Makerere University
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Western
Lack of land delays establishment of Bunyoro University
HOIMA – The taskforce committee which was appointed by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni to spearhead the establishment of the proposed Bunyoro University says they are struggling to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOS for peaceful retirement-university professor urges civil servants
KWANIA– Civil servants in Uganda can enhance their financial security if they form their own SACCOS that can help them while in retirement, according to Ojuka Onedo, a professor of Accounting and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low rice production in Bunyoro blamed on sugar
KIKUUBE– Growing cane for sugar manufacturing is responsible for the current low rice production in Bunyoro Sub-region, according to researchers from Makerere University. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, a principal investigator at Makerere University…
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Agriculture
Ugandan Okori appointed new RUFORUM Executive Secretary
Professor Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [RUFORUM] Board Chair and Vice Chancellor University of Bamenda in Cameroon, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Okori as…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AVSI injects Shs 73mln for agribusiness in Lira school
LIRA– The Association of Volunteers International Services [AVSI] a not-for-profit organisation based in Italy, has signed a pact with St Katherine Girls Secondary School in Lira City to skills students in agribusiness.…
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News
Lira University in need of Shs 5bln for research and innovation activities
LIRA- Lira University has asked the government to avail the institution with Sh5 billion to fund its stalled research and innovation activities. The Deputy Vice-chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs, Prof. Okaka…
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News
UNBS launches standard to facilitate commercialisation of edible insects
KAMPALA -Ugandans who enjoy eating edible insects like grasshoppers (Nsenene) now stand a better chance of enjoying better quality as a standard of safe production, handling and consumption has been released by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
National Coffee Act inspires debate on new laws on registration of farmers
UGANDA – The Executive Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, has revealed that Clause 26 of the National Coffee Act has inspired debates on a new law on farmers’…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Makerere University researchers recommend modern farming for Kikuube and Hoima Districts
KIKUUBE – Researchers from Makerere University have recommended modern farming to Agricultural Officers from the districts of Kikuube and Hoima. They further urged Agricultural Officers of these districts to sensitize farmers to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Public-Private Partnership For Shea Value Addition
KAMPALA – Lecturers at Makerere University have suggested a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach to develop the shea butter value chain in Uganda, for more earnings, both locally and internationally. These trees are natural…
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