Agricultural Marketing Improvement Programme

This programme supports the government’s commitment to improve agricultural marketing. The aim is to stablilize domestic grain prices and encourage smallholder farmers to increase production and improve their incomes. The programme supports improvements in processing, storage and transport technologies, to reduce post-harvest crop losses and increase returns to farmers. In coffee-producing areas, the programme is involved in establishing an auction and exchange process controlled by the project participants. It promotes decentralization of coffee processing and marketing.

The principal objective of the programme is empowerment of smallholder farmers to engage in and exploit emerging market opportunities. Activities include training farmers in such matters as post-harvest management, improved access to and use of market information, grades and standards, organization, enterprise management, and the impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural marketing.

Source: IFAD

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In this section Project overview Documents Contact information Mr John Gicharu Country programme manager IFAD Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 0654592373 Fax: +39 0654593373 j.gicharu@ifad.org Facts and figures Total cost: US$35.1 million IFAD loan: US$27.2 million Duration: 2006-2013 Geographical area: national, with a focus on grain and coffee-producing areas Directly benefiting: more than 500,000 rural households in grain and coffee producing areas, including 20 per cent of households headed by women Status: ongoing