President Museveni calls on the UK to import more fruits and vegetables from Uganda

Published 2023년 3월 1일

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has encouraged the UK to enhance trade relations with his country and import more agricultural products to address the current shortage of fruits and vegetables in the UK. He highlighted Uganda's fertile soils and favorable climate for growing a variety of produce, including tropical fruits. Museveni believed that establishing better trade connections could have mitigated the UK's shortage crisis, which is expected to persist until May due to high energy costs affecting cultivation.

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President Yoweri Museveni has urged Britain to take advantage of Uganda’s rich agricultural potential and import more from Uganda, citing Uganda’s high-quality fertile soils and a favorable climate for growing fruits and vegetables and a range of tropical fruits. The produce could be sold to Uganda’s domestic market, to its East African neighbors, to the UK, and to third-party markets such as China, the US, and Russia. The UK is currently going through a shortage of some fruits and vegetables, and this has prompted rationing at most major supermarkets. Reports there indicate that the shortages could last until May because the UK main growers were not harvesting tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants at this time of ...

Source: Hortidaily