Value addition
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low prices of sunflower frustrate farmers
KWANIA, November 6, 29023 – Members of Abapiri Oil Seed Cooperative Society in Abapiri parish, Chawente Sub-county in Kwania district are frustrated because of the low prices being offered for their sunflower.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kikuube district gives farmers value addition equipment
KIKUUBE, October 11, 2023 – Over 12 farmer groups engaged in horticulture in Kikuube district have a reason to smile after they received machines for value addition. The groups received solar dryers, vacuum…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi cooperatives perturbed as value addition facilities lie idle
MASINDI, October 10, 2023 – Two cooperatives including Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative in Bwijanga Sub-county and Bujenje Maize Farmers Cooperative in Bikonzi Sub-county are not utilising value addition facilities acquired under the Agriculture…
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Northern
City mayor lauds UWEP beneficiaries for good performance in last financial year
LIRA – Lira City mayor Sam Atul has commended the beneficiaries of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] in the city for paying back most of the money in the financial year 2022/2023.…
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Western
Kasese coffee cooperatives receive generators to boost value addition
KASESE – Coffee farmers in Kasese district have a reason to smile after receiving three generators to provide thermal power in the processing of soluble coffee. The Ministry of Water and Environment…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Cooperative Union to build Shs1bln maize mill in Kole district
LIRA – The administration of Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] is planning to construct the first maize mill in Ilera Parish, Ayer Sub-county in Kole district to boost production and value addition. The…
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Africa
16th COMESA Business Forum held in Zambia
LUSAKA – The 16th edition of the COMESA Business Forum took place in Lusaka, Zambia with over 500 regional and international businesses participating the in the one-day event preceding the COMESA Summit. The…
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Energy & Mining
West Nile leaders warn unreliable power could derail PDM
ARUA – Leaders in West Nile have warned that the intermittent power supply in the sub-region could derail the progress of the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The leaders raised the matter last…
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News
Museveni directs more funding for banana factory in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI-President Yoweri Museveni in a letter dated October 2022, has directed Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to provide Shs 23 billion for the capitalisation of the Banana Industrial Research & Development Centre [BIRDEC]…
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Energy & Mining
West Nile region in dire need of electricity
ARUA-Due to the increasing demand for electricity in the West Nile region, more than 23,000 households and businesses are not being adequately served by the 3.5 megawatts [MW] Nyagak hydropower station. According…
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