Description

Socio-economic assessment of four Maendeleo Agricultural Technology Fund (MATF) projects, namely:

• The Diffusion of Tissue Culture Banana Technology to Small-scale Farmers through
Microcredit in Arumeru District (Tanzania),

• Sustainable Production, Seed Supply and Marketing of African Indigenous Vegetables
in Kiambu District (Kenya),

• Cassava Processing and Marketing in Nakasongola District (Uganda);

• Improving Chicken Production through Programmed Hatching and Cockerel Exchange in Rakai District (Uganda)

suggest that the MATF is achieving substantial impact on the livelihoods of smallholder crop and livestock producers.

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