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Supported by the Government of

Uganda and the Delegation of theEuropean Commission in Uganda

Background

WRS Act passed 200

WRS Regu!ations signed "y #inister 200$

%icensing conditions &or mai'e( "eans(paddy

rice( cotton and co&&ee are ready 200$

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.o* does one get to use the WRS/

Register your organisation *ith the UCE,

UCE *i!! then gie you a user name and

pass*ord to use the system,

1ou must "e !ocated *ithin the hinter!and

o& UCE !icensed *arehouses, Current!y

*e hae a *are house in in3a( #asindi(#"arara( 4ororo( 5u!u and 6asese,

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Bene&its o& WRS to 7arming

Communities

8roper storage &aci!ities that are pro&essiona!!y run and secure, WRS exposes you to markets !ike W78( !arger grain traders and the

regiona! markets, WRS exposes you to "uyers that you *ou!d hae neer met "oth

domestica!!y and regiona!!y Access to &inance through the "anks, A!!o*s you to get 09 o& the

a!ue o& your commodity in order to de&er its sa!e, A!!o*s you to se!! *hen the price is right rather than right a&ter

harest, Access to &inance has ena"!ed &armers open up more !and and

improe on their post harest hand!ing, -n summary it a!!o*s you "etter contro! oer the sa!e o& your

agricu!tura! commodities,

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.o* are *are house receipts so!d

)irect sa!es to the W78

:n the commodity exchange trading &!oor using a

set o& registered "rokers *ho represent "uyersand se!!ers o& agricu!tura! commodities,

B;: procurement mode! *hich in design stages,

)irect sa!e to a "uyer o& your choice,

#his no" ma$es you a pri%e ma$er instead of a

pri%e ta$er&

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UCE

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UCE %icensed *are house in3a

Offloading Bay'RampCanopy

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Certi&ied*eighing sca!es at the *are house,

Servi%ed ( )erified and %ertifieds%ales

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Certi&ied sta&& at the *are house,

Certified'SamplersWeighersGraders

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#echanised c!eaning and drying p!ant,

)rying

C!eaning

8!ant=

4hanks to

AS8S

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C!eaning and )rying process

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@ua!ity measuring e+uipment,

Sampling andGrading

E-uipment

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Certi&ied 5rader,

Riffle dividing samples for grading

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o Rodents( Birds and pests

)ermin

S%reened

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8rotected 5rains,

7ire Sa&ety

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WRS Stocks

WRS sto%$

oneWRS

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-ssuance o& EWRS

.anager ofgro"ays

/ssuing an

Ele%troni%

re%eipt

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)epositors porta! &or EWRS and #arket in&ormation,

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WRS Achieements

WRS *as !aunched on 20D0

$ !icensed *are houses in in3a( #asindi(6asese ( 4ororo( 5u!u and #"arara

EWRS has oer D0 depositors $09 &armer groups and F09 traders

UCE has an #:U *ith W78 to procure G0

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Cha!!enges and %essons %earnt

Access to credit is centra! to the success o&commodity *arehouse system

4here is scarcity o& suita"!e &aci!ities &or medium to

!arge sca!e commodity *arehousing

%imited stock o&&Htakes initia!!y constrained theoperationa!isation o& the WRS

%imited a*areness among potentia! users,

%imited &orma! &armerassociations &or co!!ectiemarketing

%ack o& ade+uate &unding to promote the system,

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Contact us

4he Uganda Commodity Exchange

Gst7!oor orthern *ing Socia! Security

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4e!= 0FG 2 22I22( 0DG D FD$

EHmai!= in&oJuce,co,ug

We"= ***,uce,co,ug
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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