Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To enhance the quality of Ugandan crop exports, inspection controls for avocado, banana, and pineapples are slated to be reinforced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF). The trio will be classified as high-risk commodities, mirroring the categorization of hot pepper, chili, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has charged a driver Matayo Barekye for using a government ambulance to transport pineapples. Barekye was Wednesday arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court and charged with misuse of a government motor vehicle. He was arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fruit vendors in Kampala are reaping big from the sale of pineapples. It is common to see vendors pushing wheelbarrows selling pineapples or some of the vendors carrying them in big numbers. Hannington Abaasa, a resident of Kisalosalo zone in Kyebando, a suburb of Kampala …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial fruit farmers in Kalangala islands have appealed to the government to expedite the process of setting up a value addition facility in the area to deal with the lack of markers for their produce. The farmers embraced the growing of fruits mainly pineapples, …
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Allada, BENIN | AFP | From his chair in the middle of a pile of pineapples, Jean-Xavier Satola supervises cutting and packaging, as Benin — Africa’s fourth-biggest exporter of the fruit — starts trading again after an eight-month self-imposed absence. The fields of Allada in southern Benin are a hive of …
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