ENTEBBE, UGANDA – The country’s goal of attaining food self-sufficiency received another boost as the Republic of Uganda has agreed to share its expertise with Eswatini.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation in the Agriculture field was one of two agreements signed at Uganda’s State House yesterday following a bilateral meeting between His Majesty the King and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
The other agreement signed is the General Cooperation Agreement on the establishment of a Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation. Signing on behalf of Eswatini was Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Pholile Shakantu.
According to the agreement on agriculture, the two countries will now create favourable conditions for the development of economic and technological cooperation in the field of agriculture and rural development. It will be managed through a Joint Technical Committee.
“It will allow the exchange of experts, technicians and researchers and the exchange of programmes, for the improvement of animal and plant production and soil fertility, storage and processing, among others,” reads the agreement.
The general framework establishing a Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation seeks to identify possible areas for cooperation in the economic, scientific, technical, environmental, educational and cultural fields.
