Research
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka farmers call for disease and drought-resistant coffee varieties
MASAKA– Farmers in the Greater Masaka region have appealed to give them coffee varieties that are disease and drought-resistant, saying they are tired of making losses in every harvesting season. The farmers…
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News
Makerere University at 100: Tayebwa pushes for increased funding of higher institutions
KAMPALA – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has urged government to increase the funding for Makerere University and other public institutions of higher learning to be able to do more…
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Health
Ebola outbreak: Kabarole RDC urges locals to be vigilant
KABAROLE– The Kabarole Resident District Commissioner, Festus Bandeeba has asked locals in his district to be vigilant and report any suspected cases of Ebola to the authorities. Bandeeba who doubles as the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
South Africa to host major conference on cooperatives in Africa
JOHANNESBURG– African cooperators and other stakeholders will from November 3-4, 2022, attend the 2nd edition of the annual Conference on Cooperatives and the Solidarity Economy [CCSE] hosted by Africa Cooperatives Institute of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Here is why Kenyan politicians are lobbying to control co-ops
NAIROBI– The process of reviewing Kenya’s outdated Co-operatives Act Cap 490 is expected to enhance counties capacity to manage and supervise co-operatives that are synonymous with the country’s development. Once the Cabinet…
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Development
Higher education critical in Africa’s economic growth, says UNECA report
KAMPALA-The success of the African Continental Free Trade Area, [AfCFTA], will depend on the capacities of universities and other institutions of higher learning in Africa and science academies to produce adequate and…
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News
Buliisa residents petition UWA over destruction of crops by elephants
BULIISA-Over 1,380 residents living near Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa district have asked the Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] to act and stop elephants and buffaloes from invading their communities. In their…
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East Africa
Fish farmers concerned over decline in production
KIGALI-The fishing community around Lake Kivu in Rwanda is reporting a sharp decline in sardine fish production for the last three years, reports The New Times. According to Jean-Bosco Sibomana, the coordinator…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Research on local concocted mixtures developed to kill black coffee twig borer launched
MASAKA-National Coffee Research Institute has started carrying out research on local concoctions of organic mixtures being used by some of the coffee farmers in the Greater Masaka region to control the black…
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Agriculture
Ugandan Okori appointed new RUFORUM Executive Secretary
Professor Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [RUFORUM] Board Chair and Vice Chancellor University of Bamenda in Cameroon, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Okori as…
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