Communiqué on the Uganda Stakeholders Meeting for Reviewing the Aflatoxin Action Plan and Mainstreaming into the DSIP

Abstract

This communique presents outcomes of the he Uganda Stakeholders Meeting for Reviewing the Aflatoxin Action Plan and Mainstreaming into the DSIP. PACA has been supporting a number of activities in Uganda including Country – led situation analysis and economic impact assessment, AfricaAIMS training and action planning. In this regard, the e Republic of Uganda, in collaboration with the African Union through the Partne workshop on “Reviewing the Aflatoxin Action Plan and Mainstreaming into the DSIP” from 2526 June 2015. The attendees from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Plan for modernization of Agriculture Secretariat - MAAIF, National Drug Authority, Food and Nutrition Solutions (FONUS), Makerere University, Local District Governments, USAID East African Mission, Chemonics International - Feed the Future, Uganda National Bureau of Standards, Feed Manufacturers Association, Reco Industries Ltd, Uganda Industrial Research Organization, African Union Commission, ,PACA Steering Committee Members , Pan African Agribusiness & Agroindustry Consortium (PanAAC), CONSENT Uganda, and the PACA Secretariat with minor amendments, validated the Uganda Aflatoxin Control Action Plan to be mainstreamed into the Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan (ASSP) of Uganda.