Working under contract to the
U.S. Agency for Inter-national Development and other foreign aid donors,
Chemonics designs and implements development projects in many of the world’s
developing coun-tries. Integrating a range of consulting capabilities, we offer
solutions in financial services, private sector development, health,
envi-ronmental management, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, democracy and
governance, and agri-culture. Through our work, we promote meaningful change by
helping people live healthier, more pro-ductive, and more indepen-dent lives.
Uganda Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Program
From 2003 to 2008, the USAID Uganda Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Program (APEP) focused on strengthening the commercial viability of selected cash and food crops via an integrated commodity system, or value chain, approach. Simply stated, the value chain approach recognizes the importance of sound private sector, market-driven business strategies to achieve sustainable growth. APEP’s value chain approach centered on creating a critical mass of capable local producers and support industries, such as input suppliers, and linking them to local, regional, and international markets. This video provides an overview of this approach using the coffee value chain as an example.
