Consolidation and Reform: Towards a Collaborative Approach

Francesca Romana Medda, Francesco Caravelli, Simone Caschili and Alan Wilson
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Francesca Romana Medda: University College London
Francesco Caravelli: University College London
Simone Caschili: University College London
Alan Wilson: University College London

Chapter Chapter 12 in Collaborative Approach to Trade, 2017, pp 183-195 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We have seen in the previous chapter how high transport costs and lack of transport infrastructures act as impediments to trade, and how these conditions largely shape the structure of the agriculture sector and negatively impact on trade flows in Uganda. There is consensus among experts and scholars (USAID 2008) that improving access to markets and to trade can lead to a shift away from a supply-based situation of the agriculture sector where farmers/outgrowers merely sell their crop surplus, to a demand-driven agriculture where farmers produce for the markets. However, this shift is complex and beset by numerous constraints that still prevent Uganda’s farmers from fully participating in the market.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Transport Cost; Agriculture Sector; Logistics Cost; Logistics Market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47039-9_12

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