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Introduction to Cooperatives
On 2nd and 3rd May 2017, the UMPCU Executive Committee and Staff Secretariat underwent an introductory training on Cooperatives. This two day training was conducted by CPA Ivan from Uganda Cooperative Alliance. ...click to see photos
Recognising Foot and Mouth Disease for veterinarians and Animal Health Officers
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. Infected animals develop a high fever for approximately two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and...
Rainfall prompts cattle virus warning
Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF), commonly referred to as 'Three Day Sickness', is a viral disease of cattle. Affected animals are only sick for a few days. There is a sudden onset of fever- as high as 410C compared with the normal temperature of about 380C. The...
Cattle Feed Cutter
Cattle feed cutters are increasingly being adopted by livestock farmers today. They involve the use of local resources and technology to prepare cattle feeds. The one portrayed here is in Mbarara town, Uganda. Feeds resulting from feed cutters aid the...
…to you from Norway
"...we love our animals and its not with an easy heart that we send them to the slaughter house but it gives us a strong sense of purpose knowing that we actually feed Norway. It feels meaningful to be part of a cooperative that make healthy food out of my animals...
NABA Member of the month: Nortura
NABA’s Member of the month in September is Nortura. On July 2nd the Norwegian leading supplier of meat and eggs celebrated the founding stone ceremony of a modern abattoir at Luwero in Uganda together with its sister producer organization and their industrial partner....
H.E. President Y.K. Museveni opens the Abattoir
On 2nd July 2016, the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Cooperatives, H.E. President Yoweri Kagua Museveni officiated the opening of the UMPCU abattoir in Butalangu town council, Nakaseke District. This day equally fell on the United Nations’ (UN)...
Gov’t reiterates support for cooperatives
Sharing a brief from The New Vision's Samuel Sanya's interview with the Minister for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives; Ms. Amelia Kyambadde Cooperatives have faced some challenges from way back in the 1980s due to the political and economic instability. Key...
Meat producers ask government for regulator
The leadership of Uganda Meat Producers wants the government to establish an autonomous institution to regulate the lucrative but disjointed industry. Uganda Meat Producers and Cooperative Union Board chairman, Mr Jones Ruhombe, in his speech on Thursday in Kampala,...
National Cooperative Policy
The theme of this policy: “Strengthening the Cooperative sector for wealth creation, employment and prosperity”, provides the policy framework for co-operative development in a dynamic economic environment. Through this Policy, Government seeks to create a more...
Livestock Sector Brief: Uganda
The Livestock Sector Briefs (LSB) are intended to provide a quick overview and an approximate outlook for the livestock sector of the respective country using figures and quantitative indicators originating from official sources. The LSBs are complemented by a...
Our common efforts in Uganda are severely affected and delayed by a cattle disease
Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (UMPCU) with assistance from The Royal Norwegian Society for Development (Norges Vel) and Nortura SA (Nortura) aims to develop UMPCU as a private sector led meat producer cooperative in Uganda. This process organized as a...
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