Plans are underway in Uganda to register all farmers and their cattle, including issuing 'Birth Certificate' for the animals, so it can trace their products in Uganda.
Mr Vincent Ssempijja, the minister for agriculture on Tuesday said that the International Market demands that all countries producing foods for the European market should have proof of its traceability.
"They want to know where the (meat and crop) products are coming from. They have been impounding and banning all consignments from Uganda if they find one box with issues.". He said.
" Farmers will be registered and their product given barcodes so that if they find a product with one box, they look for the source and sort out the problem. We can not enter lucratIve market unless farmers registered.
Mr Ssempijja added that all cows must be registered and given birth certification. For cattle farmers, it is going to be worse.
You will be registered as a farmer. Your cattle will be registered, numbered and will have a birth certificate because the importers of our products demand meat for cows aged 15 to 24 months. So we are going to sell (the meat) dependng on their age." He added.
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