TY  - EJOUR
AB  - FON is a Ugandan company which trains farmers to cultivate Fair trade and grow organic fresh fruits. They developed a simple low-tech solar drying technology and sell dried fruits internationally, and in doing so have improved skills and incomes along the supply chain. Annual exports amount to 100 tones bought from 120 primary producer groups, grown by about 700 farmers. Producer groups are given hygiene, drying and business training, and farmers are given cultivation training. The company’s current challenge is to improve production quality in the context of ever rising competition and requirements from European buyers.
AU  - Yamoah, Fred
AU  - Brett, Adam
AU  - Morris, Ian
DA  - 2014-07-01
DA  - 2014-07-01
DO  - ISSN #: 1559-2448
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.179489
DO  - Other
DO  - doi
ED  - IFAMR,   IFAMA
ED  - editor
EP  - 56
EP  - 49
ID  - 179489
IS  - B
JF  - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Agricultural Finance
KW  - Community/Rural/Urban Development
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - Demand and Price Analysis
KW  - Environmental Economics and Policy
KW  - Farm Management
KW  - International Development
KW  - International Relations/Trade
KW  - Labor and Human Capital
KW  - solar technology
KW  - producer cooperatives
KW  - healthy dried fruits
KW  - strategic partnerships
KW  - international markets
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179489/files/FON_5.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179489/files/FON_5.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179489/files/FON_5.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179489/files/FON_5.pdf
N1  - The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
N2  - FON is a Ugandan company which trains farmers to cultivate Fair trade and grow organic fresh fruits. They developed a simple low-tech solar drying technology and sell dried fruits internationally, and in doing so have improved skills and incomes along the supply chain. Annual exports amount to 100 tones bought from 120 primary producer groups, grown by about 700 farmers. Producer groups are given hygiene, drying and business training, and farmers are given cultivation training. The company’s current challenge is to improve production quality in the context of ever rising competition and requirements from European buyers.
PY  - 2014-07-01
PY  - 2014-07-01
SP  - 49
T1  - Harnessing the Power of Africa's Sun to Produce Healthy Products for International Markets: The Case of Fruits of the Nile (FON), Uganda
TI  - Harnessing the Power of Africa's Sun to Produce Healthy Products for International Markets: The Case of Fruits of the Nile (FON), Uganda
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179489/files/FON_5.pdf
VL  - 17
Y1  - 2014-07-01
T2  - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
T2  - Volume 17
T2  - Special Issue B
ER  -