By
Senfuma Ibrahim 30th 11 2019
Kadaga is on an Agricultural value addition chain strategy aiming at linking commodity producers to processors and world markets. She called upon investors to come to Uganda to take advantange of the good climate, soils and an educated youth work force.
Kadaga said this while officiating at the Growtech Exhibition, which is the world's biggest Greenhouse Industry expo taking place this week since Wednesday 27th November in Antalya, Turkey.
While addressing exhibitors at Growtech
Antalya Expo center, Turkey the Speaker urged exhibitors to come to Uganda and
invest in commercial farming in crop, animal breading, cold storage facilities
and farm machinery facilities.
“I was amazed by a new breed of
goats that weighs 180kgs in less than two years. I have made arrangements for
the goat exhibitors to come to Uganda and engage in animal breeding.” Said
Kadaga.
The Speaker noted that Uganda
facilitates the value addition chain by providing tax incentives of a10 year
tax holiday for persons who export 80 percent or finished consumer and capital
goods and100 percent exemption on income from agro- processing.
Now in its 19th year, Growtech
exhibition is the biggest exhibition in the green house sector. This year it
has brought together over 850 Exhibitors from130 countries around the world.
During the Expo, the speaker held a
meeting with three big companies in Turkey willing to invest in Uganda.
Demeter Greenhouse systems one of
the interested companoes are specialists in Greenhouses, Fruit gardens, Cold
storages and Animal farms. The company has established mega Greenhouses in
Turkey, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Dagestan, Serbia, İran, Dubai, Sudan
and Afghanistan.
The other investor is into animal
husbandry with improved breeds for both beef and milk.
While the other investor is
interested in dealing in supplying Agricultural machinery, Equipment Rental, Waste management and Recycling.
These
three companies have scheduled a visit to Uganda
early next year for feasibility studies on the possibilities of establishing a
plant in Uganda.
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