DODOMA, May 21 -- THE government has unveiled plans to register all avocado buyers and their respective agents as part of enhanced measures to protect farmers from exploitation and to ensure strict compliance with avocado trade regulations.

The Director General of the Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA), Ms Irene Mlola said on Monday that the initiative will see all avocado buyers registered into a central system, alongside their agents, who must be officially recognised in designated areas where they operate.

The move, she said, seeks to eliminate dishonest trading practices that deny farmers fair earnings from their produce. Ms Mlola was addressing members of agricultural cooperative societies across the country in ...