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Product Packaging, the Key to Agri-Business


Product Packaging, the Key to Agri-Business

Agri Business SMEs have been accused of failure to access lucrative markets as a result of poor packaging of their products. In this article, I highlight the benefits of packaging and challenges faced when trying to improve packaging in Uganda. Read on …

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Posted on July 2, 2014 in Agriculture

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Value Addition. The missing link in Uganda’s Agricultural Produce industry


Value Addition. The missing link in Uganda’s Agricultural Produce industry

  • The cost of a basin of tomatoes during harvest season at the farm gate is equivalent to two bottles of tomato sauce, which are less than 300mls in size each.
  • The cost of a kilo of poorly handled mukene (silver fish) at the shores of Lake Victoria is equivalent to the cost of less than 200 grams of supermarket-grade packed mukene.

 

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Posted on June 11, 2014 in Agriculture

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