Most farming activities in Uganda are subsistance therefore farmers need immediate markets at harvest.Because individual farmers produce little and have no capacity for bulking, they get paid peanuts and are unable to realise the cost of production. This comdemns them to always living hand to mouth and of course poverty. A kilo of maize grain is currently at 10 cents down from 35 cents three months ago. The question arising is how can a rural farmer be helped to get fair prices commensurate with inputs that can eventually lift him out of poverty? What policies and actions are needed to develop this farmer to increase output? How can those affected farmers reach good markets? How can rural development be achieved? Is it possible that somebody out there can suggest solutions that can be adopted?
I am inviting useful suggestions that i can pass down to contain the situation
