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Agricultural
Marketing Systems Development Programme
The programme will assist the government
in bringing about a wide-ranging change in the agricultural marketing
subsector, with the aim of making rural markets work better and empowering
smallholders within the markets. The programme will:
- strengthen about 1,000 producer groups to enable them to have
a better bargaining position and more leverage in formulating policy,
identifying marketing opportunities and negotiating prices.
- assist the government in rationalizing existing policies of regulation,
taxation and the exchange rate, among other things, to contribute
to improved marketing system efficiency
- improve market infrastructures through construction and rehabilitation
of 700 km of rural roads, 200 km of access roads and 30 market
centres, and through financing for post-harvest facilities
- strengthen capacity of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Marketing
to collect, compile and disseminate agricultural marketing information
- help producer groups, grass-roots institutions, traders and processors
access inventory and capital loans from commercial banks, when needed
for promoting marketing activities
- establish and strengthen vertical and horizontal linkages among
producer groups, grass-roots institutions, processors, local marketing
chains and exporters
Initially the programme
will be implemented in the Northern and Southern Highlands marketing
zone, but related policies will be developed and applied on a national
scale.
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr Samuel Eremie
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592079
Fax: +39 0654593079
s.eremie@ifad.org
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| Facts and figures |
Total cost:
US$42.3 million
IFAD loan: US$16.3 million
Cofinancing:
- African
Development Fund (US$14.4 million)
- Development
Cooperaton Ireland (US$1.1 million)
Geographical
area: Northern and Southern Highlands marketing
zone
Duration: 2002-2009
Directly benefiting: 25,000 households
Status: ongoing |
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