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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives shun joining agricultural insurance
GULU – Cooperators under West Acholi Cooperative Union, covering Gulu, Omoro, Amuru, Nwoya districts, and Gulu City, have shunned joining agricultural insurance, according to officials. In the financial year, 2016/2017, the agricultural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Some relief as rains reduce Fall Armyworms in Pader
PADER– Pader district leaders are still pondering how farmers whose farmlands were invaded by the Fall Armyworm [FAW] can be helped, even though the recent heavy rains in the district have caused…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fall Armyworms invade Pader district as Amuru farmers are advised on cheap loans
PADER– Several farmers in Pader district are counting losses following the invasion by Fall Armyworms that have destroyed several acreages of maize, simsim, millet, and sorghum, resulting in instability on the side…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers’ Groups Get A Value Addition Project
KIKUUBE – Kikuube district local government has launched a Shs 850 million project which will facilitate farmer groups to add value to their maize and rice produce. The project is funded through…
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Agoro Cooperative members decry delayed repair of Irrigation scheme
Members of the Agoro Self-Help Irrigation Cooperative Society have denounced the delayed rehabilitation of the Agoro Irrigation Scheme in Lawmo district, saying the delay has robbed them of the livelihood they earned…
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