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Learning how to use a Business Model Canvass to update the 2012 Business Plan for Nakaseke Abattoir
On 8th and 9th February 2018, UMPCU and UFMC began the process of updating the 2012 business plan for the Nakaseke abattoir. Lead facilitator: Helene Lie UFMC Team Mr Ahmed Mpungu - UFMC Board Member Dr Francis Jumba - CEO, UFMC UMPCU Team Dr Joshua Waiswa - CEO,...
Women, Livestock Ownership & Markets: Bridging the Gender Gap in Eastern & Southern Africa
This book provides empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, and from different production systems, of the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and livestock product markets. It explores the issues of...
UMPCU hosts Delegation from Malawi Cooperative Sector
Discussion: To learn and share experiences on the UMPCU Model versus the Malawi cooperative situation.. This meeting was organized by Uganda cooperative Saving and credit Union (UCSCU). There after, they proceeded to meet one of the UMPCU Member cooperative Societies,...
Is Formalin worth the media uproar?
By Dr. Joshua Waiswa, 05th January 2018 The media has been awash with reports of the use of formalin for the preservation of meat. Having worked in the meat sector for close to seven years, I can give commentary to the same with good authority. Meat from the major...
Basic Nutrition Care for Cattle
Cattle, like sheep, goats and alpacas are “ruminants”. Their digestive system is very different from humans, dogs and horses, the key difference being the presence of 4 stomachs (3 in alpacas), the first of which is called the rumen. The rumen contains a lot of...
Cryptosporidiosis in Cattle
Cryptosporidiosis is yet another Zoonotic disease. It is caused by infection with the single-celled parasite - Cryptosporidium parvum. This parasite is found in many mammals including lambs, calves, goat kids, piglets and humans. It can be very frustrating to deal...
Farmers Meeting: Maddu, Ntuusi & Gomba Meat Coops Reps
On 19th December 2017, we held a farmers meeting at our office. The aim was to start the conversation leading to strengthening the UMPCU Member Cooperatives. Members that attended were : – Board Member representative Tumuhairwe Robinah (member of UMPCU Adhoc Committee...
Anthrax
Zoonotic diseases are diseases that are transferred between animals and people. and from people to animals. They may be acquired or spread in a variety of ways: through the air (aerosol), by direct contact, by contact with an inanimate object that harbors the disease...
Award-winning paper establishes links between women’s empowerment and crop seed improvement and governance in pre-war Syria
Alessandra Galiè, a social scientist specializing in gender issues in agricultural research who now works in Nairobi, Kenya, at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), conducted her doctoral research in Aleppo, Syria, at ILRI’s sister CGIAR institution,...
Farmers Meeting: Kyazanga, Bigasa Kitanda & Lwengo Meat Coop. Society reps
Strengthening Member Cooperatives On 8th December 2017, we held a farmers meeting at our office. The aim was to start the conversation leading to strengthening the UMPCU Member Cooperatives. Members that attended were : - Board Member representative - Herbert Kamugisa...
Farmers Meeting: Kabuyanda Nshenyi, Endinzi & Isingiro United Meat Coop. Society reps
Strengthening Member Cooperatives On 6th December 2017, we held a farmers meeting at our office. The aim was to start the conversation leading to strengthening the UMPCU Member Cooperatives. Members that attended were : - Board Member representative - Jeff Rwakanuma...
East coast fever cost farmers
A host of livestock farmers in Ssembabule District have resorted to using bat fumigant to kill ticks which have continued to resist several types of acaricides. According to Moses Ninsiima, the chairperson Ssembabule Cattle Keepers Association, although bat fumigant...
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