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TRANSPORT FORUM GROUP Second Quarterly Partnership Meeting Report on Improved Food Crop Marketing through Appropriate Means of Transport for Poor Farmers

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Publication date
27/01/2004
Number of Pages
45
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Event Reports
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Type of Risk:
Logistical & infrastructural
Market-related
Commodity:
Crops
Source
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/R8114040510.pdf
Author
Transport Forum Group
Organization
Transport Forum Group

This report about the second quarterly meeting for the stakeholders in the project entitled Improved Crop Marketing for Appropriate Means of Transport for Poor Farmers in Uganda. The overall purpose is to review the project process amongst the stakeholders for the previous three months and plan for the next quarter. The meeting was convened fro 13-15th January 2004 at High way Guesthouse in Busembatia, Iganga District. Transport Forum Group Uganda (TFG) the local project-implementing agency organized the meeting and was hosted by Multi purpose Training and Employment Association (MTCEA), a local NGO that supervises the project activities in Iganga District. The meeting brought together farmers from districts of Kasese, Katakwi and Iganga, artisans and technical people who shared together experiences on a wide range of issues concerning rural transport.