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The Brewing and Alcoholic Beverages Industry in Uganda.

Ngobi, G.M. (Nile Breweries Limited, Jinja (Uganda)). Proceedings of a National Conference on the Status and Prospects of the Food Industry in Uganda.3 ill. 1 table; 1 appendix;Kampala (Uganda). 1988. p. 42-53. National Conference on the Status and Prospects of the Food Industry in Uganda. Makerere University (Uganda). 19-21 Sep 1988.

AGROVOC: WINES; SPIRITS; BEERS; BREWING INDUSTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY;QUALITY CONTROLS; UGANDA; HORDEM SATIVUM; HUMULUS LUPUS; PASTUERIZING; MICROORGANISMS.

The activities of the brewing and alcoholic beverage industry and its contribution to the food situation in Uganda are discussed. Reliance on imported raw materials and equipment as well as lack of trained manpower to run the industries are identified as the major problems of the industry. Measures to solve these problems are proposed as:

Research in and actual production of Locally grown barley, sorghum, grapes and other crops that can be used for brewing, rehabilitation of factories that can make inputs like bottles and corks, and equipping of the brewing industries with modern and efficient machines which reduce on the costs of production.