The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has
retreated its commitment to partnering with Uganda in agriculture
development and processes.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja, during a courtesy visit by a study team
from Uganda on the E-wallet innovation to the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, the Minister of State for
Agriculture, Mrs. Ahmed Asebe, stated that the ministry remained
committed to partnering Uganda, to raise its agricultural programme and
development.
Stressing the importance of e-wallet in agriculture, Mrs Ahmed said that
e-wallet was a unique strategy, which has actually taken agriculture to
another level.
“Before now agriculture was known as a poor man’s business but now
things have changed because it is no more a poor man’s business but as a
development programme “, she stated. Earlier on, the Ugandan Minister
of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Ruth Nankabirwa
congratulated the ministry for its innovation.
Nankabirwa said, Uganda is challenged with the problem of agriculture
implementation and believed that with the adoption of the e-wallet, it
will help them to reduce under procurement.
“We are challenged with the problem of agriculture implementation and
we thought that this e- wallet system will help us to reduce under
procurement and with time, it will also help to control the quality
seed.
According to her, there is no doubt that the team’s visit to Nigeria will impact Uganda’s agriculture sector.
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