Immaculate Tumwine from Kilimo Trust educating farmers on the use of hermetic bags to proetct their harvest in Kibiniko Village, Eastern Uganda.
For farmers like Julius Kabole in Eastern Uganda, the struggle doesn’t end at harvest—it often gets worse. Despite a good yield, poor post-harvest handling and storage lead to huge losses. From pest attacks to grain damage during threshing, farmers like Julius lose nearly half of what they grow.
But solutions are emerging—from better threshing practices to affordable hermetic storage—that can save harvests, improve incomes, and boost food security