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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
CBAs get bicycles to help in monitoring farmers
LIRA, December 14, 2023 – Caritas Norway, through its Lira office, has offered 105 bicycles to community based animators [ CBAs ] to help in the monitoring of smallholder farmers in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
China donates farm machinery worth over Shs 7bln to Butaleja district
BUTALEJA, October 6, 2023 – Butaleja district in Eastern Uganda has received tractors worth over Shs 7 billion from the government of China to boost agricultural mechanisation. The equipment includes 11 tractors,…
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Central
Ensuring quality standards: Regulators want grain farmers to have modern storage facilities
MUBENDE, September 20, 2023 – Farmers have been urged to work in groups and cooperatives and establish modern storage facilities as a measure to close quality gaps that have affected Uganda’s grain…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mali: SAA transforms rural cooperative
BAMAKO, September 9, 2023 – Two years after Sasakawa Africa Association [ SAA ] delivered a sheller to the Nieta Cooperative in the Kamalé Kakélé Village of Western Mali, there is evidence…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amoru Amoroto cooperative members to reap big from cassava processing
SOROTI – Farmers under Amoru Amoroto Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited in Awaliwal Sub-county, Soroti district, expect to earn better incomes from processing raw cassava following the recent installation of milling machines. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso faces looming hunger as crops wither away
SOROTI – Thousands of families in Teso Sub-region are fearing they could soon face hunger as unreliable rainfall in the area has resulted in crops planted in the first season of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BCU asks Museveni to fulfill pledge of establishing cocoa processing factory
BUNDIBUGYO – Farmers belonging to Bwamba Cooperative Union [BCU] in Bundibugyo district have appealed to government to speed up the process of establishing a cocoa processing factory in the district as pledged…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Politicians on the spot over soliciting money from cooperatives
PADER-Local politicians in Pader district have been accused of asking cooperatives to give them money whenever they are invited to attend meetings meant to help cooperatives to prosper. According to Robert Okumu,…
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Agriculture
Gov’t approves Shs 176bln for food production
LIRA- In a bid to ensure food security in the country, government has so far approved Shs 176 billion to enhance massive production of four major food crops in selected regions. The…
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