Lamwo District
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Cooperatives & Communities
Host communities tipped on business opportunities as Pader is set to host more South Sudan refugees
PADER – Development partners in livelihood programs have tipped local communities in Pader to tap into business opportunities as the district is set to host more refugees. The team from Office of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rehabilitation works at Agoro irrigation scheme worry farmers
LAMWO – The slow pace at which the rehabilitation works at Agoro Irrigation Scheme is moving is worrying farmers. They argue that as the dry season sets in next month, many are…
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Cooperatives & Communities
National Drug Authority impounds counterfeit drugs worth millions of shillings in Acholi sub region
GULU – The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed 110 drug shops and impounded counterfeit drugs in Acholi sub-region worth Shs 55.2 million. The three-day operation was held in the region from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cattle Rustling Derails Farming In Lamwo
LAMWO – Cattle rustling has soared in Agoro Sub County, Lamwo District. It has diminished the oxen herd and subsequently frustrated commercial farming in the area. Francis Todwong, the LC-I chairman of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lamwo Farmers In Panic As Rains Come
LAMWO – About 520 Lamwo farmers are afraid that flooding from heavy rains could portend another bad season and harvest. Most of the apprehensive farmers are within Agoro irrigation scheme and are…
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Farmers shun Agoro irrigation scheme water
Members of Agoro self-help irrigation cooperative society have stopped using water from the scheme blaming it for destroying their crops and causing their gardens to lose fertility. Agoro Irrigation Scheme was rehabilitated…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agoro Cooperative Society loses vegetables worth Shs 40m to strange disease
Members of Agoro Cooperative Society in Lamwo district have lost about 10 acres of crops amounting to an estimated Shs 40 million to a yet-to-be identified disease. The disease, which mostly affected…
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