Nile Breweries to invest in barley farming
May 05, 2009
NILE Breweries is to invest in barley farming, the corporate affairs director, Onapito Ekomoloit, has said. During a farmers’ workshop in Kapchwora, Ekomoloit said the company had embarked on a countrywide search for areas suitable for barley farming.
By Nicholas Oneal
NILE Breweries is to invest in barley farming, the corporate affairs director, Onapito Ekomoloit, has said. During a farmers’ workshop in Kapchwora, Ekomoloit said the company had embarked on a countrywide search for areas suitable for barley farming.
He said there was a ready market and a steady price for the barley. Nile Breweries has been importing barley as a raw material for beer production from its sister companies like Tanzania Breweries and SabMiller of South Africa. This has been expensive.
“With the investment in local farmers in form of skills and high-quality seeds, we expect a low expenditure in the long-run and an improvement in the standards of living among the farmers,†Ekomoloit predicted.
He said farmers would be given free seeds and maintenance capital to enable them grow the crop for the first season. Other districts with suitable climate for barley growing include Kibaale, Kisoro and Kitgum.
Ekomoloit visited some of the sorghum farmers in Pallisa who had received seeds from the company and was impressed by their yields.
NILE Breweries is to invest in barley farming, the corporate affairs director, Onapito Ekomoloit, has said. During a farmers’ workshop in Kapchwora, Ekomoloit said the company had embarked on a countrywide search for areas suitable for barley farming.
He said there was a ready market and a steady price for the barley. Nile Breweries has been importing barley as a raw material for beer production from its sister companies like Tanzania Breweries and SabMiller of South Africa. This has been expensive.
“With the investment in local farmers in form of skills and high-quality seeds, we expect a low expenditure in the long-run and an improvement in the standards of living among the farmers,†Ekomoloit predicted.
He said farmers would be given free seeds and maintenance capital to enable them grow the crop for the first season. Other districts with suitable climate for barley growing include Kibaale, Kisoro and Kitgum.
Ekomoloit visited some of the sorghum farmers in Pallisa who had received seeds from the company and was impressed by their yields.