The Makerere University Centre for Soybean Improvement and Development has acquired a seed cleaner with a processing capacity of 3 tons per hour. The centre has also remodelled the foundation seed facility that has a carrying capacity of 100 tons per year.
The Principal Investigator and Plant Breeder Prof. Phinehas Tukamuhabwa said the centre used to employ 20 women who would take two months to sort 25tons of the foundation seed but this machine will only take one week to process the same amount of seed.