team uganda
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FIELD STUDY: SMALLHOLDER CHALLENGES
Lack of Resources: seed, fertilizer, tools, processing equipment, etc.
Lack of Markets or Market Access
Lots of Agricultural Extension, but limited success: Access to reliable Agricultural Information
Limited Access to Communications Technology
Cultural Perceptions of Farming
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CHALLENGE: LACK OF INPUT RESOURCES
What are reliable sources of agricultural inputs? Which to use?
How to finance farm improvements?
Are government agricultural agencies reliable? Who is?
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CHALLENGE: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
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CHALLENGE: MARKET ACCESS
Markets may not exist
Smallholders produce too little or too low quality to meet processor needs
High cost of transport - dependence on middlemen
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CHALLENGE: PERCEPTION OF FARMING
Respondents mentioned that farming was “digging” and farms were “gardens”
Turning farming from “desperation” to “profitable business”
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CHALLENGE: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Access to Radio? (ownership, time, etc…)
Access to Cell Phones? (airtime, electricity, etc..)
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CASE STUDIES: CURRENT WORK IN UGANDA
Africa Rice Center Videos
Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) Program
Google SMS
Services
Eagle Lager
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CASE STUDY #1: AFRICA RICE CENTER - VIDEOS
Agricultural extension through locally produced video – piloting in Hoima, Uganda
Method for addressing the transaction costs of large scale, participatory, face-to-face Agricultural Extension
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CASE STUDY #2: COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE WORKER (CKW) PROGRAM
Attempt to reach smallholders whose information access is limited
Bottleneck: How much information to how many people can a CKW transfer?
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CASE STUDY #3: GOOGLE SMS SERVICES
Cell phone based information searches for Health, Agriculture, and Weather
Google Trader: Buy and Sell products using SMS
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CASE STUDY #4: EAGLE LAGER
Eagle beer: brewed using local ingredients and grains
Brewery is experimenting with other crops to make even cheaper beer
Michael’s review? Eagle beer is… awful.
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SEED IDEAS FOR POSSIBLE PROJECTS
Improved Supply Chain Management
Market Capacity Building
Smarter Agricultural Extension
Better Weather Information
Finance Tracking
Anti-corruption Reporting Tools
Radio Drama
Reality TV Shows (“Pimp My Farm,” “Farm Makeover”)