By Weswa Ronnie
BULAMBULI
Bulambuli district local government has signed a memorandum of understanding with ARAMAHA agro business, a non-governmental organization to supply agricultural dealers and farmers with agricultural inputs.
While speaking during the signing of the memorandum yesterday 27th April, 2022 at the district offices, Joel Wamboza, the Bulambuli district agricultural officer says that this is aimed at fight counterfeit in-put cases in the district.
He added that his office has been receiving lots of complaints from farmers claiming that most of the inputs like fertilizers, seeds, and chemicals among others that they have been buying from many agricultural dears are fake.
Wamboya also says that this has been causing losses to farmers yet at the same it is hard for authorities to trace the source of such inputs.
The agricultural officer confirmed that starting next month, ARAMAHA agro business is going to be supplying all agricultural inputs to agro dealers and farmers in the district such that it can be easy to trace the company in case they get fake supplies.
Bob Ogwanga, the executive director of ARAMAHA agro business says that they are going to be operating in two districts of Bulambuli and Sironko in Bugisu region.
He adds that they are going to start distributing agricultural inputs like fertilizers, chemicals, and seeds among others to agro dealers and farmers identified at Bulambuli and Sironko district.
Ogwanga also says that they will be giving inputs to agro dealers and after they sell then remit 80% and dealers take 20% out of the total money sold to a particular input.
David Wanyala, an agro dealer from Bumasila Sub County and Julius Wajulia a farmer from Bulegeni Sub County expressed their joy with the memorandum saying that this is going to reduce counterfeit cases.
They urged their fellow farmers to embrace the project such that they can avoid making losses by buying fake inputs.
