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Agriculture
Adjumani sunflower growers suffer losses as prices drop
ADJUMANI: More than 500 sunflower farmers in Adjumani district under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] piloting the growing of oil seed crops want government to intervene in the sunflower market,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Review contracts to settle disputes, MTIC official urges Hoima Sugar Limited and farmers
KIKUUBE– A senior official from the Ministry of Trade, industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] wants Hoima Sugar Limited and cane out-growers in Kikuube district to revise their contracts if the long-standing disputes between…
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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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International
Indian co-operators remember nationalist Sardar Patel
NEW DELHI-The top cooperatives in the country including Amul, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [IFFCO] and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India [NAFED], among others, remembered the Iron Man of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO official advises Kabarole tea farmers on value addition
KABAROLE: An official from the National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] has advised that tea farmers in Kabarole district and other parts of the country should add value to their agricultural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya fish farmers wary of soaring feed prices
NWOYA – Some of the fish farmers in Nwoya district are worried about the high prices of feed that have forced some of the farmers out of the business. Previously, some farmers…
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Africa
AfDB, COMESA hold workshop on harmonised consumer price indices in Africa
NAIVASHA– COMESA in collaboration with the African Development Bank [AfDB] last week conducted a five-day regional workshop in Naivasha, Kenya on harmonising consumer price indices in Africa. The aim is to improve…
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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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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru farmers’ cooperative, MAAIF agree to implement seed oil project
AMURU-Farmers under Kilak Farmers’ Cooperative Society have agreed in principle with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] to implement the National Seed Oil Project in Amuru district. In 2019,…
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Environment
Social enterprise makes bricks from recycled plastics
GULU– In response to the ever-increasing prices of building materials like cement in Uganda, Green Home Transformations, a social enterprise is making eco-interlocking bricks from recycled plastics and sand. The innovation which…
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