Bean Marketing in Uganda - Uganda Strategy Support Program Notes

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Cash/Credit price ratio - 0.95 0.92 Table 20: Banking services by Region Banking Service Region Central East North West (N=85) (N=30) (N=9) (N=24) Have bank account ? % Yes 70.6 56.7 55.6 79.2 Have overdraft facility? % Yes 23.3 29.4 40 10.5 Belong to savings association? % Yes 7.1 3.3 11.1 12.5 Lent money over past 12 months? % Yes 16.7 13.3 44.4 54.2 # of people borrowing from Trader 4.8 3.5 4.3 4.8 % people defaulting on loan provided 10.5 0 2.5 38.5 Table21: Organization providing credit guarantee by region Central (n=5) East (n=1) North (n=2) West (n=2) Overall (N=10) % reporting MAAIF 20 0 0 0 10 SG 2000 20 0 0 0 10 IDEA 60 100 0 50 50 AT – Uganda 0 0 100 50 30 Table 22: Organizations offering Formal training to Input traders Organization Importer (N=8) Type of Trader Wholesaler (N=14) Retailer (N=69) % respondents reporting organization MAAIF 37.5 42.9 52.2 SG2000 0 21.4 7.2 IDEA 12.5 50 10.1 USP 0 14.3 5.8 UNFA 0 21.4 15.9 AT Uganda 0 21.4 15.9 Other Traders 0 7.1 7.2 Wholesalers 0 0 8.7 Importers 12.5 7.1 18.8 Other * 25 21.4 8.7 * Other is UCDA, CDO, UOSPA Table 23: Extension services offered to farmers by type of traders 39
Type of training and output Importers (N=10) Wholesalers (N=17) Retailer (N=119) Given training on agric. Inputs ? % Yes 90 94.1 84.0 Average # of trainees over last year 463 (n=8) 827 (n=15) 88.1 (n=96) Offer organized e.g training courses ? % Yes 55.5 41.2 9.0 # of formal agric. Training courses last year 9 (n=6) 9.7 (n=10) 0.9 (n=61) Table 24 : Products for which extension services were offered by type of trader Type of trader Product Importer Wholesaler Retailer Total (N=9) (N=16) (N=100) (N=125) % respondents offering service Maize 22.2 50 55.4 52.8 Beans 11.1 37.5 56 36.8 All seeds 11.1 25 20.0 20 Horticultural seeds 44.4 37.5 50 48 All agrochemicals 11.1 31.3 26 25.6 Fertilizers 44.4 43.8 53 49.6 Fungicides 66.7 18.8 19 28 Herbicides 66.7 12.5 38 36.8 Pesticides 66.7 31.3 60 56.8 Table 25 : Why offer extension services ? Reasons for offering extension services Type of trader & region Encourage use of Job NGO sponsored Ag. Inputs activity % respondents giving reason Importer: (N=5) 100 0 0 Wholesalers (N=9) 88.9 0 11.1 Retailer: (N=28) 82.1 3.4 1.7 Total (N=42) 85.7 7.14 7.14 40
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