Trees
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Education
Minister urges headteachers to plant trees in schools
SOROTI, September 12, 2023 – The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysestom Muyingo, has asked school headteachers in the country to embrace the Greening Project which encourages the planting of…
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Africa
US$ 1bln to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths, AfDB announces
NAIROBI, September 8, 2023 – African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new US$ 1 billion facility to accelerate climate financing for Africa’s youth businesses. The additional financing will boost…
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Environment
Restoring environment: Kooki Chiefdom intensifies tree-planting campaign in Rakai district
RAKAI – Kooki Chiefdom has launched a tree planting campaign to restore the degraded landscapes in Rakai district. Apollo Sansa Kabumbuli II who is Kooki Chiefdom’s cultural leader launched the campaign during…
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Environment
Lira City receives 100 tree seedlings for planting
LIRA- Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] Champions in partnership with Uganda National NGO Forum through the Office of the Prime Minister have offered 100 different tree seedlings for planting in Lira City with…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka City: PDM beneficiary households adopt high-density farming
MASAKA – At least 506 households in Masaka City have been mobilised to embrace high-density farming to fight poverty under the Parish Development Model [PDM] launched in early 2022. High-density farming is…
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Environment
Kasese residents lose property as River Nyamwamba bursts banks again
KASESE – Kasese district residents are counting losses after River Nyamwamba burst its banks again last week, washing away crops and destroying houses in Mahango and Rukoki sub-counties. For several years, Kasese…
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Agriculture
Gulu farmers get low crop yields as soils lose fertility
GULU-Farmers in Gulu district are incurring losses brought about the low crop yields emanating from the soils that have lost fertility. The farmers this reporter talked to days ago attributed the loss…
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Environment
Environmental conservation: Masaka City, Centenary Bank plant trees
MASAKA – Masaka City leadership has partnered with Centenary Bank to promote environmental conservation as well as beautification of the city through planting trees. Centenary Bank general manager for Corporate Communications and…
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Environment
Fruit tree planting initiative launched in Sembabule district
SEMBABULE – A new environment initiative code-named ‘My Tree Initiative’ (MTI) with the aim of promoting fruit tree planting in schools and conservation of the environment has been launched in Mawogola County…
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Environment
Minister Anywar urges wetland encroachers to vacate
SOROTI – The State Minister for Environment, Beatrice Anywar Atim, has urged Ugandans exploiting wetlands to relocate as directed by government or else they will face the wrath of the law. The…
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