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AGMs, mechanization milestones, partnership announcements, programme updates, and member stories from across Acholi, Lango, Karamoja and West Nile.

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NUTOFA sits down with Car & General on tractors, spares and the road ahead• NUTOFA receives a tractor and implement fleet from the Microfinance Support Centre• AGM 2026 opens the dividend ballot for paid-up members• Solar pump rollout with Tulima Solar reaches first 40 members• The NUTOFA Marathon raises maternal-health funds in Gulu• USAID Feed the Future deepens mechanization partnership with NUTOFA• NUTOFA sits down with Car & General on tractors, spares and the road ahead• NUTOFA receives a tractor and implement fleet from the Microfinance Support Centre• AGM 2026 opens the dividend ballot for paid-up members• Solar pump rollout with Tulima Solar reaches first 40 members• The NUTOFA Marathon raises maternal-health funds in Gulu• USAID Feed the Future deepens mechanization partnership with NUTOFA•

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Partnership

29 Jul 2026 · Kampala

NUTOFA sits down with Car & General on tractors, spares and the road ahead

A working conversation with the General Manager of Car & General Uganda, the Kubota dealer, on genuine equipment, spares and service for the cooperative's mechanization push in Northern Uganda.

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Earlier stories

The rest of the archive.

Read AGM minutes, service progress notes and member stories filed since the cooperative opened its doors.

NUTOFA receives a tractor and implement fleet from the Microfinance Support Centre

19 Jun 2026

Partnership

NUTOFA receives a tractor and implement fleet from the Microfinance Support Centre

On 19 June 2026 the cooperative took delivery of three Kubota tractors and a full set of implements, financed through a Murabaha investment facility from the Microfinance Support Centre under Government of Uganda mechanization support. A stakeholder handover followed at the Anaka office in Nwoya on 25 June.

AGM 2026 opens the dividend ballot for paid-up members

17 Feb 2026

AGM

AGM 2026 opens the dividend ballot for paid-up members

The 2026 Annual General Meeting closed with a dividend declaration for paid-up members, a refreshed Management Committee, and approval of the multi-year mechanization service plan.

Solar pump rollout with Tulima Solar reaches first 40 members

30 Jan 2026

Programme

Solar pump rollout with Tulima Solar reaches first 40 members

A jointly-financed solar irrigation pilot has reached its first 40 member households across Acholi and Lango, with field training delivered through the cooperative's extension network.

14 Dec 2025

Marathon

The NUTOFA Marathon raises maternal-health funds in Gulu

Hundreds of members, partners and members of the public ran together to raise funds for maternal-health support across Acholi, capped by community celebrations at the cooperative head office.

22 Oct 2025

Partnership

USAID Feed the Future deepens mechanization partnership with NUTOFA

A renewed multi-year cooperation with USAID's Feed the Future programme funds operator training, agronomy extension and a tractor-placement window for paid-up members across Acholi and Lango.

In the press

NUTOFA in the news.

Independent coverage of the cooperative's work from Ugandan news outlets. Links open on the publisher's site.

The Cooperator 21 Jan 2026

NUTOFA SACCO eases access to quality groundnut seeds in northern Uganda

How the cooperative supplies quality groundnut seed to members on a repay-after-harvest basis across Gulu and Nwoya.

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The Cooperator 27 May 2025

Smallholder farmers in Acholi urged to embrace cooperatives for growth

NUTOFA leadership on why the cooperative model is the path from subsistence to commercial farming in Northern Uganda.

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The Independent 27 May 2025

Mechanization program targets 1,500 smallholder farmers in Northern Uganda

A renewable-energy mechanization programme, with NUTOFA mobilising the organised farmer groups across the Acholi sub-region.

Read on The Independent

ChimpReports 20 Dec 2023

Gulu: NUTOFA SACCO to establish first agricultural mechanization hub

The announcement of the Acholi sub-region's first one-stop mechanization hub for affordable tractor hire.

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The Independent 13 Dec 2023

Agricultural cooperative moves to establish mechanization hubs in Northern Uganda

The plan for regional mechanization hubs giving smallholder farmers affordable access to equipment.

Read on The Independent

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