Since June 2003, NAADS has established localised market information services in a pilot project covering six districts of Uganda. These services are designed to meet the information needs of grass-root agricultural actors, especially local farmers and small-scale traders. Data on prices, traded volumes, market flow, growing conditions and other relevant information is collected from villages and market centres in these districts and, together with relevant national and regional information is disseminated in local languages by local FM radio stations. Close liaison is maintained with local government, local market managers, farmers' associations, radio station managers, etc.

The advent of the mobile telephone network and local FM radio stations in Uganda has enabled the projects to receive and disseminate instant reports through SMS on changing market prices. Both the national and localised market information projects are fully integrated, utilising one central information processing facility, thus reducing cost and augmenting local information with national and regional market information of relevance to the local target area.

Livestock Marketing Information Service

The Livestock Marketing information is a sub-project of the Livestock marketing component under the National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project NLPIP in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries.

Livestock marketing information, which is operated by FOODNET Market Information Service, will collect data, analyze and disseminate marketing information on livestock from 29 districts in the cattle corridor

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USAID PL-480 Title II Program

National Agricultural Advisory Services