Experts are advising farmers to use tarpaulin for drying grains like maize, rice, groundnuts, beans and millet. It is estimated that Uganda produces close to 90% of maize from five major producing ...

During this season of unrelenting rains, the traditional method of maize drying by spreading the grains on a polythene sheet to dry under the sun is not sustainable. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard] As ...

The most common methods of drying grains is spreading it on a tarpaulin or the bare ground. How long it takes to dry in terms of days, if not weeks, is normally primarily determined by the ...

Farmers, desperate for immediate cash, often sell their harvest cheaply to middlemen due to a lack of buyers or urgent ...

Experts are advising farmers to use tarpaulin for drying grains like maize, rice, groundnuts, beans and millet. It is estimated that Uganda produces close to 90% of maize from five major producing ...

Instead, maize must be dried on tarpaulins, raised platforms, concrete floors, or mats. The use of agrochemicals or herbicides to speed up drying is also prohibited.

A farmer can incur drying charges of at least Sh250 for every 90 kilogramme bag of maize, cutting margins significantly. Dr Irungu said the maize being received at the NCPB currently has moisture ...

Make sure to dry the maize between zero and 24 hours after harvesting. Don’t dry your maize on the ground because the fungi may be in the soil. Dry it on a surface, i.e., on tarpaulin, and dry ...