A few entrepreneurial rice millers in Kenya adopted large-scale improved milling machines, including the component called destoners, around 2010, which they learned from China. Later, smaller-sized improved machines were introduced and more widely adopted. These adopters successfully improved the quality...
Anthony Mugambi, the country team leader at Kilimo Trust Kenya, said in 2023 alone, the country spent Sh54.7 billion to import 937,098.5 tonnes of rice in order to plug the deficit. "Rice consumption growth outweighs, by far, the current production, with Kenya only managing to...
10, whereas the efficiency of large scale relative to small and medium-scale irrigation schemes in Senegal is assessed in Chap. 11. Chapter 12 reports on the critical role played by rice millers in improving the quality of milled rice in Kenya, while the effect of the information provision ...
Thermal gasification of biomass provides a potential renewable energy resource in rural areas in Kenya. Rice husks are a key byproduct of rice production that are not considered of economic value to millers. Rice husks obtained from Mwea, Embu County, Kenya were converted into syngas using a ...
Paddy rice is mainly bought from farmers during the harvesting period when prices are low. It is bought in large quantities ranging from 500 to 1000 bags, depending on the buyers’ income. Buyers are principally millers, whereas brokers facilitate the buying and selling of rice. Rice is either...
Millers who had invested in the region as rice production in Nyatike boomed, are now at the centre of the conflict, with some fearing they might be forced to shut down their operations if the crisis is not solved any time soon.
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Uganda MAGANJO GRAIN MILLERS LTD160T Milling ProjectTanzania ENERGY MILLING CO. LTD200T Milling ProjectMozambique AFRICANO LIMITED 100T Maize Milling ProjectTogo EXPORT COMMODITY TOGO100T Maize Milling ProjectKenya SOLOH WORLDWIDE INTER-ENTERPRISES 100T Maize Milling ProjectSouth Africa ...
In this case, we have δ=0. Now, suppose that the cooperative adopts collective marketing by purchasing an unlimited amount of paddy from both its members and non-members and sells paddy to millers or milled rice to retailers (Fig. 1). First, suppose the cooperative sets the buying price ...
The objective of this study is to assess the impacts of the adoption of improved milling technologies and the associated structural transformation of the rice value chain from 2011 to 2019 using the original census of the rice millers in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Our empirical analysis...