Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers in Busoga can now access up to Shs100 million in unsecured farmer loans repayable within two years at an interest rate of 2% per month courtesy of a new partnership between Stanbic Bank, Kakira sugar works, and Busoga Sugarcane Growers Association. Dubbed the …
Read More »Sugarcane farmers protest new price set by Kinyara
Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district under their umbrella Masindi Sugar Cane Out growers Association Ltd -MASGAL are protesting the new price for sugarcane that was recently announced by Kinyara Sugar Limited for this financial year. The Association is the biggest supplier of sugarcane to Kinyara …
Read More »Sugarcane farmers petition Kadaga over failure to get permits
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers from Luuka district have petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga over their failure to get permits to sell their cane. The over 300 contract farmers were given a go ahead by both Mayuge sugar and Kakira Sugar to grow sugarcane then sell it …
Read More »Parliament tasks gov’t to intervene in Busoga’s crashing sugar industries
Kampala, Uganda | Prossy Nansubuga | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga during plenary urged government through the Ministries of Trade and Finance to intervene in the plight of sugarcane farmers in Busoga whose economies are dilapidating due to lack of buyers. According to MP Ntende Robert of Mayuge district, farmers …
Read More »Masindi sugarcane farmers to get fully fledged service center
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the establishment of a service center to support sugarcane farmers in Masindi district. This was contained in a message by Gen. Salim Saleh, the coordinator Operation Wealth Creation-OWC read for him by Major Gen. John Mateeka in a meeting …
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