Research
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA-Africa to hold 16th Africa Regional Assembly and Conference
ABUJA -ICA-Africa, a regional member of the International Cooperative Alliance will host the 16th Africa Regional Assembly and Conference from November 14-15, 2023 at the Abuja Continental Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria. According…
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Northern
Nature Uganda launches research study to conserve endangered wildlife
GULU – Little is still known about Northern Uganda and its biodiversity, according to herpetologists who say there is a need to conserve the endangered rare wildlife species in the region. Dr.…
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Western
Boosting tourism: Ministry to support wildlife research
KASESE – The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities has pledged to support Uganda Wildlife Research and Training Institute [UWRTI] to promote tourism in the Rwenzori Sub-region. The institute which is located…
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Agriculture
MAK conducts research to move rice farmers from wetlands
KIKUUBE– Makerere University researchers have established a research project in the Bunyoro Sub-region aimed at stopping farmers from growing rice in wetlands and river banks. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, the principal investigator of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira rice farmers push planting to June as floods submerge fields
LIRA – A number of farmers under Itek Okile Rice Growers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society [IORGMCS] in Itek Subcounty, Lira district say they will now plant in June after recent floods submerged rice…
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Development
Rwenzori leaders to meet Museveni over stalled industrial park
KABAROLE – Leaders and stakeholders from Rwenzori Sub region have resolved to meet President Museveni over stalled Kabarole Agro Industrial Park. The industrial park ,which was launched in 2018 by the senior…
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Agriculture
Inside government plans to boost food security
KAMPALA-Food insecurity is one of the major challenges Uganda is still grappling with, according to Uganda Food Security Outlook Report for June 2022 to January 2023. The report says season bimodal harvests…
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Health
Shortage of healthcare workers could rise to 10mln by end of decade, new WEF report
GENEVA– The shortage of healthcare workers could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of mental health. A new report published by…
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Agriculture
GULU: NARO courts more farmers into growing new rice variety
GULU-The National Agricultural Research Organization [NARO] is courting farmers in Gulu district to join in the massive production of Namche 5 rice variety. The rice variety, which grows and yields well in…
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East Africa
Radical changes in the draft Co-operatives Bill
NAIROBI-Co-operative Societies will soon be allowed to sell and purchase members’ shares and trade capital instruments through a Co-operatives platform if the Cooperatives Bill 2021 is passed. If the Bill is passed…
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