{"id":17620,"date":"2021-09-14T17:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17620"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:07:09","slug":"denmark-to-boost-ugandas-agriculture-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/denmark-to-boost-ugandas-agriculture-sector","title":{"rendered":"Denmark to boost Uganda\u2019s agriculture sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Denmark has promised to work with local farmers to boost agriculture in Uganda given the countries\u2019 continued trade.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the United Nations Comtrade database on international trade, the country\u2019s biggest exports to Denmark last year were oil seed, oleagic, fruits, grain, seeds, coffee, tea, mate and spices, fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates.<\/p>\n<p>This information was revealed by Mr Nicolaj A. Hejberg, the Danish ambassador to Uganda, while introducing a Danish food and agriculture investor\u2019s delegation in Kampala yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to promote increased trade between Uganda and Denmark especially in agricultural value chain where Danish companies sign partnership agreements with local companies to improve production and quality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Danish companies partnering with local ones come with state of art modern equipment that will greatly improve production.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Helberg pledged his government\u2019s support in availing information to potential Danish investors about Uganda so that trade between the two countries grows stronger.<\/p>\n<p>He added that trade between Uganda and Denmark is growing despite the slowdown of global business and investments caused by the outbreak of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda\u2019s exports to Denmark was worth $978,000 (Shs3,4b) in 2020, according to the United Nations Comtrade database on international trade.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda imported agricultural or poultry-keeping machinery from Denmark, worth $12,000 (Shs42.3b) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tom Mugenga, the director of Rosebud flowers, said Denmark has a very long and strong agriculture tradition making them one of the leading countries in the world with modern agricultural production so partnering with them will boost local companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many opportunities that this country offers in terms of its agriculture production so the Danish with their modern technology will greatly change us from subsistence agriculture production to modern one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mugenga called on Denmark to lobby other European Union countries to import and reduce taxes on Ugandan agriculture products since most of them are organic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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