The Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Program (COMPETE)

← All ProjectsThe Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Program (COMPETE)
Funded By
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Impact Area
Eastern Africa – Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Kenya.
Dates
March 2012 – December 2012
Agrodealers Trade Across Borders Project was financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by Chemonics International. It was implemented by AGMARK in partnership with Uganda National Agrodealer Association (UNADA) and Rwanda Seed Company with the intention of linking Agrodealers to grain traders and subsequently linking the traders to large buyers of grain and markets across the boarders from March 2012 to December 2012. This provided the crucial market link between the Agrodealers the traders and large grain markets in the region.
Agrodealers trade across borders Africa ATAB; trucks laden with red-striped sacks, workers arranging cargo under a sunny sky

Goal

To develop sustainable value chains and reduce poverty by increasing the capacity of at least 60 Agrodealers to serve farmers, hence the smallholder farmers access to competitive regional grain markets.

Objective

To support Agrodealers by building their capacity on grain bulking & aggregation and linking them to grain traders involved in cross boarders trade along the Uganda – Kenya, Uganda – Sudan, Uganda-Rwanda and Tanzania – Kenya borders.

Activities

  • Trained Agrodealers on grain standards, bulking and marketing, cross border trade requirements and standards.
  • Linked Agrodealers to grain traders.

Key Achievements

77
Agrodealers Trained on grain standards, bulking & marketing, cross border trade requirements & Standards
66
Agrodealers linked to cross border buyers
41
Agrodealers signing contracts with buyers
1,905
Smallholder farmers signing contracts with Agrodealers to supply Grain
11,891 MT
Volume of Grain/Produce sold by Agrodealers Across borders
2
Agrodealer Associations formed