Value addition
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Cooperatives & Communities
CIDI injects shs40mln in Soroti cooperatives
SOROTI-In a move to boost effective bulk production, value addition, and collective marketing, Community Integrated Initiative Development [ CIDI ] has provided Shs 40 million as seed capital for five farmers’ cooperatives…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO official advises Kabarole tea farmers on value addition
KABAROLE: An official from the National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] has advised that tea farmers in Kabarole district and other parts of the country should add value to their agricultural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO official urges Lango cassava farmers to form cooperatives
LIRA– A top official from the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has advised cassava farmers in the Lango Sub-region to form cooperative societies if they are to access better markets and have…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cassava shortage hits farmers’ cooperatives in Nebbi district
NEBBI-Five-based rural cassava agro–factories that were established in Nebbi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development program [ACDP] have scaled down their operations due to the scarcity of cassava in the district. The Shs…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Leaders of cooperative societies urged to be transparent and accountable
KIKUUBE– The board members and managers of cooperative societies in Kikuube district have been told to develop a spirit of transparency and accountability to ensure the sustainability of the existing cooperative societies…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MPs urge gov’t to give farmers electricity for value addition
HOIMA -The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has expressed concern about the value addition processing facilities, which were constructed by the government, but are not connected to the electricity grid, making it hard…
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Africa
ACTESA develops regional horticultural observatory programme
LUSAKA– The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa [ ACTESA ] has developed the COMESA Horticultural Observatory Programme which will be used to engage multi-stakeholders in the horticultural industry…
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International
Value addition: Nwoya livestock farmers ask for govt support
NWOYA –Nwoya livestock keepers want government to help them to start adding value to the animal products as opposed to selling their live animals to middlemen. The farmers under Pamin-Owot Livestock Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministers ask farmers to invest in tree seedlings in Northern Uganda
GULU-The State for Environmental, Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in Northern Uganda to invest in tree seedlings if they are to develop their farms at a low cost. Addressing the stakeholders’…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso cassava farmers upset by govt failure to build processing plant
AMURIA– The State Minister for Teso affairs Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote has reiterated his commitment to push government to fulfill its promise of establishing a cassava-processing factory in Teso Sub-region after farmers…
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