For a long time, selling of unprocessed food products has been the norm in Uganda. However, due to Government’s efforts to encourage value addition in the Agriculture value chain, private players have come up to heed this call. It is common to find locally processed food products on supermarket shelves lately. However, the investment required to set up proper processing facilities remains steep and this is where the idea of communal processing facilities emanates as shared in this article.
Tag Archives: agribusiness
Is Collective Agro-Processing an Opportunity?
Posted in Agriculture
Tagged Agri Business, agribusiness, Agriculture, Agro Processing, Uganda, value addition
Observing Standards, the likely Game Changer in Agriculture
With 70% of Ugandans earning a living from an activity related to the Agriculture Value Chain its becoming obvious that this is no longer an industry for amateurs. The need to professionalise is becoming more real and it has to start from the peasant farmers all the way up to the retailers. I share more in this article
Posted in Agriculture
Tagged agribusiness, Agriculture, Farming, peasants, sme, Uganda, value chain
