Linking small-scale producers and processors to dynamic and restructured local, regional and international markets for high value products  

The Regional Resource Centre for Rural Development (RRD)-Sida together with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zambia, hosted a working meeting 15-17 May 2007, in Zambia.  The meeting shared experiences from the Regoverning Markets programme, the agri-standards programme and other relevant initiatives in the Southern Africa region with Sida regional and country teams on the theme of Linking small-scale producers and processors to dynamic and restructured local, regional and international markets for high value products in East and Southern Africa. 

Amongst the resource persons were the authors of five country information sheets and the information sheet on standards for export which had been prepared through RRD-Sida funding.  The workshop report and the supporting presentations offer possible policy and intervention entry points that can remove barriers and increase access to dynamic markets for small-scale producers in SSA.

Country Information Sheets can be downloaded here [0]

Workshop Presentations can be downloaded here [0]