โThe man who blames others has a long way to go , the man who blames himself is halfway there and the man who has no one to blame has already arrived โ
Its been a busy and productive day as Uganda Chaired the 19th EAC Council of ministers on Agriculture and food security here in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
We discussed and harmonised on issues to do with mutual recognition of veterinary drugs regulation,East africa Fertilizer Bill, Youth in agri-food systems, Control of Trans boundary disease like FMD , control of dangerous pests in certain crops and harmonisation on NTBs.
I thank my colleague Agriculture Ministers of East Africa partner states ( @jumuiya) for making my work easier as chair by choosing consensus on all issues as a method of decision making. Truly, the integration dream is alive and promising!
I thank our respective Permanent secretaries, senior officials and @jumuiya secretariat staff for dedicating their time to study the issues and thus enable us ( ministers) to adopt positions informed by science and research evidence.
Uganda has committed to host another extraordinary council of ministers in October on FMD control & eradication framework. @PS_MAAIF@RebeccaKadagaUG