“Hass” avocado - Uganda’s first Hass avocado container off to Spain.

Uganda has flagged off its first container of Hass avocados for export to Spain by sea, marking a significant milestone in the country’s agricultural export sector. This follows a contract signed between Uganda and Love Fruits, a Spanish company, to export fresh Hass avocado containers to Europe. Officiating at the flag-off ceremony, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Linda Auma, who represented the Minister of Agriculture, Frank Tumwebaze, noted that the committee is in the final stages of tabling a bill to facilitate agricultural investors by availing sufficient land for agricultural investment.