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News
Tomato farmers in Lira count losses as price fluctuates
LIRA-Tomato farmers in Lira district and Lira City are counting losses following the Bumper harvest that has made the price to drop significantly. The price fluctuations started two weeks ago as farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Help VSLAs invest in lucrative agricultural ventures, minister urges district officials
NWOYA– The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Kwiocwiny has urged Nwoya district officials to enroll the local Village Saving and Loan Associations [VSLAs] into lucrative agricultural ventures. The minister made the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi farmers urged to join cooperatives
GULU-As initiatives to strengthen the cooperative movement in Uganda take centre stage, Farmers in Acholi Sub-region have been urged to join or form cooperative societies if they are to benefit more from…
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Agriculture
Kwania: Farmers decry low prices of farm produce
KWANIA-Farmers in Kwania district have cried out loud over the low prices of farm produce, saying they are making losses. For instance, dry cassava has dropped by Shs 400 to Shs 1,400…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Kwiyucwiny urges cooperatives to stabilise market prices
OTUKE-Cooperatives in northern Uganda have a role to play in stabilising market prices in the region by releasing a given quantity of the stored commodities to the market whenever prices seem to…
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Agriculture
Leaders urge farmers to concentrate on food crops as prices of cash crops fall
GULU-Farmers in Acholi Sub-region have been urged to concentrate on food crop production if they are to fight household poverty. This follows persistent price fluctuations for cash crops such as cotton, soybean,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira pig cooperative in need of money for slaughterhouse
Oniangaber Pig Farmers Cooperative in Lira city have appealed to government and other stakeholders to help them build a modern slaughterhouse so that they are able to market their products better. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Farmers, oil millers urge gov’t to set prices of commodities
LIRA-Oil millers, manufacturers, and farmers producing sunflower and soybean in the Lango Sub-region want government to regulate the prices of commodities in the country, saying it is the only way farmers will…
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Development
Commercial officers urged to guide farmers form cooperatives
LIRA-District commercial and extension officers in Lango Sub-region have been advised to guide farmers to form cooperatives as the most realistic means of weeding out poverty in Ugandan households. The Lira Resident…
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International
Value addition: Nwoya livestock farmers ask for govt support
NWOYA –Nwoya livestock keepers want government to help them to start adding value to the animal products as opposed to selling their live animals to middlemen. The farmers under Pamin-Owot Livestock Cooperative…
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