{"id":202,"date":"2025-08-21T16:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:16:04","slug":"mwamic-hosts-groundbreaking-symposium-on-industrial-hemp-for-women-in-eastern-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Mwamic Hosts Groundbreaking Symposium on Industrial Hemp for Women in Eastern Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"490\"><strong data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"172\">Jinja, Uganda \u2014<\/strong> Mwamic General Enterprises SMC Ltd successfully hosted a pioneering <strong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"279\">Industrial Hemp (Sativa) Symposium<\/strong> aimed at empowering women\u2014particularly single mothers and mothers\u2014from Eastern Uganda. The event focused on creating awareness about the economic and social opportunities within Uganda\u2019s emerging hemp sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"769\">The symposium brought together farmers, women leaders, and community representatives to discuss how industrial hemp can provide <strong data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"709\">sustainable livelihoods, climate-smart farming options, and value-added opportunities<\/strong> in food, textiles, construction, and wellness industries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"1117\"><strong data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"798\">Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga<\/strong>, former Speaker of Parliament and current First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, graced the event as the <strong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"923\">Guest of Honour<\/strong>. In her remarks, she applauded Mwamic\u2019s efforts in promoting women-centered agricultural innovation and emphasized the importance of including women in Uganda\u2019s green economic transformation.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1318\">\n<p data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1318\"><em data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1301\">\u201cEmpowering women with knowledge and opportunities in industrial hemp is not just about farming\u2014it is about restoring dignity, creating jobs, and building resilient communities,\u201d<\/em> Kadaga stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1704\">Mwamic highlighted its <strong data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1370\">three-tier farmer model<\/strong>\u2014Trial, Model, and Out-grower Farmers\u2014encouraging women to take up roles as <strong data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1463\">Model Farmers<\/strong>, serving as regional ambassadors of sustainable hemp cultivation. Training sessions and knowledge-sharing discussions were also conducted on seed development, processing opportunities, and compliance with national agricultural guidelines.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1903\">The symposium closed with a strong call to action: <strong data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1826\">supporting women farmers as the backbone of community development<\/strong> while positioning Uganda as a leader in Africa\u2019s industrial hemp industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jinja, Uganda \u2014 Mwamic General Enterprises SMC Ltd successfully hosted a pioneering Industrial Hemp (Sativa) Symposium aimed at empowering women\u2014particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwamic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}