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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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Cooperatives & Communities
Pakistani leader urges Ugandan gov’t to protect businesses
The Pakistani community in the Lango Sub-region joined other nationals to celebrate the country’s 75th Independence Day with a call to the Ugandan government to guarantee the security of their businesses. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MSC advises Emyooga groups to build culture of saving
LIRA– The Uganda Microfinance Support Centre [MSC] has called upon Emyooga groups in Lango and Acholi sub-regions to develop a culture of saving and paying back their loans. According to Mable Nabadda,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Amuru farmers opt for soybean enterprise
AMURU-Most farmers in the 52 parishes in Amuru district have chosen to grow soybean as an enterprise they will embark on in line with the Parish Development Model [PDM]. So far, officials…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AfDB approves more than US$1bln for emergency food production plan
ABIDJANI-The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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News
Lii Subcounty to spend Shs 14mln on elephants
NWOYA– Lii Sub County in Nwoya district is to spend Shs 14 million on maintaining trenches dug earlier to prevent wild animals, especially elephants from Murchison Falls National Game Park from crossing…
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News
Acholi union struggling to revive primary cooperatives
KITGUM – In1960s, farmers, mainly cotton growers from primary cooperative societies, in the original Kitgum district formed a union under their umbrella East Acholi Cooperative Union Limited [EACU]. However, the division of…
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