The legislators said it will increase Uganda’s competitiveness in the East African…
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