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This is from Julie Nakalanda Matovu, again.
Regarding Message 11 by Abdulmojeed Yakubu:
Thanks for your submission. The situation in Uganda is also true especially on point no. 2. Points 3-5 are also very critical in ensuring sustainable development in the agricultural sector.
Julie Nakalanda Matovu
Lead Consultant
Juls Consults - Agribusiness & Sustainable Development
Gombe B,
Bukasa Parish,
Wakiso District,
Uganda
+256 772-63-66-88 or +256-701-63-66-88
e-mail: Matovujuls (at) gmail.com
[In Message 11, Abdulmojeed stated the following regarding the current gaps in rural advisory services for smallholder family farms in Nigeria:
"1. Most farmers have little information on how to get subsidized inputs.
2. The subsistence farmers have little information on the best management practices to increase productivity. Most scholars and policy makers only get to the farmers when they need information for research and planning purposes.
3. The aspect of processing and preservation is also not well captured. This important aspect is often overlooked by extension workers because they see it as being tedious.
4. Most of the farmers are also not well equipped as regards marketing strategies. They do not know when to sell, or not to sell, their products to maximize profit.
5. I think the farmers need to equally comprehend the value chain systems"....Moderator].
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