Maize
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira farmers alerted of counterfeit seeds on market
LIRA, April 8, 2024 – As the new planting season takes centre stage in the country, farmers in Lira district have been advised to watch out for counterfeit seeds flooding the local…
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News
Farmers advised to embrace four-acre farming model
KIKUUBE, April 6, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been urged to embrace President Yoweri Museveni’s four-acre farming model to grow more crops and keep animals instead of putting all their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local dairy and maize farmers embark on knowledge-sharing mission to Kenya
KAMPALA, April 4, 2024 – In a bid to enhance Uganda’s agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO], in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Sub-region: Cooperative distributes seeds to farmers
KOLE, April 2, 2024 – As the new planting season starts, the Alito Joint Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited in Alito Sub-county, Kole district has kicked off distributing soybean and simsim seeds…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Protecting consumers: Kiryandongo to enact maize quality ordinance
KIRYANDONGO, February 16, 2024 – Kiryandongo district leaders have started a process to enact a quality ordinance aimed at improving the quality of maize and its by-products so that they are fit…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya: Govt to help raise milk prices at farm gates
NAIROBI, February 13, 2024 – While attending a Sunday Mass at St. Andrew Kaggwa Catholic Church in Kwanza Constituency, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya’s Vice President, Rigathi Gachagua disclosed to the faithful that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 350 farmer cooperatives supported to boost value addition
JINJA, February 12, 2024 – The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAF] has so far supported 358 farmer cooperatives/ organisations across the country to construct storage facilities and install value…
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International
FAO Food Price Index down again in January led by lower wheat and maize prices
KAMPALA, FEBRUARY 5, 2024 – The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases in the prices of cereals and meat, which more than offset…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Trade ministry asked to explain cause-of-low prices of cotton in the country
KAMPALA, February 1, 2024 – Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] to explain the cause of the low prices of cotton, and other cash crops,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda’s export earnings dropped 10.7 percent in November 2023
KAMPALA, January 18, 2024 – Uganda’s export receipts during November 2023 fetched the country US$ 615.05 million, a 10.7 percent decline when compared to the US$ 688.69mln the country earned in October…
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