052 Increasing access with agro-processing

Diesel engines powering agro-processing machinery enhance human nutrition, save productive time and add value to marketable produce thus presenting a good potential for boosting rural development. However, the use of these engines to generate energy to support other income generating activities and services is greatly limited by knowledge of the possibilities, inadequate technical and entrepreneurial skills. The knowledge gap regarding the potential inherent in the diesel engines and the potential contribution of the specialised large importers and dealers concentrated in Kampala city and to support rural based entrepreneurs in the countryside, who are not connected to the national grid to exploit the potential in diesel engines needs a bridging intervention.