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Jul 19, 2011
<b>Sugar prices continue to escalate</b><br><b>Sugar</b><br>The price of sugar continued to go up in Kampala markets. A kilogram of sugar that was selling at sh3,000 a week ago shot to sh3,500 in Nakawa, Kibuye, Kalerwe, Owino and Nakasero markets.
Sugar prices continue to escalate
Sugar
The price of sugar continued to go up in Kampala markets. A kilogram of sugar that was selling at sh3,000 a week ago shot to sh3,500 in Nakawa, Kibuye, Kalerwe, Owino and Nakasero markets.
Sugar traders in Nakasero Market blamed the increase in price per kilogram to the low supply of sugarcane to the processing industries due to the off season lately. In Kibuye, traders said they had been told by their sugar suppliers that the processing plants were being serviced. However, traders in Nakawa blamed the high sugar prices on the high transportation costs.
Chili peppers
Chili pepper is a fruit that belongs to the genus capsicum. It is believed to have originated from America.
Chili pepper is classified into types according to country, taste, size and colour.
There are about four colour types (yellow, red, green and chocolate) and over nine different types grown from different countries (cayenne, New Mexico, habanero, Pinquita de Mono, Hungarian wax, hot edible and others).
The degree of hotness of chili pepper is said to vary according to size. The smallest of peppers, especially the Pinquita de Mono (African bird’s eye) that originates from Peru, is said to be the hottest of them all.
Pinquita de Mono is said to grow in small lying bushes and farms. The fruits are conical in shape, green when young and dark red when fully mature.
World wide, chillies are popularly enjoyed as food and medicine, especially in Asian countries like India. In Uganda, Indian restaurants serve chili-flavoured dishes to their customers. At home, both Indians and Ugandans add either fresh or milled red habanero (hot pepper) and Pinquita de Mono to sauce or snacks.
Lately, the chili that is known to contain nutrients and vitamins that lower blood sugar levels, cholesterol and prevents blood clots is being grown locally by Ugandan farmers.
Since 2002, these farmers have been growing pepper at a large scale to cater for the export and local market. Lately with a low supply in the market, a kilogram of habanero at Nakasero Market costs sh5,000 up from sh2,500. A kilogram of Pinquita de Mono costs sh4,000 up from sh1,500.
Sugar
The price of sugar continued to go up in Kampala markets. A kilogram of sugar that was selling at sh3,000 a week ago shot to sh3,500 in Nakawa, Kibuye, Kalerwe, Owino and Nakasero markets.
Sugar traders in Nakasero Market blamed the increase in price per kilogram to the low supply of sugarcane to the processing industries due to the off season lately. In Kibuye, traders said they had been told by their sugar suppliers that the processing plants were being serviced. However, traders in Nakawa blamed the high sugar prices on the high transportation costs.
Chili peppers
Chili pepper is a fruit that belongs to the genus capsicum. It is believed to have originated from America.
Chili pepper is classified into types according to country, taste, size and colour.
There are about four colour types (yellow, red, green and chocolate) and over nine different types grown from different countries (cayenne, New Mexico, habanero, Pinquita de Mono, Hungarian wax, hot edible and others).
The degree of hotness of chili pepper is said to vary according to size. The smallest of peppers, especially the Pinquita de Mono (African bird’s eye) that originates from Peru, is said to be the hottest of them all.
Pinquita de Mono is said to grow in small lying bushes and farms. The fruits are conical in shape, green when young and dark red when fully mature.
World wide, chillies are popularly enjoyed as food and medicine, especially in Asian countries like India. In Uganda, Indian restaurants serve chili-flavoured dishes to their customers. At home, both Indians and Ugandans add either fresh or milled red habanero (hot pepper) and Pinquita de Mono to sauce or snacks.
Lately, the chili that is known to contain nutrients and vitamins that lower blood sugar levels, cholesterol and prevents blood clots is being grown locally by Ugandan farmers.
Since 2002, these farmers have been growing pepper at a large scale to cater for the export and local market. Lately with a low supply in the market, a kilogram of habanero at Nakasero Market costs sh5,000 up from sh2,500. A kilogram of Pinquita de Mono costs sh4,000 up from sh1,500.