Uganda’s growing appetite for pesticides is raising quiet but urgent questions about what ends up on the country’s farms and, ultimately, on its plates.
Now, a coalition of civil society organisations is pushing for clearer answers. At a press conference in Kampala, groups including SEATINI, the Food Rights Alliance, and the Food Safety Coalition of Uganda called on the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to formally publish a list of banned and restricted pesticides.
The move, they argue, would give farmers, traders, and consumers clearer guidance on what is safe and what is not . The demand follows recent government action to phase out nine pesticide molecules and restrict another nine considered harmful.
It is a step the organisations welcomed, but one they say must be backed by transparency and enforcement. Uganda’s growing appetite for pesticides is raising quiet but urgent questions about what ends up on the country’s farms and, ultimately, on its plates.
Now, a coalition of civil society organisations is pushing for clearer answers. At a press conference in Kampala, groups including SEATINI, the Food Rights Alliance, and the Food Safety Coalition of Uganda called on the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to formally publish a list of banned and restricted pesticides.
The move, they argue, would give farmers, traders, and consumers clearer guidance on what is safe and what is not . The demand follows recent government action to phase out nine pesticide molecules and restrict another nine considered harmful.
It is a step the organisations welcomed, but one they say must be backed by transparency and enforcement.
