30 Oct 2016 Beneficiaries Story Agriculture

Grain milling business to plan for funds to implement SCP practises

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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.