Farming Services

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Introduction

Present research (NARO system) and advisory services (NAADS) in the public sector are not very chain-oriented but rather production-oriented. More market-oriented smallholder production requires a different type of services and fluent interaction with the private sector. This thematic area under APF-Uganda aims to work on accessible technical and advisory services for farmers; and farmers learning through multi-stakeholder platforms.

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Collaborating organisations

Collaboration among APF network members is currently on two sub-sectors: rice and oilseed.

For oilseed: Coordination is with the OSSUP platform (incl. UOSPA, Mukwano etc.),SNV, WUR, and Makerere University. This activity pre-dates the APF country focus on Uganda and is embedded in the Value Chain for Pro Poor Development Action Research Programme (finalized).

For rice: Coordination is in hand of BRAC Uganda. KIT is supporting this initiative and links have been established with NAADS, NARO, and the Rice Industry Secretariat. Other organisations linked to this are: DANIDA, UOSPA, Environmental Alert, and UNFFE.

Activities

2011

• Policy research on the NAADS that farmers want
• Share resources and build linkages with different stakeholders in the rice value chain
• Document experiences on multi-stakeholder platforms

2010

• Oilseed action research
• Stakeholder mapping and linking in rice value chain

Outputs and documents

Oilseed

• The workings of commodity-based platforms Insights from oilseeds Uganda - Presentation Vellema
• 110119 Programme OSSUP-APF Echange event
• OSSUP: Vegetable Oil RD Marketplace Event Report
• VC4PD, The bulking challenge in the oilseeds subsector, PolicyBrief 2, 2010
• SNV, Empowering producers to participate and become competitive inthe oilseed value chain, 2009
• SNV, Pro Poor Development in the Oilseed value Chain, 2008
• VC4PD: Functions and spin offs of multi-stakeholder platforms incommodity sectors, 2009

Rice

• Overview Rice Industry Secretariat
• Terms of Reference Farming Services - Rice

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