Supporting Ugandan small holder farmers with affordable services, with Peter Nyeko from Reparle

During my travels in East Africa, time and again people would point to the low prices that farmers receive as the main blocker to development. Low prices come from not being able to store produce, nor do the basic milling to give it more value. It’s difficult though, as much of the basic infrastructure such as transport, power and facilities are absent in the many rural areas that exist in the region. Peter Nyeko set up Reparle as a marriage of three organisations to solve exactly this. We talk about the environment that many rural farmers are living, how Reparle learnt about the conditions they worked in and the considerations with planning out a large scale project like this. We also talk a fair bit about biomass, and so if you’re interested in learning more about this solar alternative to clean energy creation, look out for the Clean Cooking episode I did with Ziwa from Green Bioenergy. READ MORE AT:https://theeastafricabusinesspodcast.com/2016/11/30/farmer-support-providing-small-holder-farmers-with-affordable-value-adding-services-with-peter-nyeko-of-reparle/