Value addition
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News
AU minsters’ summit declares coffee a strategic commodity
KAMPALA – The Summit of African Union Ministers sitting in Nairobi days ago certified coffee as a key strategic commodity for the poorest yet resource-rich continent. The development would require trading in…
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EAC ministers adopt 35 percent common external tariff
KAMPALA– East African Community (EAC) ministers of trade and finance have adopted 35 percent as the 4th band of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), officials say. The Ministers, during a retreat on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Value added pumpkins boost Gulu Farmers savings
GULU – A local farmer group in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is adding value to pumpkins in a bid to cut out the middle man and earn more money from the fruit.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA to establish a Shs.1 billion regional coffee learning hub at MUST
MBARARA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is in collaboration with Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to construct a coffee learning hub at Kihumuro Campus on Mbarara-Bushenyi road. In a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers’ Groups Get A Value Addition Project
KIKUUBE – Kikuube district local government has launched a Shs 850 million project which will facilitate farmer groups to add value to their maize and rice produce. The project is funded through…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Extension Officers Receive New Motorcycles
MASINDI – Masindi district has procured five brand new motorcycles in an effort to improve extension services and production in the district. The UG Boss Motorcycles valued at Shs 31 million were…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Public-Private Partnership For Shea Value Addition
KAMPALA – Lecturers at Makerere University have suggested a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach to develop the shea butter value chain in Uganda, for more earnings, both locally and internationally. These trees are natural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative To Acquire Grain Sorter
OMORO – Kweyo Growers’ Cooperative Society wants to acquire a grain sorter that can clean fusarium-damaged grains from bulk stocks. A grain or color sorter is a machine that helps in cleaning…
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Cooperatives & Communities
OWC to Cluster Beneficiaries For Value Addition
GULU – The second phase of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is aiming at clustering beneficiaries into primary and secondary societies, to enable them add value to their products and increase the market.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
EACU Unveils Sim-Sim Value Addition Plan
KITGUM – East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) plans to use millions of shillings to improve the value of Sim-Sim and put more money in pockets of its farmers. Many EACU farmers grow…
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