This growth follows a go to by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Museveni.
Nigeria is about to start importing milk and occasional from Uganda, marking a major step towards strengthening financial ties between the 2 African nations.
This growth follows a go to by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Museveni.
Throughout the go to, President Museveni hosted Obasanjo at Pearl Dairy Farms Restricted in Mbarara Metropolis and facilitated a gathering with farmers from Kiruhura and Kazo districts.
H.E. Obasanjo expressed his enthusiasm about Uganda’s spectacular annual milk manufacturing of 5.7 billion liters, assuring each President Museveni and Ugandan farmers that Nigeria is raring to buy Ugandan processed milk and occasional.
“I’m right here to see how Nigeria should purchase Ugandan milk, broaden processed milk manufacturing, and occasional,” he said.
The previous Nigerian President highlighted that many African nations, together with Nigeria, import milk from Europe regardless of Uganda’s capability to satisfy these calls for.
“It is solely just lately that I realized Uganda is the main milk exporter in Africa,” he added.
President Museveni thanked Obasanjo for his willingness to accomplice with Uganda and emphasised that Uganda is well-positioned to provide milk to each native and worldwide markets.
Accompanied by the First Girl and Minister of Schooling and Sports activities, Maama Janet Kataha Museveni, President Museveni additionally commissioned the upgraded Nshwere Church of Uganda, refurbished by Tororo Cement Firm Restricted.
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Throughout his go to, the President urged Ugandan farmers to shift from free-range grazing to zero-grazing and undertake silage planting to spice up profitability.
He additionally suggested households to register their farms as companies as a substitute of dividing household land, reminding farmers that they’re producing for the broader African market, not simply Uganda.
Uganda’s Minister of State for Animal Trade, Brilliant Rwamirama, highlighted the nation’s rising export worth, now standing at $264.5 million.
He additionally reassured farmers that the federal government is making strides to eradicate ticks, a significant problem to take advantage of manufacturing, with a tick vaccine within the last levels of growth.
This new partnership between Uganda and Nigeria alerts a promising future for Uganda’s agricultural exports, bolstering the economic system whereas offering Nigeria with high-quality Ugandan milk and occasional.
