Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lango Cooperative Union is struggling to repossess its assets. The union was formed in the 1950s by cotton farmers in the greater Lango sub-region to alleviate poverty by promoting cotton growing. However, the union collapsed in the 1980s due to fluctuation of cotton prices and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons services is seeking to secure at least 8,000 acres of farmland for commercial cotton growing in the newly created Karenga district. This is part of Presidential directive on large scale cotton-growing throughout the country. Karenga, bordering South Sudan from the North-Eastern part …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked farmers to stop growing cotton on a small scale. Museveni made the remarks on Thursday at Karambi playground in Karambi Sub-county, Kasese district. He was visiting the area on the invitation of the Bukonzo West Member of Parliament, Atkins …
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