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-Uganda
Launches LIVESTOCK MARKET INFORMATION service
-Foodnet
aids farmers with grain moisture meters
-Market
Information on high demand
-Market information training in west Africa
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FOODNET Launches LIVESTOCK MARKET INFORMATION
SYSTEM IN
UGANDA
The service will operate in twenty-nine districts in the cattle
corridor that runs from Ntungamo up to Kotido, covering a wide range of
livestock products including live animals, hides and skins, poultry and dairy
products. The National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project NLPIP in the
Ministry of Agriculture, funded by the Africa Development Bank ADB, supports the
project.T he Market Information Service was officially launched on the 7th
November 2005 at the IITA offices in Bugolobi.
During a ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding at the
Ministry head quarters in
Entebbe,
the Permanent Secretary Mr. David Obong, recommended FOODNET for its
achievements in the field of market information and expressed high expectations
in the new area of livestock marketing.
Foodnet aids farmers with grain moisture meters
The Masindi District Marketing Office is grateful to
FOODNET for providing farmers with grain moisture meters.Speaking at a function
where he received a DOLE MODE GRAIN MOISTURE METER, Mr. Fredrick Kasozi said the
equipment will help farmers in maintaining high quality produce, which in turn
will lead to high prices.“We have been training them to dry their grain well but
they would only bit to find out the level of moisture content”, he said “Now
that there is provision for them to check their moisture content before they
sell, they can now sell to bigger markets like Uganda Grain Traders ltd”, he
added.
Besides providing market information, quality control,
grades and standards and produce storage are among the key areas of FOODNET’s
post harvest training, which has benefited many farmers in Uganda. Masindi is a
renowned grain producing area with huge volumes of maize, beans, groundnuts and
simsim entering main markets in Kampala like Owino, Kisenyi and Nakawa.Lira,
Jinja and Kampala are among the regional centers that have received the meters.
ACDI VOCA of the United States Agency for International
Development.
Market Information on high demand
There is growing demand for market information as farmers strive to sell their
commodities. On a fact finding mission at FOODNET offices in Bugolobi, staff of
Information Communication Technology for Africa Rural Development ICTARD were
happy to learn the processes through which market information is collected,
analyzed and disseminated.
ICTARD an NGO using ICT solutions to eradicate rural poverty is intended to
harness information and communication technology for Uganda National Farmer’s
Federation and its districts Associations. It does so by setting up websites
where farmers can down load agricultural information, accessing information from
world space radio and by using the village phone.
The
most vital information for farmers today is market opportunities and commodity
prices, which is offered by FOODNET through trainings, radio broadcasts and
through the telephone SMS media. Hellene Karamaji the Director of ICTARD said that her organization would like
to use information from FOODNET especially in training farmers on using market
information and weekly prices. The project is working in the districts of
Kayunga, Jinja and Luwero.
Market information training in
west Africa
By Emily
Arayo
Sixty
participants from 14 African countries met in
Accra
Ghana for a market information systems and use of ICT training.
The
training sponsored by Unites States Agency for International Development through
Market Information Systems for Traders Organizations in
West
Africa
was convened by IFDC from 20th to 24th June 2005.Participants
from Agricultural institutions, government departments, MIS beneficiaries,
farmers’ organizations, traders unions and export promotion bodies were grateful
for the training.
Topics
covered commodity market analysis, harmonization of MIS in
Nigeria, ICT for MIS, Grades and Standards and essentials of MIS.Case
studies from
East
Africa were from FOODNET MIS (Uganda),
Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (Kenya), Regional Agricultural Trade
Intelligence Network RATIN and RATES
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You can now also get prices on your mobile
phone by typing any one of the commodities
Beef,
FISH,
MILK,
CATTLE,
PORK, HONEY, HIDES, SKINS, PIGS, GOATS, EGGS and
send to 198 if you are on MTN, and 755 on
CELTEL. courtesy OF livestock MARKET
INFORMATION SERVICE NILPIP funded by ADB
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