Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
A farmer dries coffee beans on the ground. Many farmers fail to access local and international markets for their products, mainly due to poor post-harvest practices and using poor storage facilities. PHOTO/Rachel Mabala
Summary
Under the Network of Producers and Exporters Uganda Ltd, a traceability system is created to monitor farmers to improve on the storage such that the aflatoxin is controlled between the aggregator and the farmer.
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In countries like Uganda that produce most agricultural commodities in surplus, national markets are not sufficient to drive economies of scale and incentivise farmers to invest in productivity and quality improvement.