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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have committed to constructing a tea processing factory in Zombo District.<\/p>\n

The tea factory will be constructed by Elite Agro LLC (EAG), a UAE company.<\/p>\n

According to some of the farmers that Daily Monitor spoke to on Wednesday, the factory will improve their livelihoods as well as generate revenue for the district.<\/p>\n

More than 300 acres of land has already been allocated for the construction of the factory by the Alur Kingdom, through the Zombo District local government.<\/p>\n

Mr Gilbert Ayot, a farmer in Zeu Sub-county, said the factory will offer job opportunities to the locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been frustrated by the fluctuating prices of tea and middlemen who cheat us. But this factory will offer direct market opportunities for us,\u201d Mr Ayot said.<\/p>\n

Another farmer, Mr Wilfred Jakwonga, said: \u201cMuch as intervention is being taken, tea growing in Zombo declined because farmers were not trained or given proper guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFarmers and the cooperative society should unite to harmonise the differences between farmers and politicians for value addition. Farmers should be protected from price discrimination to encourage others to join,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Middlemen have been buying tea leaves at between Shs200 and Shs300, which farmers say is too low.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads), Dr Samuel Mugashi, said tea growing in Zombo District was a government initiative to eradicate poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cTea growing was initiated by government for the people of Zombo and government has come in to ensure that the tea factory is constructed for value addition. So, there is need to mobilise farmers to grow more tea to sustain the factory,\u201d Dr Mugashi said.<\/p>\n

He added that Uganda sells 80,000 million kilogrammes of tea every year at rate of $1 per kilo and the country gets $20 million yearly.<\/p>\n

He said the exportation of tea is hampered by low production but expressed optimism that if farmers are sensitised to grow more tea, the production would increase.<\/p>\n

The executive director of EAG, Dr Abdul Monem Almarzoogi, said tea farmers will be given fertilisers to boost the growth of tea for better quality.<\/p>\n

He added that the company will use modern machines to improve the quality of Ugandan tea to enable it fetch higher prices on the global market.<\/p>\n

He said the timeline for construction of the factory would be set after the memorandum of understanding was signed.<\/p>\n

The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Ms Grace Kwiyucwiny, said tea farmers were demoralised since they were transporting tea leaves to Hoima, which is about 200kms away from Zombo, at a high cost.<\/p>\n

Ms Kwiyucwiny said with the coming of investors, tea farmers will reap the benefits of tea since it is the second most lucrative cash crops in the district after coffee.<\/p>\n

\u201cTea growing is picking up again in the district and this factory will increase production and this is an opportunity that we should not let to go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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