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2025 arrivals: New ICA members from the Philippines and India named
BRUSSELS, August 14, 2025 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] welcomed two new members in July: The Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development [ICOPED] from the Philippines as an Associate…
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Museveni announces plan to buy Mayuge Sugar Factory for Busoga sugarcane farmers
MAYUGE, August 8, 2025 — President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the government will purchase the Mayuge Sugar Factory for Busoga sugarcane farmers. The President made the announcement on Wednesday while meeting…
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Teso farmers struggling to access Agricultural Credit Facility
SOROTI, August 6, 2025 –– Farmers in the Teso Subregion in eastern Uganda are facing difficulties accessing the Agricultural Credit Facility [ACF], which was established to help boost agricultural production. The ACF…
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Rwandan coffee farmers to receive 50 percent fertiliser subsidy
KIGALI, July 16, 2025 –– Rwandan coffee farmers will benefit from a 50 percent subsidy on fertiliser starting in September, following an agreement signed on July 9 between the National Agricultural Export…
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Hoima disburses PDM funds to more beneficiaries
HOIMA, July 15, 2025 –– Hoima District Local Government has commenced the process of disbursement of Shs 2.75 billion to a new group of beneficiaries under the Parish Development Model [PDM]. Launched…
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Bushenyi: Trade Ministry official urges processors to formalise their businesses
BUSHENYI, July 12, 2025 –– A Commissioner from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], James Mukasa, has urged processors in Bushenyi district to formalise their businesses, noting that this would…
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Youth cooperative in Lira City seeks coffee hulling machine
LIRA CITY, July 9, 2025 –– Members of the Lira Youth Coffee Entrepreneurs Cooperative Society Limited have expressed concern that the lack of a coffee hulling machine is hindering their operations. The…
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Miss Tourism Karamoja leads tree-planting campaign to tackle climate change in Abim
ABIM, June 29, 2025 – – Miss Tourism Karamoja, Rachel Akidi Nasunday, has launched a climate change mitigation initiative through tree planting in Abim district, a move widely welcomed by the local…
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Hoima City receives additional Shs 800mln for PDM
HOIMA, June 28, 2025 – – Residents of Hoima City who had not yet received funds under the Parish Development Model [PDM] programme have a reason to smile, following the release of…
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PDM SACCO leaders urged to prioritise vulnerable groups in disbursement of funds
AMURU, June 27, 2025 – Keith Akera Aggrey, the Secretary for Finance and Planning in Amuru District, has urged leaders of the Parish Development Model Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisations [ PDM…
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