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Mbarara City: Plans to register boda-boda riders in high gear
MBARARA-Authorities in Mbarara City plan to launch the process of registering boda-boda riders as one way of bringing order in the city, especially as the Christmas season sets in. Richard Mugisha, deputy…
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Rainstorms hit Ibanda and Isingiro districts
IBANDA-A rainstorm has destroyed at least more than 300 acres of food crops in some villages of Ibanda district, leaving some households food insecure. Julius Bitwababo, the LC I Rwemengo I, Rwengwe…
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Africa
AfDB and partners launch US$ 520mln for special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria
ABUJA– Nigeria on Monday began its long journey to end hunger and achieve food security by launching the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones [SAPZ], a programme initiated by the African Development Bank [AfDB].…
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UPS suspends activities for massive food production over land dispute
PADER– Uganda Prison Services [ UPS ] has temporarily suspended activities for massive food and seed production in Pader district. This is after the locals occupying part of the land to be…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Help us to write proposals, Acholi co-operators cry out
PADER-Co-operators of Acholi –bur and Gem Onyot Cooperative society in Pader district want to be helped in writing proposals to enable them to secure financial support for their activities. They argue that…
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Agriculture
Teso farmers turn to seed banks to maintain genetic diversity
SOROTI-Given the need to maintain genetic diversity and nutritional value, farmers in Teso Sub-region are working against the odds to save indigenous seeds which are facing extinction due to a rising trend…
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Acholi leaders want locals involved in massive production of food crops
PADER-Leaders from Acholi Sub-region want government to involve the local people in the planned massive production of food crops like maize and soybean on land formally owned by government in the district.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Leaders of cooperative societies urged to be transparent and accountable
KIKUUBE– The board members and managers of cooperative societies in Kikuube district have been told to develop a spirit of transparency and accountability to ensure the sustainability of the existing cooperative societies…
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Rwot Acana writes to Museveni over eviction of Pader residents
PADER-Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of the Acholi Cultural Chiefdom has written to President Yoweri Museveni, pleading that government halts the eviction of people from the land that became…
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Environment
The Jane Goodall Institute courts farmers to conserve protected areas
KIKUUBE– The Jane Goodall Institute, a global non-governmental conservation organisation with a keen interest in chimpanzees, has started offering livelihood alternatives as incentives to prevent farmers from encroaching on protected areas. The…
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