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
Summary
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.