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Agriculture
21 April 2026, 2:52 pm
Leaders urge farmers to treat coffee farming as a business
By Geoffrey Okwong Farmers in Pader District have been urged to take coffee farming seriously and treat agriculture as a business if they are to benefit from government interventions aimed at eradicating poverty. The call was made by Phillips Adonga…
23 February 2026, 7:04 pm
Over 50 farmers trained on coffee growing in Pader as government intensifies pov…
By Okwong Geoffrey A total of 56 farmers in Pader District have received training on coffee planting and management as government strengthens efforts to promote coffee farming as a pathway out of poverty. The training, which took place in Gulalela…
31 December 2025, 5:13 pm
Acholi farmers boost resilience through crop diversification against climate cha…
By Golden Vicky Ayiro With changing weather patterns, farmers in the Acholi sub-region have been encouraged to embrace crop diversification and the cultivation of perennial crops as a strategy to increase household incomes, improve post-harvest livelihoods, and adapt to changing…
22 July 2025, 7:17 pm
How sunflower growing has improved women’s livelihoods in Pader District
By Geoffrey Okwong A group of 25 women farmers aged between 30 and 60 years has come together to cultivate sunflowers alongside other cash crops, significantly improving their livelihoods. The women, all residents of Otok Parish in Pajule Sub-county, Pader…