livestock
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Agriculture
FAO donates livestock vaccines to Karamoja and Elgon regions
Kampala, October 16, 2023 –The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] recently donated an assortment of livestock vaccines worth US$1 million to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TCDC urges coops to embrace warehouse receipt system
DODOMA, September 15, 2023 – The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ] registrar and chief executive Dr. Benson Ndiege has urged secondary cooperatives to strengthen their commercial systems by using a…
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Northern
Lango cultural leaders want wetlands protected
LIRA – Cultural leaders in Lango Sub-region have asked the government to clearly demarcate all the wetlands if the encroachers are to be stopped from putting them under farming and other activities.…
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Northern
Alebtong farmers ask govt for machine to process livestock feeds
ALEBTONG – A farmers’ group in Alebtong town council, Alebtong district has asked the government to provide them with a machine to process livestock feeds, saying the market is available. The group,…
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Northern
Parliament directs gov’t to complete investigations on Aswa Ranch
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have tasked government to conclude investigations into the alleged illegal activities in Aswa Ranch in a period of three weeks. The directive followed a brief report by…
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Agriculture
Gov’t builds milk collection centre in Gulu City
GULU – In a bid to improve milk production in Acholi Sub-region, the government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has constructed a milk collection centre in Gulu…
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Technology
Teso farmers told to embrace artificial insemination
SOROTI – In a bid to boost the livestock, animal scientists in Teso Sub-region are calling on farmers to embrace artificial insemination programme introduced in the area. Animal scientists define artificial insemination…
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News
Karimojong cattle raids: Museveni directs compensation of victims
LIRA – President Yoweri Museveni has directed that people killed or injured during cattle raids carried out by the Karimojong warriors in Lango, Acholi, and Teso sub-regions be compensated. Meeting political, religious…
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News
PDM: Govt urged to inject more funds in mindset change campaigns
OYAM-More money should be put into mindset change and ideological orientation campaigns if the Parish Development Model [PDM] is to bear fruit, according to John Max Agong, the Oyam district senior planner.…
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Agriculture
Ngetta ZARDI realises poor farm yields
LIRA– Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [ZARDI] in Lira City, one of the government agencies implementing the project for massive production in the country, has registered poor harvests in the…
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