Purpose
to reduce the time and labor needed to process groundnuts by developing and testing a simple plucking tool to remove the pods, utilizing input from Ugandan women smallholder farmers, and teaching local manufacturers to fabricate them.
Grantee
Division
Global Growth & Opportunity
Date
OCTOBER 2013
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Agricultural Development
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Entebbe, Kampala, Uganda
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