About Agribusiness fair 2024
The CBS Pewosa Agricultural Exhibition 2024, held on 4th – 9th September at Masaka Ssaza ground, brought together Uganda’s most innovative farmers, agricultural experts, and technology leaders to showcase the future of farming. This premier event highlighted groundbreaking agricultural technologies, sustainable farming practices, and traditional methods shaping Uganda’s agricultural landscape.
Key highlights
Innovative products
Eco Brixs collects plastic waste from communities, sorts and cleans it, and then converts it into durable, long-lasting products such as weather-resistant chairs, durable, eco-friendly boats designed for fishing and transportation.
CBS SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR
CBS RADIO in fulfilment of the mission to improve community welfare set out to fill gaps through the PEWOSA NSINDIKA NJAKE program that identifies critical areas of intervention along the production cycle. The key driver is the notion of learning by seeing.
Market dynamics
For any production and productivity to be stimulated, information on markets takes lead as a factor. CBS PEWOSA NSINDIKA NJAKE therefore presents the ANNUAL AGRI-BUSSINESS FAIR as a platform that interfaces all players in the agri business production and value chain that ends up at the commercial level of the market. The end result is increased demand for inputs, more production hence income that even provides food security.
Practitioners that showcase in the Agri-business fair
- MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (MAAIF) on policy and regulatory framework
- MINISTRY AGENCIES (NARO, NAADS, UCDA, NAGRIC&DB, CDA, DDA) – Research & Practice guidelines
- GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (Bank of Uganda, UDB) – Agric. Recovery facility
- RESEARCH & LEARNING ORGANISATIONS/INSTITUTIONS – Value addition
- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS – Agric.loans
- PRIVATE SECTOR – Supply & sale of inputs
- SMART TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
- APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
- INDIVIDUALS able to present best practices