Presenter: James Murangira–SG2000 Uganda Theme Coordinator, Postharvest handling and Agroprocessing

1. “What are the socio-cultural reasons influencing accessibility and
acceptability of PHM technologies and practices”
Presenter: James Murangira – SG2000 Uganda
Theme Coordinator, Postharvest handling and Agro processing
SASAKAWA AFRICA ASSOCIATION/ SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000
WEBINAR 28/10/2017

2. 02SASAKAWA AFRICA ASSOCIATION (SAA)/ SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 (SG2000)
• SAA/ SG2000 is in international NGO that is promoting agricultural
development among rural small holders farmers in 4 African countries of
Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda with a major goal of improving food
security, nutrition and incomes
• Collaborates with the government and other key stakeholders
• Interventions are focused on promoting technologies of the whole value chain
of the focus crops that are mainly staple crops
• Operates within the government extension structure
• Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) – Sister organization
specializes in building the talents and skills of national extension staff through
collaboration with agricultural departments of different Universities in Africa.

3. 03
Postharvest Management
• Processes, methods and techniques that are used in handling food from
harvest to consumption
o Ensures quality for consumer safety and satisfaction
o Helps in reducing postharvest losses
o Improves the shelf life
o Adds value
o Creates employment
• Involves a number of activities depending on the crop; harvesting,
transportation, drying, threshing/shelling, cleaning, milling, packaging & storage
Quantity and availability

4. 04
PHM technologies available in Uganda
• SAA/SG2000 has worked with a number of stakeholders to promote
appropriate PHM technologies among the farmers and other Key stakeholders
through training and demonstrations .
• Technologies that can be used in managing the postproduction value chain
have been identified and promoted among the farmer groups and individuals
• Are crop specific and some are general
i. General : tarpaulins, collapsible driers, drying racks, maize cribs, hybrid drier,
pics bags, PVC tanks and multigrain cleaners

5. Maize crib
Drying yard
Collapsible drier
Tarpaulins

6. 6
Drying Technologies Locally made drying racks
Tarpaulins

7. Mobile grain drier by Munyengera Agro Machinery Ltd

8. Multi-Grain cleaners

9. Hermetic
storage
technologies
Pics bags
Super grain
bag
PVC TankPVC Tank Pics bags/ triple bag
Pics bags/ triple bags

10. 05
PHM technologies ……..
ii. Crop specific
a. Maize: manual maize shellers, motorized shellers (mobile & pulling type)
b. Ground nuts: Manual shellers, motorized shellers
c. Rice: Rice cutter, pedal thresher, motorized threshers
d. Cassava: Cassava chipper, cassava greater
e. Beans and soya beans: Multigrain thresher
f. Sorghum: Multigrain thresher

11. Maize shellers

12. Motorised ground nut sheller Manual groundnut sheller
Wooden groundnut sheller

13. Rice Reaper
Pedal Rice thresher
Rice Cutter

14. 14

15. Rice mill SB series
Rice huller
Rice grader
Rice destonner

16. Cassava Chipper
Press
Cassava
grater
Cassava Technology

17. 06
Access to technologies by the farmers and other stake holders
• PHM technologies desired by the farmers and other stakeholders to manage
post production value chain have been made available in Uganda
• However, accessibility to the technologies have been affected by a number of
factors
1. Social Cultural behaviors: Much of production and post production activities
are managed by the women (70% labour for agriculture) and children while
most men manage the marketing and financial aspect
o To acquire PHM technology require capital which is in the hands of men as
they leave women and children to handle PHM activities in their own way
o Most HHs produce food for home consumption and sell extra. Can
consume any quality. That’s the reason why many SHFs take long to adopt
modern technologies because they stick to their traditional technologies.

18. 07Access to technologies by the farmers………
o Different roles of women and men at HH level affects the type of technology
adopted.
- Most hermetic bags in Uganda approx. 70% are acquired by women to
ensure food security in their homes
- Hiring of PHM services is mostly carried out by men because they are the
financial controllers
o Leadership style of the head of the family and his interpersonal relation ship
with the wife
o Knowledge and skills on PHM by the head of the family and the family
members
o Farmer groups and other social groups in which the HHs belong affects the
PHH technologies and processes practiced by the members

19. 09
Access to technologies by the farmers………
2. Economic factors: PHM technology requires capital to adopt. Farmers and
stakeholders must have source of income for investing in PHM technologies.
o Other sources of income engaged by the house hold
o Level of trade in agricultural commodities in the area
o Access to finance institutions (Local & National)
o Availability of land for agricultural activities
o Premium price offered for quality produce on the market

20. 09
Improving PHM technologies adoption
• Knowledge is power. HH members and key stakeholders need to be imparted
with knowledge and skills on PHM and its impact on their economic gains
• Trainings need to be carried out on the following areas:
o Gender issues
o Empower women to engage in side income generating activities
o Village Savings & Loans Associations
o Business skills
o Management skills – Association leaders
o Leadership skills
o Demonstration of PHM technologies
o Provide PHM information through media (spot msgs, radio talk shows etc)

22. Manual maize
sheller - NAROMaize Shellers
Motorised maize sheller
Manual maize sheller - China
Grain cleaner
Motorised groundnuts
sheller
Manual groundnuts sheller
Mobile maize sheller

23. Value addition – Confectionery for
women

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