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Kapelebyong RDC reaping big from watermelon production
KAPELEBYONG, June 18, 2024 – The Resident District Commissioner [RDC] of Kapelebyong, Tom Olinga Otukol is reaping big after a thoughtful plan to invest in watermelon production. In March 2024, Olinga decided…
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Ugandan vanilla exporters urge supply diversification amid Madagascan monopoly
KAMPALA, June 4, 2024 -The Association of Vanilla Exporters of Uganda [VANEX] is imploring food and beverage brands to source vanilla from multiple countries of origin to avoid potential supply chain disruptions.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Makerere researcher to Kikuube farmers: Form cooperatives to benefit from farming
KIKUUBE, June 4, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been challenged to form cooperatives or join existing ones to be able to benefit from farming as a business. The call was…
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Global coffee exports up 9.4 percent in March 2024
KAMPALA, May 6, 2024 – Global green bean exports in March 2024 totalled 11.87 million bags, as compared with 10.85mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 9.4 percent…
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Engaging in commercial agriculture: Kikuube women ask for tractors and irrigation equipment
KIKUUBE, May 2, 2024 – Women leaders in Kikuube district have appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to give them tractors and irrigation equipment to engage in commercial agriculture. Sarah Kayonza, Chairperson Kikuube…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti City farmers trained on how to form marketing associations
SOROTI, April 20, 2024 – In a bid to boost collective marketing of produce, and avoid middlemen, farmers in Soroti City have been trained to form marketing associations. The training of the…
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International
Global coffee exports up 9.5 percent in February 2024
KAMPALA, April 5, 2024 – Global green bean exports in February 2024 amounted to 10.43 million bags, as compared with 9.52mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 9.5…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Poverty blamed for low uptake of irrigation technologies in Lira district
LIRA, March 4, 2024 – The authorities of Lira district have attributed the low uptake of the micro-scale-irrigation technologies to poverty and the poor mindset of some of the farmers in the…
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Parliament: legislators’ pension scheme to reduce investments in Kenya
KAMPALA, February 24, 2024 – The Parliamentary Pension Scheme [PPS] is considering a reduction of the scheme’s equity investments in Kenya in favour of the stable home market. This was revealed yesterday…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gen. Taban commissions eleven tractors in Pakwach district
PAKWACH, February 23, 2024 – The First Deputy Director of Internal Security Organisation [ISO], Lt Gen. Taban Amin days ago commissioned 11 tractors in Packwach district, saying the mechanical tools are meant…
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