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Agriculture
Drop in coffee growing in Africa expected as temperatures rise
KAMPALA-As temperatures rise in Africa, experts predict a dramatic decline in coffee availability, leaving farmers with an uncertain future and putting the US$ 2.5 billion market at risk. Currently, coffee production is…
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Cooperatives & Communities
VP Alupo lauds West Ankole Jubilee SACCO for good performance
KAMPALA – Vice President, Jesca Alupo has attributed the growth of Uganda Savings and Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] in Uganda to a strong regulatory framework, good performance, and the growing saving culture among…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Archdiocese struggles as criminal gangs raid model cassava farm
GULU– Gulu Archdiocese is struggling to promote cassava commercialisation and value addition in Acholi Sub-region after criminal gangs recently raided its demonstration farm, uprooting the cassava tubers, leaving the farm empty. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MPs urge gov’t to give farmers electricity for value addition
HOIMA -The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has expressed concern about the value addition processing facilities, which were constructed by the government, but are not connected to the electricity grid, making it hard…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MSC disburses over Shs 600bln to Ugandan enterprises
LIRA– The Microfinance Support Centre [ MSC ] has in a report enumerated its successes and challenges since its inception two decades ago to be a source of cheaper loans for small…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti cooperatives receive Shs 186mln machinery for value addition
SOROTI– Three farmers’ cooperatives in Soroti district have received machinery worth Shs 186 million to process their cassava into finished products, ready for consumption. The cooperatives include Community Link for Development Organization…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi farmers wary of middlemen in coffee subsector
NEBBI– Although growing coffee is one of the enterprises that the government has selected under Parish Development Model [PDM] to fight poverty in rural households, farmers in Nebbi district have urged government…
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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
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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News
Masindi trains PDM implementers
MASINDI– Masindi district has started training the Parish Development Model [PDM] implementers at all levels across the district. The training of the PDM implementers was conducted days ago by the selected heads…
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