Mandate

•  Provision of Agricultural extension and advisory services along the value chain
• Controlling epidemic diseases, pests and parasites affecting crops, animals and fish
• Enforcing agricultural laws and regulations
• Carrying out inspection and certification of agricultural inputs such as agro-biological and animals feeds
• Collection of Agricultural Statistics
• Promote Veterinary public health: control of Zoonoses, ensuring hygiene of livestock products
• Registration and licensing of traders in agricultural chemicals, seeds, and fish business

]Production and Marketing Department key policies

• The National Agriculture Policy (NAP) offers a long term vision for Uganda’s agricultural development in crops, livestock, and fisheries
• National Agricultural Extension Policy
• National Agricultural Extension Strategy

Services offered:

• Extension worker services 
• Livestock vaccination and treatment 
• Fisheries regulation 
• Crop disease control and regulation 
• Tsetse vector control and commercial insects farm production