KAMPALA: As the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) under Minister Fred Bwino Kyakulaga get into the real business, they announced the vanilla harvest date of season A. This happened at Media Centre where Minister for Agriculture gave a go ahead to vanilla farmers and buyers.
Declaring the vanilla harvest date is done for one major purpose, to enable high quality vanilla on the world market after allowing the harvest of ready beans. So, this harvest date is to enable farmers, processors, exporters and all parties to be alert and get ready to business.
The vanilla harvest date for season A was determined after a thorough survey was made by MAAIF and other agencies like The Association of Vanilla Exporters Uganda, Makerere University, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). This is after knowing when the vanillin content in the beans will be ready to make the product a world class.
And all efforts have been put in place and the harvest date is has been set to 24th June 2024 and it will run for three months up to 23rd September. This has been made official after Minitser of State for Agriculture, Hon. Fred Bwino while addressing the media at Media Centre in Kampala.
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It should be noted also that, Vanilla is the second most valuable spice in the world, and it should be known that, it generated around $21 million in foreign exchange earnings in 2023 for Uganda. Further more, the spice continues to be one of the most profitable crops in the country.
