Strategy for agricultural marketing and agro-processing ... - Foodnet
Strategy for agricultural marketing and agro-processing ... - Foodnet
Strategy for agricultural marketing and agro-processing ... - Foodnet
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PURPOSE Marketing <strong>and</strong> <strong>agro</strong><strong>processing</strong><br />
systems &<br />
practices in place which<br />
address the needs of<br />
smallholder producers <strong>and</strong><br />
which contribute towards<br />
increasing the valueaddition<br />
arising from the<br />
sector<br />
RESULTS 1. Marketing in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
system in place.<br />
2. Viable farmers’<br />
organisations/farmer-<br />
controlled enterprises<br />
(FCEs) operating<br />
3. National trade policy<br />
drafted; civil servants’<br />
trade negotiating <strong>and</strong><br />
trade research skills,<br />
enhanced.<br />
4. Expansion of rural<br />
roads network<br />
5. Commodity exchange<br />
<strong>and</strong> warehouse receipts’<br />
system, in place<br />
Crop price <strong>and</strong><br />
volume info.<br />
system operating<br />
by end-2002, <strong>and</strong><br />
being used by all<br />
strata of farming<br />
community <strong>and</strong><br />
traders in NAADS<br />
pilot areas.<br />
Refined &<br />
exp<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
nationally during<br />
2003/04<br />
‘n’ FCEs<br />
established in ‘p’<br />
sub-counties by<br />
end-2003; ‘m’ by<br />
end-2004, which<br />
are regularly<br />
involved in<br />
collective output<br />
& <strong>and</strong> input mktg.<br />
activities.<br />
Output to be<br />
realised through<br />
UTPP & UPTOP<br />
implementation<br />
(from late-August,<br />
2002)<br />
Key targets<br />
detailed in<br />
Ministry of<br />
Works’ White<br />
Paper outlining a<br />
plan <strong>for</strong> the<br />
rehabilitation,<br />
expansion <strong>and</strong><br />
maintenance of<br />
the rural road<br />
network, have<br />
been realised<br />
Work on these<br />
programmes is<br />
underway <strong>and</strong> is<br />
being supported<br />
by UNCFC <strong>and</strong><br />
USAID, working<br />
GDP estimates<br />
Ad hoc reports on<br />
Marketing <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>agro</strong>-<strong>processing</strong><br />
sectors<br />
Annual PMA<br />
Review reports<br />
Quarterly progress<br />
reports.<br />
External<br />
monitoring<br />
reports<br />
MoU/constitution<br />
of each<br />
FCE/farmers’<br />
organisation.<br />
GoU’s Inter-<br />
Institutional Trade<br />
Committee<br />
progress reports<br />
Ministry of<br />
Works’ rural<br />
roads agency<br />
progress reports<br />
External shocks<br />
(drought, pest/<br />
disease outbreak,<br />
civil disturbance)<br />
do not inhibit<br />
efficient<br />
operation of the<br />
systems.<br />
Market info.<br />
activities well coordinated<br />
with<br />
ongoing related<br />
activities (UBoS,<br />
FEWSNET, etc)<br />
Co-ordination<br />
actively pursued<br />
with APEP,<br />
UPTOP <strong>and</strong> other<br />
trade/mktg-<br />
related interventions<br />
(<strong>and</strong> dev.<br />
strategies: e.g.<br />
MTCS <strong>and</strong> Strat.<br />
Exports), with<br />
private sector<br />
interventions in<br />
these areas, <strong>and</strong><br />
with other<br />
export-promotion<br />
agencies (PSF,<br />
UEPB, etc.).<br />
Cross-cutting<br />
issues, as they<br />
relate to<br />
<strong>agricultural</strong><br />
produce<br />
<strong>marketing</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>processing</strong>,<br />
adequately<br />
addressed during<br />
programme<br />
implementation<br />
(e.g. natural<br />
resources<br />
management,<br />
HIV/AIDS <strong>and</strong><br />
gender?).<br />
MTTI allocated<br />
sufficient<br />
budgetary<br />
resources to<br />
retain trained<br />
staff.<br />
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