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

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Publication date
25/05/2004
Number of Pages
16
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Event Reports
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Logistical & infrastructural
Commodity:
Crops
Source
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/R8114040511.pdf
Author
Transport Forum Group
Organization
Transport Forum Group

This report about the third 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 from 4-6th May 2004 at Rwenzori International Hotel in Kasese, Kasese District. Transport Forum Group Uganda (TFG) the local project-implementing agency organized the meeting and was hosted by Karughe Farmers Association, 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.