Population
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Cooperatives & Communities
Wetlands disappearing three times faster than before due to population growth
SOROTI– Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing three times faster than forests, experts have warned. Wetlands include some of the most…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government earmarks Shs500m for compensation in wildlife conservation areas
MASINDI– The government of Uganda through Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] has earmarked Shs500 million for compensation of people in the wildlife conservation areas of Murchison Falls National Park. The wildlife compensation scheme…
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News
Allow the youth to drive Vision 2040, say population and economic experts
NATIONAL – Population, economic experts and civil society activists have warned that for Uganda to harness her demographic dividend and achieve aspirations of attaining upper middle-income status by 2040, the government must…
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Development
Teso farmers panic as fall armyworms ravage crops
SOROTI– Farmers in the Teso sub-region are counting losses following an invasion of fall armyworms (FAW) pest, which is scientifically known as (Spodoptera Exempta) ravaging thousands of acres of crop fields across…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Population growth threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region
SOROTI – The current population growth is threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region. Figures from the National Population Council (NPC), a state agency that advises the government on population issues, show that…
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