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business in Kasese town. The factory where she mills her Stella has supported over 160 farmers by just buying their
Maize has been flooded by water and there is nothing she Maize competitively during the pandemic. These farmers
can do to save her property since it’s at the other side of aggregate their maize as a group making it easier for Stella
the road which she can’t cross due to the floods. to get the maize from one place instead of looking for
individual farmers.
Though the local authorities and the government are
doing the best they can to address the problem, she fears “This is important for the farmers and communities in general
that this situation has taken her a huge step backwards because they stimulate growth of business, and improve
in her business. She expressed that it will take her time to members’ income as well as living conditions”, said Stella.
recover but she won’t give up because farmers need her
and she equally needs them. Out of the 50 Metric tons of fertilizers stocked in March,
Stella has been able to distribute 30 tons of fertilizers to
smallholder farmers and retail agrodealers. Something
AFAP intervention that would not have been possible without the truck
granted to her by AFAP. Under normal circumstances,
25 years in business and with AFAP’s support, Stella is able
to sell and distribute Maize and Maize flour to Congo, public transport and Motorcyles have always supported
Kampala and within different districts in Uganda such as last mile input distribution, but all this has been hampered
Kanungu, Kabale, Bushenyi and Bundibujo. by the instituted COVID-19 measures.

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