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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Kwiocwiny tasks leaders to monitor PDM activities
GULU-Grace Kwiocwiny, the Minister of State for Northern Uganda has tasked district and sub-county leaders in Northern Uganda to closely monitor the progress of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in their respective…
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Health
Climate Change: Experts urge government to prioritise investing in irrigation systems
KAMPALA-Climate Change and Environmental experts have urged government to prioritise and invest more resources in the establishment of irrigation systems across the country. This comes at a time when several parts of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Buganda farmers advised on fighting deadly black coffee twig borer
MASAKA– The devastating harsh weather conditions and rapid destruction of coffee plantations by the black coffee twig borer in South Buganda region have left farmers with no hope of earning more from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister urges Kichwamba massacre survivors to form own SACCO
KABAROLE – The State Minister for Local Government, Victoria Businge Rusoke has told the Kichwamba massacre survivors to form a Savings and Credit Cooperative [SACCO] in order to get quick funding from…
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Partners scale-up ‘fair data’ partnership for Ivorian cocoa farmers
ABIDJAN- An innovation-driven partnership launched by Fairtrade International, Fairtrade Africa, and digital solutions provider Farmforce will extend the deployment of a smart data management system to more than two dozen cocoa cooperatives…
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Govt to boost surveillance as pests and diseases show resistance
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] plans to bolster control and surveillance strategies to counter the marked resistance of pests and diseases in crop farms across the…
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PDM: Minister Engola calls for bylaw on alcohol consumption
OYAM-State minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Okello Engola has called upon local leaders in the Lango Sub-region to ban the sale of alcohol during working hours so that people…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni commends cooperatives, talks of re-establishing Cooperative Bank
SHEEMA – President Yoweri Museveni has appreciated the role of cooperatives in the development of Uganda especially in working to move farmers from subsistence to the money economy through commercialisation of agriculture…
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NGO launches study to tackle HIV/AIDS-related stigma and poverty
MASAKA– International Centre for Child Health and Development [ICHAD] has launched a five-year- research study code-named ”Suubi Stronger Families” aimed at fighting poverty, strengthening financial stability and parenting in families affected by…
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PDM: Minister asks farmers to invest in value addition
GULU -The Minister of State for Environment Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in northern Uganda to invest in value addition, saying it is in line with the objectives of the Parish…
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