sugarcane
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi district boss wants sugarcane farmers to form cooperative
MASINDI– Cosmas Byaruhanga, the former Chairperson-Masindi District Sugarcane Out-growers Association [MASGAL], who also doubles as the LC5 Chairperson of the district, wants the association which brings together Masindi district sugar cane farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima Sugar Limited allows 200 farmers to harvest their crops
KIKUUBE– Hoima Sugar Limited has granted over 200 farmers a grace period of three months to harvest crops covering about 4370 acres before they vacate the land they had illegally occupied. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cane shortage forces Atiak Sugar Factory to close
AMURU– Atiak Sugar Factory, a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holding Company Ltd [ HIHC ], has temporarily stopped manufacturing sugar due to the shortage of sugarcane in the area. The factory has…
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News
Wildfire destroys more than 200 hectares of sugarcane plantation in Atiak
AMURU – Police are investigating yet another fire incident at Atiak sugar plantation that has reportedly destroyed more than 200 hectares. The Aswa River Region Police Public Relations Officer, David Ongom Mudong…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane Cooperatives Will Save Farmers
MASINDI – On his inauguration day, May 20, Cosmas Byaruhanga promised to use his second term as Masindi District LCV chairperson to get farmers in all sectors in the western district organized…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru Sugar plantation recruits 400 labourers for urgent sugarcane harvest after fire
At least 400 casual laborers have been urgently recruited and deployed to harvest the sugarcane that survived a wildfire at Amuru Sugar Plantation recently. Amuru Sugar plantation was gutted by fire on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak sugar factory hungry for cane as production kicks off
Barely two weeks after the long awaited sugar production at Atiak Sugar factory in Amuru district kicked off, the factory is already facing a supply shortage of sugar cane. According to Amina…
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Masindi sugarcane farmers divided over new cane price
Three board members of Masindi Sugarcane Growers’ Association Ltd (MASGAL) have resigned from their positions citing what they termed “false accusations” levelled against them by the association’s Chairperson, Cosmas Byaruhanga. The three…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kinyara, sugarcane farmers feud over cane price
Masindi Sugar Cane Out growers Association Ltd (MASGAL), the biggest supplier of sugar cane to Kinyara Sugar Works Limited, has rejected the new cane price offered by the sugar manufacturing giant. A…
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