30 Oct 2016 Beneficiaries Story Agriculture

Grain milling business to plan for funds to implement SCP practises

Kabarole Grain Millers buys grains (mainly maize) from local farmers and mills it for sale in Fort Portal as well as other surrounding towns. The business premises has two rooms: one for the milling which contains the sorting and milling equipment; the other has the finished product and the office space.

They participated in the SAG training on improved energy and material productivity among small scale industries: improved record keeping on material and energy consumption; improved energy and material use practices; reduced cost of production, reduced stress on resources; reduced industrial pollution; housekeeping and increased incomes.

Notably, they indicated that the training received from SAG was good but there was no financial capacity to implement the training.