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Bugisu farmers advised to embrace organic farming for improved yields
BULAMBULI, November 12, 2024 — Feed the Future Uganda, a non-governmental organisation operating in Uganda, has urged farmers in the Bugisu Subregion to adopt the use of organic fertilisers/manure on their farms…
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Kabarole PDM SACCO members protest delayed release of funds
KABAROLE, October 3, 2024 – Members of the Nyantaboma Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative [Nyantaboma PDM SACCO] in Harugongo Subcounty, Kabarole District, have staged a protest over the delayed release…
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Agriculture: Nabbanja urges Masindi residents to embrace Museveni’s four-acre model
MASINDI, May 20, 2024 – Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has challenged residents of Masindi district to embrace high-value crops which require small pieces of land to be cultivated. Nabbanja noted that…
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National
Govt hands over Tochi Irrigation Scheme to Oyam farmers
OYAM, September 11, 2023 – The Ministry of Water and Environment has handed over Tochi Irrigation scheme in Acaba Sub-county in Oyam district to farmers under Tochi Irrigation Cooperative Society to enhance…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi women groups undergo training in growing organic vegetables
MASINDI – Over 100 women under different groups in Masindi Municipality have undergone training in different organic methods of growing vegetables. With the training, the women be able to grow green vegetables…
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Agriculture
3,000 farmers to benefit from Shs 15bln irrigation project in Pakwach
PAKWACH –Pakwach district has registered about 3,000 farmers as beneficiaries of the pilot phase of Wadelai irrigation scheme established to boost commercial agriculture in the district. The Shs15 billion irrigation scheme in…
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Bunyoro church moves to boost nutrition of inmates in Masindi prisons
MASINDI-In a bid to ensure a balanced diet for inmates at both Masindi prison and Kabalye Juvenile Remand Home, Bunyoro Lutheran Church in partnership with Seeds for Souls East Africa and Day…
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Residents irked by poor roads in Sebei Sub-region
KAPCHORWA: The poor state of community roads in Sebei Sub-region is partly to blame for the poverty that residents face, as farmers find it difficult to deliver their agricultural produce to markets,…
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Africa
ACTESA develops regional horticultural observatory programme
LUSAKA– The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa [ ACTESA ] has developed the COMESA Horticultural Observatory Programme which will be used to engage multi-stakeholders in the horticultural industry…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Chimpanzee Trust gives Kikuube farmers vermin-proof seed to combat wildlife attacks
The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) has started supplying farmers in Kikuube district with agricultural inputs that are not eaten by vermin and other wildlife under their umbrella Village Saving and…
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