Tridge summary
Stakeholders in Uganda's agriculture sector, including farmers, are urging the government to revise the Seed policy of 2013 to incorporate forage seed systems. This recommendation was made during a stakeholder engagement at Maple leaf Hotel Masaka City, led by the International Livestock Research Institute and the Royal Tropical Institute of Netherlands. The institutes are advocating for small-scale and livestock farmers to establish high-quality, drought-tolerant forages to enhance livestock nutrition and production. They point out that the current seed policy does not address the introduction of new forages, hindering efforts to import improved forage seeds. The stakeholders have highlighted the importance of including forages in the seed policy due to changing climatic conditions and Uganda's pasture crisis. Additionally, the need for farmers to be included in seed certification, currently handled by the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), was emphasized to allow for more engagement in forage trading.
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Original content
Farmers together with other stakeholders in the agriculture sector have tasked the government to consider reviewing the Seed policy 2013 and include forage seed systems as a way of improving livestock nutrition and production in Uganda. This was during farmers and stakeholders engagement at Maple leaf Hotel Masaka City on Monday which was led by the International Livestock Research Institute and Royal Tropical Institute of Netherlands which have been conducting a study on forages in Uganda and Kenya for the last two years. According to the animal nutritionist at International Livestock Research Institute, Dr Ben Lukuyu, they are aiming at empowering small-scale farmers and all livestock farmers to establish high quality yielding forages and drought tolerant, although the Seed policy is silent on bringing new forges in Uganda. He said there is a need for the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to expedite the review of the policy and include forages given ...
Source: All Africa
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