Nwoya district
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi leaders question the contribution of investors in community empowerment
ACHOLI – Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) and Ker Kwaro Acholi (KKA), the Acholi Cultural Institution has questioned the contribution of the several investors in the sub-region on socio-economic empowerment of the community.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hailstorms destroy more than 1000 acres of food crops in Nwoya District
NWOYA – At least more than 1000 acres of food crops have been destroyed by heavy hailstorms that rained for hours in Nwoya district. The hailstorms that was accompanied by heavy rainfall…
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Nwoya District Receives 5000 Doses Of FMD Vaccines
NWOYA – Nwoya district production department has received 5000 doses of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. The disease which mostly affects…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Locals Demand Training from UWA to Drive Away Elephants
AMURU – Amuru and Nwoya Districts of Northern Uganda have for long been affected by wild animals mostly elephants which stray from Murchison Falls National Game Park. At least a handful of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya Suspects To Be Invaded By Tsetse Flies
NWOYA – Tsetse flies have reportedly invaded Nwoya District as livestock farmers turn to burnt oil to protect animals from the invasion. The flies have invaded the two Sub Counties of Koch…
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Cooperatives Fail The Loans Acquisition Test
NWOYA – Without assets to stake as collateral, cooperative societies in the northern district of Nwoya have failed to snap up agricultural loans available in several banks. John Bosco Odong, a member…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rising Layoffs Worry Nwoya Casual Workers
NWOYA – Commercial farmers in Nwoya are cautiously scaling back operations and increasing layoffs of casual labor jobs largely to cope with the grim Covid-19 restrictions on movement. The rising lay-offs of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya Farmers Cut Losses, Drop Maize Crop
NWOYA – Poor harvests of maize last year has done more than shatter the hopes of Nwoya farmers as they quit planting the crop altogether. Nwoya Cassava and Rice Growers Cooperative Society…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers To Resume Cassava Growing
NWOYA – After a three-year cassava mosaic imposed lay-off, farmers will resume cassava growing in the northern district of Nwoya next year. Farmers allied to Nwoya Rice and Cassava Cooperative Society Limited…
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