Donors want government to punish companies that supply fake seeds to farmers

By Isaac Senabulya on August 17, 2016 Alhaji Momodou Jallow, and the need to strengthen agricultural extension and advisory services countrywide., Deparrtment for International Development (DFID), Development partners who support the Agricultural sector in Uganda are unhappy with the way government pampers companies supplying fake seeds to farmers, especially those with big chunks of land, European Union (EU), FAO, French Embassy and Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) among others expressed their disappointment while meeting with the minister of Agriculture, government to put in place laws that punish those companies which supply fake seeds to farmers, government to start distributing free farm inputs to farmers, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ministry of agriculture to bring private sector on board, Netherlands Cooperation, the strategies for strengthening certification and regulation of the agricultural inputs market (fake seeds), Uganda Country representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja at FAO offices in Kampala, ways on how to finalize the formulation and approval of the irrigation policy, World Bank, World Food Programme (WFP) Agriculture, Latest Uganda News

Development partners who support the Agricultural sector in Uganda are unhappy with the way government pampers companies supplying fake seeds to farmers. Representatives from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID), Netherlands Cooperation, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), European Union (EU), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Deparrtment […]