3rd Africa Rice Congress Theme 3: Rice processing and marketing Mini symposium: constraints to and opportunities for rice processing and marketing Author: Okurut

1. The state of rice
postharvest handling and
processing technologies
in Uganda
S. Okurut, A. Candia, M.
Masette, T.E. Oker, A.
Komakech and J. Mudusu

2. Why the study
• PHH methods
• PHP machinery
• knowledge and skills in PHHP
• Low quality
• Markets

3. Purpose of the study
Identify and assess condition of rice
Post Harvest Handling and
Processing (PHHP) methods and
technologies commonly used by
farmers and millers

4. Identification and Assessment
Farmers
- 408
Rice Millers
- 297
Key
Informants-161
Whole
Sellers- 3
Face-to-face
FGDs
Observations:
Rice farms
Rice mills

5. Harvesting
99.8%
Sickles/knives
0.2% Combines
87.6% cut at
base
11.6% cut head
0.8% strip

6. Threshing
• 98.9% beating sticks
• 0.9%
portable
threshers
• 0.2%
combine
harvesters

7. Drying
• 100% open sun
• 93.9%
tarpaulin
• 2.5% concrete
floor
• 4% hard soil
Problem: Thin
layer drying

8. Cleaning
100% traditional winnower
in air current

9. Small Rice Mills
• Englebergs –
580
• Eastern
• Mill tops – 156
• North, West and
Central

10. Medium and Large Rice Mills
Medium Mill
• 13
• Not
Computerized
Large Mill
• 1 only
• Computerized

11. Safety and Hygiene at small mills

12. Conclusion
• Improve and promote appropriate
PHP machinery
• Enhance technical skills of
stakeholders