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Cooperatives & Communities
Coop3600 Innovations Award ignites competitiveness in Uganda’s cooperative sector
KAMPALA, March 16, 2024 –In a bustling atmosphere filled with anticipation and cooperative spirit,The Uhuru Institute for Social Development [TUI], together with her partners for the Coop3600 Innovations Award, hosted a riveting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania SACCO, NGO sign MoU to promote sorghum growing
KWANIA, JANUARY 10, 2024 – Members of Aderolongo SACCO in Akali Sub-county, Kwania district have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with Feed the Universe Urgency Uganda, a non-governmental organisation promoting…
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Northern
Counterfeit maize seed seized in Lira
LIRA – More than 1,000 kilogrammes of fake maize seed have been seized in an ongoing operation mounted by the police, Lira district agricultural department, and Lango Agro-input Dealers’ Association. The operatives…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ipara cooperative needs tractor to boost oil seed production
DOKOLO – Ipara Cooperative and Marketing Society based in Dokolo Town Council has asked the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to help with the procurement of a tractor, saying it…
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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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Education
Nebbi district receives more seed schools
NEBBI- Nebbi district leaders have officially handed over two sites in the sub-counties of Kucwiny and Ndhew to the contractor for the construction of two seed secondary schools. Government through the Ministry of…
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Education
Construction of Asamuk Seed Secondary School kicks off
AMURIA-Amuria district has officially handed over the site for the construction of Asamuk Seed Secondary School in Asamuk Subcounty. State Minister for Works Musa Echweru, Lillian Eyai, the Amuria resident district commissioner,…
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News
EU refurbishes testing lab, poultry hatchery worth Shs 340mln
LIRA-The European Union [EU] through Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] has renovated a dilapidated seed testing laboratory and poultry hatchery worth Shs 340 million at Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development…
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Africa
Malawi: IMF approves US$ 88.3mln in emergency financing support
BLANTYRE-The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] has approved a disbursement of US$88.327 million [SDR 69.40 million] under the Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility to help Malawi…
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News
UPS suspends activities for massive food production over land dispute
PADER– Uganda Prison Services [ UPS ] has temporarily suspended activities for massive food and seed production in Pader district. This is after the locals occupying part of the land to be…
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