Tea farming in Zombo district is taking shape with more farmers embracing and planting more seedlings as the government and investors from the UAE move to set up a factory.
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Amid obstructions, TRIDI’s sericulture project on course
Even when Parliament appropriated Uganda shillings 43 billion to ensure the commercial production of silk, the money is yet to be released, TRIDI executive director, said.
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Gulu: Countryside Harvester’s director arrested over shs1.2b extortion claim
Naptali Okongo, the managing director of Aswah Technical Service and General Enterprise said they signed two contracts with the organization for the construction of offices, digging a septic tank, and renovation, among other works to the tune of shs75 million.
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Zombo leaders give 10 acres of land for constructing a tea factory
According to some of the Alur Kingdom cultural leaders, their King is passionate about tea [revival] and had initially offered a part of the Kingdom’s land for a tea factory.
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Museveni directs Zombo to offer 10 acres of land for a tea factory
The minister added that “the purpose of this letter is to invite you to an urgent meeting on Friday 9th September 2022 starting at 9:00 am at Zombo District Headquarters to identify the land”.
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Hunger is a looming threat in Uganda
LAYDNET is ready to work with like-minded organizations including those in civil society, UN agencies (such as FAO, WFP, and UNICEF), and government agencies, to design and implement innovative strategies to combat chronic hunger.
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Zombo Tea Farmers’ Cooperative Society holds AGM with optimism factory will come soon
Once set up, the factory is expected to employ at least 1,000 people per district in the initial stage, according to Edwin Atukunda Beekunda, EFOTI Director in an interview in 2020.
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Pader farmers receive ox-ploughs to boost agriculture
At least 25,000 farmers from Acholi, Lango and West Nile sub-regions are targeted to benefit.
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Pader farmers receive tractors under PRELNOR project
Saidu noted that the lead farmers selected by fellow group members will first go through training on how to operate the tractors.
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Pader fish🐟 farmers reap big amidst challenges
John Tyan, Pader district fisheries officer (DFO), said there are currently 188 fish ponds in the district excluding the ones located along the road; others well stocked with fish fingerlings.
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Famine forces 700 Karamojong locals to settle in Agago
The Karamojong or Karimojong are a Nilotic ethnic group. They are agro-pastoral herders living mainly in the northeast of Uganda.
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Kotido’s ‘no oxen to attach on yokes’ protest ends unproductive
Kotido raids: On December 18 2021 and December 23 2021 it was raided. The most recent and third raid happened on January 13 2022