Africa, Case Studies, Market Access, Principle 3: Build local access and capacity, Regions, Subjects
Building Roads in Africa, Helping Farmers Access Markets
April 4, 2009 No comments yet
Poor infrastructure impedes access to resources and markets.
For example, in Africa, less than 50% of the rural population lives close to a four-seasons road. Transport can cost often constitute 50-60% of marketing costs in these situations.
The World Bank estimates that in India, fruit and vegetable post harvest losses amount to 40% of total production, or
