EU threatens to ban Ugandan agriculture exports over pests; accuses Ministry of Agriculture of inaction despite repeated reminders

Habanero hot peppers harvest on one of the Ugandan farms. Pepper exports to the EU face a ban over pest concerns The European Union on 20th March 2019, threatened to ban all pepper imports from Uganda, unless Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture demonstrated that they had taken sufficient measures to bring “under control” multiple pest infestations found on a number of Ugandan export consignm