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50 cooperatives in Apac and Kwania districts receive farm inputs
APAC, April 15, 2025 – Fifty cooperative societies in Apac and Kwania districts have received a consignment of farm inputs from the National Oil Seeds Project [NOSP], an initiative aimed at promoting…
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NARO official urges farmers in Lango to commercialise cassava growing
LIRA CITY, March 11, 2025 – Farmers in Lango Subregion can significantly improve their household incomes by growing cassava for commercial purposes. Dr Christopher Omongo, Head of the Root Crops Programme at…
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Farmers advised to plant quality seeds in new planting season
KOLE, March 4, 2025 – Esther Apwot, 60, one of the pioneer members of Alito Joint Multipurpose Cooperative Limited in Kole district, has urged farmers to purchase seeds produced by certified seed…
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Chia seed company turns to cooperatives to meet international standards
GULU, February 21, 2025 – Talia Group Limited, a company that grows and purchases chia seeds in the Acholi Subregion, has turned to cooperatives in an effort to meet the international organic…
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Euro Coop Joins Call to Stop Deregulation of New GMOs
LONDON, February 16, 2025 — Euro Coop has joined forces with Greenpeace and other organizations in signing a Joint Statement on the Deregulation of New GMOs, urging European policymakers to protect small…
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CALA takes action against counterfeit seeds in Lira
LIRA, January 14, 2025 — The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture [ CALA ] has developed a targeted strategy to combat the issue of counterfeit seeds in Agali Subcounty, Lira district,…
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IFFCO signs deal to empower FPOs
NEW DELHI, December 16, 2024 — A Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] has been signed between CSC e-Governance Services India Limited and the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] to provide…
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“Keep Your Land, Keep Your Seed Campaign” launched in Dokolo district
DOKOLO, November 9, 2024 – The Land and Equity Movement in Uganda [LEMU], in collaboration with several partner organizations, has launched the “Keep Your Land, Keep Your Seed Campaign” in Okwongodul Sub-county,…
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Museveni officially opens new All Saints Cathedral in Nakasero
KAMPALA, November 2, 2024 — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday presided over the grand opening of the new All Saints Cathedral in Nakasero, Kampala. The First Lady and Minister of Education and…
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Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement partners with China to use solar energy in cooperatives
BRASILIA, October 20, 2024 — João Pedro Stedile, leader of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement [MST, in Portuguese], was in China to talk with institutions and companies that have already started partnerships…
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