UGANDA: Good Labour Practices Bloom in Flower Industry

by Erin Cunningham , IPS Inter Press Service - Development on Aug 23, 2007

PARIS, Aug 23 (IPS) - A highly profitable industry has blossomed in
"the Pearl of Africa", yielding not only exceptional
returns on investment but helping raise labour standards. Rising
from nearly zero production ten years ago, Uganda has emerged as
a global power in the floricultural world and is now
Africa's fifth largest exporter of cut flowers.