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Uganda
- Fruits of the Nile Farmers
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Dorothy
and David Mugabe
Dorothy has been supplying Fruits of the Nile since the early
1990's. David her husband works as a delivery driver, but over
the years has become more involved in the fruit drying business.
They have five children who all attend school. On their 20 acres
they grow coffee, bananas and matoke. The currently dry between
200-300kg a month of bananas, which provides them with around
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| Norah
Kagimu, Prosper Women's Association, Mbarara, has produced Sun
Dried chewy banana chips and bogoya bananas for Fruits of the
Nile for over ten years.
"I
can supplement my children's school fees with money from drying
fruits. Day to day expenditures of medical care, groceries,
clothing and others are made possible.... I use the banana
refuse (peel and off-cuts) to feed my cattle which in turn
yield more milk than before. I sell some of the milk and some
is used by the family as a source of protein. I use the unpalatable
refuse to mulch my banana shamba (field)...I employ 5 women
permanently on the fruit drying business. I buy from my fellow
women, their apple bananas, bogoya and pineapples. Without
Fruits of the Nile, I would be a beggar to my in-laws, especially
after the death of my husband".
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Norah
Kagimu
Prosper Women's Association |
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Jane
Naluwairo, Patience Pays, Kayunga District, has produced Sun
Dried pineapple for Fruits of the Nile for over fifteen years.
"Originally
I was earning my living by running a sewing machine. I was living
in a rented room with my family. When I started solar drying
I realised it was paying more than the sewing business. I sold
my only sewing machine and put the money into fruit drying.
Now I do not regret anything. I managed to buy a piece of land,
constructed a semi permanent house with bricks.... My house
has solar electricity which runs some of the driers during the
day; and during the night it provides light, operates a television
and a radio. I have provided employment to a number of women
in my neighbourhood."
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Naluwairo |
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