Recently, I went to a rice mill with two bags of husked rice ready for milling. The millers knew it was business as usual, deliver husked rice and they unhusk it. To their surprise, I asked that they not only unhusk but also grade the rice. This request almost brought operations to a standstill. Read the full story in the Daily Monitor
The Rice Grader at the Government owned Rice Mill in Nabiganda Town Council, Butaleja District, Uganda
There are lots of cries especially from the urban dwelling middle class over the alarming rate at which the Ugandan Shilling is depreciating against the United States Dollar. However, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. The Agriculture sector could easily be one of the few beneficiaries of the status-quo. Find out more in this article.
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Tagged agribusiness, Agriculture, export, Farmer, Farming, value addition
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