Members of Parliament have been urged to come up with a Bill to regulate the sale of fake seeds.
According to Uganda National Agro-input Dealers Association (UNADA) director Mark Moro, many farmers are facing challenges of buying fake and counterfeit seeds that do not germinate.
Moro has also requested the agriculture ministry to register and license all agro-input dealers explaining that many products are on the market but they don’t know their authenticity.
He says they set up an agriculture distribution policy where any input from the producers will first register with them and go through many regulatory reports.
According to him, if there is a proper production and distribution chain- of agro-inputs, getting counterfeit and fake ones will be easy.
Moro made the remarks on Saturday during a regional consultative meeting on the implementation of the national seed policy in northern Uganda at Koro Country Resort Hotel organised by SORUDA.
Christopher Opiyo Ateker, Gulu district LC5 chairperson, said the Government is not controlling agro-input dealers which is why fake and counterfeit seeds are in the markets.
