By Juma Nsubuga
State Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries in charge of Fisheries Robert Migadde Ndugwa has advised fish farmers to seek for modern fish farming knowledge, citing Masheda feeds limited, an Aquafeeds manufacturing plant, as on of the places they can acquire such knowledge.
Minister Migadde made the call at the official groundbreaking ceremony of Masheda Feeds Limited at Buyala, Muduuma Sub-county in Mpigi district.
As a key note speaker at the celemony, the minister pledged that MAAIF will continue to provide technical guidance in Aquaculture production, feed use and assessment of suitable feed grediences.
“MAAIF will also continue to support farmers with extension and technical services in collaboration with Macheda Feeds Limited which builds Uganda’s Aquaculture future ” he said.
He further said that government through MAAIF will contract Masheda to provide fish farmers across the country with right fingerlings.
Meanwhile state Minister of trade and cooperatives David Bahati who was the the chief guest at the ground breaking said that government has invested billions of money in Masheda Aquafeeds factory and ready to splush more since it promotes fish farming in Uganda and other countries.
“I urge my fellow Ugandans to use this opportunity to engage fish farming since government is ready to get markets abroad for supply” Bahati said.
The facility’s groundbreaking ceremony marks 10years of investment partnership with Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) to develop Uganda’s fish farming sector.
