Most peppers will end up spicing a meal such as this one. EU rules insist on eliminating pests that ravage the pepper crop in the field. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Staring at a possible loss of its lucrative European Union (EU) horticulture market, Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture has restricted exports of chillies to only a few traders that meet a tight set of requirements.
Outgoing minister for Animal Industry Ms Joy Kabatsi, who was also acting in the agriculture portfolio, quietly issued a statutory instrument limiting exports of hot pepper (Capsicum Annum) plant products to the EU on November 22.
