Foods
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News
Launch of global platform for coffee industry players to transform 40mln tonnes of biowaste into business
KAMPALA, May 16, 2024 -The global coffee industry generates nearly 40 million tonnes of biowaste each year – that’s about seven times the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Instead of…
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News
MPs demand mass education on mycotoxins contamination
KAMPALA, April 4, 2024 – Parliament’s committees of Agriculture, and Health want government to design a public information programme to sensitise Ugandans about the risks posed by mycotoxins contamination to human health.…
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News
Fort Portal City: Street food vendors empowered to keep food safety standards
FORT PORTAL, February 29, 2024 – In a bid to ensure the serving of safe and nutritious food to their clients, Kabarole Research and Resource Center Uganda [KRC] has trained street food…
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East Africa
EAC tables over US$ 103.8mln budget for 2023/2024 financial year
ARUSHA – The East African Community [EAC] has tabled before the East African Legislative Assembly [EALA] the budget estimates for the 2023/2024 financial year [FY] totaling US$ 103,842,880. Tabling the budget speech…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO launches Shs 400mln cassava project in Lango districts
LIRA-The National Agricultural Research organisation [NARO] has launched a cassava production and productivity project worth Shs 400 million in some of the districts that form Lango Sub-region aimed at boosting farmers’ incomes.…
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Agriculture
Teso farmers turn to seed banks to maintain genetic diversity
SOROTI-Given the need to maintain genetic diversity and nutritional value, farmers in Teso Sub-region are working against the odds to save indigenous seeds which are facing extinction due to a rising trend…
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Technology
Finnish research institute delivers latest coffee made in lab
HELSINKI-Even coffee is no longer required to originate from nature. VTT Technical Research Centre, a public research institute owned by the Finnish government, has produced the first batches of coffee “cells” in…
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