The Commercial Villages for Market Access & Financial Services project Launch- Uganda

The Commercial Villages for Market Access & Financial Services project is being implemented by Farm Concern International, FCI with support from Stromme Foundation and close collaboration with Community Volunteer Initiative for Development (COVOID) with the aim of improving market and trade efficiency for smallholder farmers and wholesale buyers along the target value chains. This will be achieved through the Commercial Village Model and business partnership development with various markets targeting 1000 households in 5 Commercial Villages in Rubirizi District of Uganda over a 15 months period. The project aims to systematically build capacity of the smallholders turning them into profitable farmers, increase incomes and build capacity of farming families for socio-economic growth and break-off poverty cycles.