Directorate
Production Systems scales product development into commercially viable pilot plants, supports production facilities and provides training, internships and incubation for agro-processing and bamboo enterprises.
Directorate profile
Production Systems carries forward the work of Product Development by scaling up pilot plants and assuring their successful operation at commercially viable production levels.
The directorate creates functional models on which real industries can be built. It is also involved in modern packaging systems and runs a business incubation programme.
Sections
The directorate has five sections involved in practical production, value addition and enterprise support.
Training and incubation
Production Systems offers training, internship and incubation services to students, researchers and small and medium enterprises.
Business incubation services include production facilities, premises and equipment, technical support and product development. These services help firms build production capacity, improve product quality, strengthen marketing and packaging capacity, and increase market access.
Directorate services
The directorate provides practical services that support production facility development, applied research and enterprise growth.
Meat Technology
UIRI's Meat Technology Section was established in 1997 and operates under the Production Systems directorate.
The section leads development of value-added meat products through training, research and development, and technical advisory support services to Uganda's meat industry.
Its mission is to improve the capacity and competence of indigenous meat processing enterprises by advising and training them in value addition techniques for high-quality marketable meat products.
Bakery Technology
The Bakery Technology Section was established in 1997 as part of UIRI's food processing work.
The section steers and conducts applied industrial research for the bakery industry and addresses the needs of local micro and medium-scale bakery enterprises by generating appropriate bakery processing technologies.
Dairy Technology
The Dairy Technology Section was set up in 1997 to conduct applied industrial research for the development of appropriate dairy processing technologies.
Its mission is to promote a successful dairy processing industry through research, training, technical assistance and technology transfer to micro and small-scale dairy processing enterprises.
The section supports reduction of production wastage, improved quality, safety stabilization, value addition and product diversification in Uganda's dairy industry.
Fruits and Vegetables
The Fruits and Vegetables Section helps UIRI fulfill its mandate of value addition to local agro-processed products.
The section supports processing, product development, training and business incubation for fruit and vegetable enterprises.
Business incubation
UIRI's Business Incubation programme is a sustainable model for incubating processing companies, particularly but not only in agricultural products.
The Institute's vision is to be a model institution and centre of excellence for industrial incubation as incubation continues to grow within UIRI.
Technical sections
