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Africa
AfDB and partners launch US$ 520mln for special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria
ABUJA– Nigeria on Monday began its long journey to end hunger and achieve food security by launching the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones [SAPZ], a programme initiated by the African Development Bank [AfDB].…
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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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Cooperatives & Communities
Help us to write proposals, Acholi co-operators cry out
PADER-Co-operators of Acholi –bur and Gem Onyot Cooperative society in Pader district want to be helped in writing proposals to enable them to secure financial support for their activities. They argue that…
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News
Acholi leaders want locals involved in massive production of food crops
PADER-Leaders from Acholi Sub-region want government to involve the local people in the planned massive production of food crops like maize and soybean on land formally owned by government in the district.…
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News
Rwot Acana writes to Museveni over eviction of Pader residents
PADER-Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of the Acholi Cultural Chiefdom has written to President Yoweri Museveni, pleading that government halts the eviction of people from the land that became…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Farmers, oil millers urge gov’t to set prices of commodities
LIRA-Oil millers, manufacturers, and farmers producing sunflower and soybean in the Lango Sub-region want government to regulate the prices of commodities in the country, saying it is the only way farmers will…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru farmers’ cooperative, MAAIF agree to implement seed oil project
AMURU-Farmers under Kilak Farmers’ Cooperative Society have agreed in principle with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] to implement the National Seed Oil Project in Amuru district. In 2019,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gov’t offers seeds to cooperatives in Lango and Acholi regions
LIRA – Government has given sunflower and soybeans seeds on a loan basis to 22 farmer cooperatives and 48 large-scale farmers in Lango and Acholi sub-regions. According to Dr. Charles Aben who…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Northern Uganda farmers ask gov’t for storage facilities
LIRA-Cooperative farmers in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions have urged government to construct storage facilities to enable them to maintain the quality of their harvests. They said the production has gone up…
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Development
Masindi cooperative installs Shs 380mln weighbridge for farmers
MASINDI-After being cheated for a long time by the buyers, Masindi Sugarcane Growers and Processors Cooperative Society [MACAPO] Limited, a primary cooperative society of Bunyoro Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Union Limited, has installed…
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