Govt introduces digital stamps for agro-inputs
Monday May 24 2021
Mr Loganathan Umashankar (left), the managing director of Osho Chemical Industries Ltd with the commissioner department crop inspection and certification in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Paul Mwambu, at the training. Photo | Eve Muganga
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The commissioner said that these digital stamps will be useful because the product will be passed through a scanner to find out if it fulfills the requirements. This will be a good intervention against counterfeits.
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The Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has finalised plans to introduce digital stamps for all agro-inputs entering the country as one of the ways to fight counterfeits.
WFP agrees to buy food from Uganda
Friday April 23 2021
Refugees pick up relief food at Ayilo I Refugee Settlement Camp in Adjumani District last year. PHOTO /MARTIN OKUDI
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has agreed to buy relief food from Ugandan farmers but warned that the produce must meet their standards.
Addressing government officials yesterday at a conference organised by the Office of the President in Kampala to discuss how to make Uganda’s maize competitive in the region, the WFP country director, Mr El Khidir Daloum, said they have laid down a clear plan to buy food locally.
Bio-protection portal reduce farmers’ reliance on chemical pesticides – MAAIF
Wednesday March 03 2021
Permanent secretary MAAIF Mr Pius Wakabi Kasajja launches the bio-protection portal at their offices in Entebbe on Monday. Photo | Eve Muganga
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The Permanent Secretary MAAIF, Mr Pius Wakabi, said this portal will help farmers, traders to go and search for their available biocontrol measures in the country, per district, and per area.
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The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in partnership with the Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International (CABI) has launched the bio-protection portal to help farmers reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.
New law in offing to empower agricultural scientists and breeders
December 16, 2020
Have you ever wondered how the once fragile maize seed became resistant to pests?
Or have you thought about the persons behind the high-yielding banana plant? These are breeders who spend multiple hours, days or even months in research to find the best products.
And in general, this is a multi-billion shilling sector that drives Uganda’s agriculture sector. Unfortunately, the work of these breeders often goes unnoticed after they release findings to the market.
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However, all that is set to change with the impending regularisation of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVP). Last week, Fancis Atoke, the Solicitor General, convened a sitting with the top brass from the ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) at Esella hotel to draft the regulations that will operationalize the Act in order to provide for the recogni