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.
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Saturday May 22 2021
Businesswomen under Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) pose for a group photo after attending one of the financial training sessions that took place on the March 3, in Kampala. PHOTO/courtesy.
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Partner states discovered that limited access to information on business, opportunities, networks and access to market are reasons why businesses owned by women are not thriving across the continent.
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The 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform Project (50 MAWS project) platform aims at empowering women economically through a networking financial platform. Women in business will access information and financial services.
Specifically, the platform will improve the ability of women entrepreneurs to network and exchange information as well as access information on financial and non-financial services.
Youthful Kabiito changing the youth mindset on agriculture
April 5, 2021 Dennis Kabiito at his farm in Rakai. He mentors youth in agriculture
Soft-spoken Denis Kabiito comes off as self-confident when he addresses issues about agriculture yet when it comes to action, he is so result-oriented he leads by example.
The 35-year-old is owner of more than 10 hectares of farmland in Rakai as well as the CEO of Young Farmers Federation of Uganda (UNYFA), whose mandate is to promote youths’ involvement in agriculture.
As Derrick Kiyonga found out during a tour of his model farm, Kabiito’s trendsetting initiatives are drawing thousands of youths to agriculture.
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.
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