Rwanda: Why Agro-Processing Factories Reject Local Maize Produce

21 January 2019

A significant percentage of maize produce is rejected by agro-processing factories due to poor quality caused by high level of humidity due to poor post-harvest handling stage, Business Times has learnt.

The main problem preventing maize farmers from accessing stable markets include "aflatoxins", which are poisonous substances regularly found in improperly stored staple commodities such as maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat, cassava and others.

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