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Soroti fruit factory recovering from 87% drop in sales due to COVID-19

The management of Soroti fruit factory is struggling to recover from losses resulting from the COVID-19-related lockdown. According to Douglas Kakyukyu Ndawula the factory’s Executive Director, the company registered an […]

Economy on recovery path from COVID-19 impacts

Corti Paul Lakuma, a Policy Analyst and Researcher with Makerere based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has expressed faith that Uganda’s economy is beginning to recover from the effects of […]

Kabale SACCO registers 10% increase in savings during lockdown

While several SACCOs around the country suffered serious setbacks during the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Lyamujungu Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) in Kabale registered a 10% increase in savings, according […]

Seed Policy to stimulate agricultural sector growth

Absence of regulation to guide the promotion of good quality seed has long afflicted the agricultural sector, a loophole that some seed companies have in the past exploited to supply […]

Acoli farmers count losses due to heavy rains

Farmers in Acoli are counting losses due to the heavy rains currently being experienced in thearea. The heavy rains that started in May have destroyed several kilometres of roads cutting […]

Amudat bee farmers appeal for honey processing plant

Bee farmers in Amudat district in Karamoja sub region have appealed to the government and any well-wishers to provide them with a honey processing plant in order to boost their […]

Popular Mbarara market burns down, arson suspected

Several traders who lost their merchandise in the Saturday July 11 conflagration that engulfed Nyamityobora market suspect that the popular market was deliberately torched by motivated individuals, despite the police’s […]

Government sets up fund to protect SACCO members’ savings

Government has established a contingency plan for members that may lose their monies in Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs). The latest safeguard has been established in form of a […]

UPDATE: Masindi RDC gives Kinyara, out growers’ association ultimatum to agree on new sugar price

Masindi Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Martin Mugabi, has given Masindi Sugarcane Growers Association Limited (MASGAL) and Kinyara Sugar management one week to sort out their grievances over the sugarcane price […]

Masaka Cooperative Union gears up to resume coffee export

The Masaka Farmers’ Cooperative Union is undertaking comprehensive restructuring aimed at resuscitating its coffee export potential. Registered in 1951, the union was established to strengthen coffee farming and marketing in […]