The supervised experience learning project (SELPS) was conducted in Sodogo village Payaru parish, ukusijoni subcourty in Adjumani District under Adjumani District Farmers Development Association. The organization is an independent non-government organization that was founded in 1996by six Makerere student from Luwero in response to challenge of poverty that was as a result of social and economic disruption caused by military conflict of 1980 to 1986.In eastern Uganda the organization operates in Kamuli, Luuka and Iganga with one field station office in Bunangwe zone Kamuli town council. Theorganization at times works in partnership with other NGOs like harvest plus, ISU and USAID. The intern did their first internship from CEFORD but because the organization did not have any agricultural or livelihood projects running at the time of placement, the intern changed to ADFA. This called for a quick situation analysis and needs assessment in the new area of operation together with the farmers in the community to identify the most pressing need which would be a basis for developing a project to address the problem. The farmers prioritized poor methods of drying rice such as use of animal skins, drying on a bare ground as their main problems. Together with the farmers, we came up with the use of carpets and use of drying slab. Therefore my extension objective was to reduce on the post harvest losses during drying through adopting modern methods of drying rice. My research objective was to assess the impact of using traditional methods of drying on the quality and quantity of rice grain. The methods and tools used to disseminate and collect information or data included focus group discussion, questionnaires, farmer meetings, farmer training, demonstrations, home and farm visits. The intern found out that more women participate in rice growing than men that is (61%) and (39%) respectively. The technology was adopted by 45% of the farmers who were trained. The intern learnt that farmers have a variety of traditional methods that they use for drying including use of animal skins and use of bare ground. The main reasons for adoption included easiness of the methods used and need to improve quality and quantity of produce obtained. Reasons for not adopting included rigidity of the farmers and high costs of the material used. Through our interaction with the farmers we learnt that they cannot afford the modern materials. We therefore recommend the government to provide farmers with the modern materials such as tauplins, build drying slabs etc.

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