The enterprise has also set up
rice hulling businesses in five villages utilizing existing women's community groups.
Completing the rice hulling within the village allows the community to capture more of the value from the rice they grow: a 10 % premium for rice farmers and a 10 % profit for the women - led
rice hulling business.
Not exact matches
Now, the women - led
hulling businesses buy the
rice paddy from their community at a 10 % price premium, use the
rice hulling machines to remove the
rice husk, and sell the
hulled rice to urban and semi-urban markets at an additional price premium.
In the U.S., research is being conducted to use
hulled or whole hemp seeds in the production of «hemp milk» as an alternative to soy or
rice based non-dairy milks, a category that is now the largest selling in the natural foods
business.