Watch experts explain National Oilseeds Project and how far it has reached

Key highlights:

The Ministries of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Local Government are implementing NOSP, a seven year project.
NOSP has two mutually interdependent components: one, support to Oilseeds value chain development and two, support to market linkage infrastructure serving Oilseed sector.
Districts are zoned into hubs: WestNile, Northern, Mid-Northern; Eastern, Mid-Western and Karamoja.

Mukono I A two-day quarterly review meeting of the National Oilseeds Project (NOSP)’s progress, challenges, and next steps concluded on Friday at Rider Hotel in Seeta, Mukono.

The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Local Government and the NOSP Secretariat, was attended by technical officers from the project’s beneficiary districts.

The Ministry zoned these districts into six hubs, each led by one of its engineers.

During the meeting, district officials, including Community Development Officers, Procurement Officers, District Engineers, and Natural Resources Officers, among others, reviewed the procurement progress for Batch “A” of Community Access Roads (CARs), as well as an overview of Batch “B” roads and other project-related topics.

tndNews covered the event and spoke with Senior Engineers Denis Magezi, head of Mid-Western hub, and Olal Obong Andrew, head of the Mid-Northern hub.

Obong and Magezi explained the NOSP, its accomplishments, and more.

Watch the full explainer on our YouTube channel.