The UMPCU Blog
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Annual General Meeting 2020
Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd would like to inform its members that the Annual General Meeting which was scheduled for Friday 27th March 2020, has been postponed to Thursday 30th April 2020 when it is hoped that the health crisis will have been resolved....
Animal health diagnostic tests recommended before treatment
Livestock farmers in Sembabule district and its surrounding areas have been educated about tick resistance, classification of acaricides; the different brands on the market, and acaricide use and rotation. UMPCU in collaboration with Norbrook Uganda held a seminar on...
Ensuring a healthy herd through animal disease control
Deworming is a routine practice done on a farm after a period of 3-4 months depending on the location of the farm and helminths load in animals, as well as the clinical signs observed for helminthiasis in cattle. “Helminths are worm-like...
E.U – FALBIIS project success
A 7-man team of young trainees from the Directorate-General for the Development Cooperation of the European Union (DEVCO), on a visit to Uganda for a one-week study tour that took them to parts of Central Uganda. Being one of the beneficiaries of European Union...
Review and Strategy Planning session
A strategic plan is fundamental in steering an organization in the right direction, towards meeting set objectives. Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd recently held a 2-day review and strategic planning meeting, attended by its Board members and other key...
Benchmarking in Botswana
The European Union is supporting Uganda to improve the livestock sector through the meat value chain from production to consumption, under a Euro 15million project. Together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the Uganda Meat...
Enhance meat production
In the last two weeks (from 12th to 22nd November 2019), Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd has interacted with cattle farmers from the districts of Isingiro, Ntungamo, Mbarara, Kiruhura, Gulu, Omoro, Kiryandongo, Nakasongola and Nakaseke during different...
Cattle farmer dialogue, mobilization, and sensitization for E.U FALBIIS project
The Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (UMPCU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, and the European Union through the Developing a Market-Oriented and Environmentally Sustainable Beef Meat Industry Project, are...
Lab awareness drive
The livestock farmers were at the meeting venues, expectant to learn more about the animal health diagnostic laboratories in Butalangu and Ntutsi sub-counties. Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (UMPCU), in partnership with Zoetis in the A.L.P.H.A Initiative,...
UMPCU offers animal health diagnostic services
UMPCU established animal diagnostic laboratories to improve animal health for its livestock farmers in the cooperative societies and farmers from surrounding areas. Diagnostic tests are essential tools for confirming the health status of animals and identifying...
European Union “Global beach clean-up”
“Every year, the European Union Delegations worldwide join the global action led by the European Union, to support the protection of our oceans, lakes, rivers and water bodies.” On 27th September 2019, different partners of the European Union in Ugandan from all...
UMPCU farmers benefit from the EU funded project
The European (EU) project; Farmer-Led Beef Livestock Investment and Sustainability (FALBIIS) targets direct beneficiaries selected from 33 primary livestock cooperative societies of the Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Society Ltd (UMPCU). FALBIIS is a 38-month...
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