RICE West Nile

What RICE West Nile does

RICE West Nile is a Uganda-based non-profit organization founded in 2004 and headquartered in Arua, Arua District, that operates a content-and-education platform centered on rice cooking and sustainable rice farming. The organization runs riceuganda.org, a WordPress-based blog covering rice cooking techniques, healthy carbohydrates, rice varieties, and sustainability, and it delivers in-person cooking workshops and Farmer Field School sessions to smallholder farmers in rural villages including Kipera Njiapanda and Bwawani Visegese. Its go-to-market is community-led, relying on founder Amelia Martin's published books ('The Art of Rice Cooking', 'Rice Recipes from Around the World'), blog content, and workshop delivery rather than any proprietary technology. The organization reports 21 employees, has no disclosed revenue, pricing, or funding, and maintains a strategic partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform (established 2011) to deliver training on sustainable rice production.

Name

RICE West Nile

Legal name

Rice Uganda

Website

https://riceuganda.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RICE West Nile is a Uganda-based non-profit founded in 2004 that publishes rice-cooking educational content online and runs in-person cooking workshops and Farmer Field School sessions for smallholder rice farmers in rural villages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural and Culinary Education Services

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFACABAL

Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Crop Consulting & Agronomy Services (Soil Health, Nutrient Planning, Yield Consulting)

SECONDARYEDAOAOAA

Agricultural Production & Farm Operations

Education/Vocational, Technical & Trade Education/Agriculture, Horticulture & Skilled Trades

SECONDARYEDAAAGAG

Culinary Arts & Cooking (Baking, Pastry, Global Cuisines)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Personal Enrichment & Hobby Learning (Arts, Crafts, Music, Cooking)

Keywords

• Rice cooking education
• Sustainable rice farming
• Cooking workshops
• Agricultural training
• Healthy carbohydrates education

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cooking Workshops: Revenue generated through in-person cooking workshops teaching rice cooking techniques and sustainable rice farming practices to communities in Uganda.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

RICE West Nile is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches rice cooking techniques and sustainable rice farming practices to individuals and smallholder farmers in Uganda. It delivers its offering through a blog-based content platform (riceuganda.org), in-person cooking workshops using a participatory Farmer Field School approach, and published books authored by founder Amelia Martin, including "The Art of Rice Cooking" and "Rice Recipes from Around the World."

Product overview

Rice Uganda is a blog-based content platform offering informational articles about rice cooking, healthy carbohydrates, rice cultivation in Uganda, and cooking workshops. The primary offerings include the Rice Uganda blog with articles on rice markets and sustainability, a Healthy Carbohydrates educational section about rice nutrition and varieties, and Cooking Workshops covering sustainable rice farming practices. The founder is Amelia Martin, who also teaches rice cooking classes and has authored books on the subject. The platform appears to be a content and education-focused website rather than a technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cooking Workshops In-person workshops teaching rice cooking techniques, sustainable rice farming practices, and Farmer Field School programs to smallholder farmers in rural Ugandan villages.
• Rice Uganda Blog A WordPress-based blog platform featuring articles on rice cooking techniques, rice cultivation in Uganda, healthy carbohydrates, rice varieties, and sustainable rice farming practices.
• The Art of Rice Cooking Published book by founder Amelia Martin covering the art of rice cooking.
• Rice Recipes from Around the World Published book by founder Amelia Martin compiling rice recipes gathered from her travels around the world.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sustainable Rice PlatformcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011The Sustainable Rice Platform was established in 2011 to help governments, development partners and businesses adopt proven, sustainable solutions for rice production. The partnership benefits rice farmers, consumers and the environment while generating better, more secure incomes for farmers. The Farmer Field School approach is used to train smallholder farmers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• One Acre Fund: Large non-profit providing smallholder farmer training, input financing, and agronomic support across East Africa (including Uganda). Comparable in mission to deliver practical farming knowledge and inputs to rural smallholders, though at much greater scale.
• Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): Africa-wide rice research and development organization working on sustainable rice production and smallholder productivity. Directly comparable rice-focused mandate and partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform ecosystem.
• Farm Africa: International NGO running sustainable agriculture and farmer training programs across East Africa. Comparable model of combining farmer field schools with sustainable farming practices for smallholders.
• Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA): NGO delivering smallholder farmer extension and training across Africa, including Uganda. Highly comparable in extension methodology, farmer training, and sustainable agriculture focus.
• Kilimo Trust: East African NGO focused on agricultural value chain development for smallholders. Operates in overlapping geographies and addresses similar smallholder productivity and market access challenges.

Broad incumbents

• BRAC: Global development organization with significant agricultural training and smallholder support programs across Africa and Asia. Overlapping smallholder farmer training mission though BRAC operates as a much broader development incumbent.
• MasterClass: Premium online education platform featuring celebrity-taught cooking classes among many categories. Comparable use of expert-authored cooking content as a distribution and monetization vehicle, though at a vastly larger commercial scale.
• TechnoServe: Large international NGO working on agricultural value chains and smallholder productivity in developing countries, including Uganda. Comparable target beneficiaries but operates as a broad incumbent across multiple commodities and geographies.

Emerging players

• Rouxbe: Online culinary education platform offering professional cooking courses. Comparable content-driven model for teaching cooking techniques, though operating as a commercial platform rather than a field-based NGO.

Others

• Sustainable Rice Platform: Multi-stakeholder initiative (UNEP/IRRI-hosted) on sustainable rice standards and farmer training. Listed as a strategic partner of RICE West Nile and shares the same sustainable-rice mandate, but functions as an industry standards body rather than a field implementer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rural-initiative-for-community-empowerment-west-nile

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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