Rural transport and traction enterprises for improved livelihoods/ Peter Crossley, Tim Chamen and Josef Kienzle.
Series: Diversification booklet ; no. 10Publication details: Rome : Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009.Description: vii, 92 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9789251061381
- 9251061386
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
- ORG HE316.D44 C76 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90).
This booklet focuses on promoting transport and traction services as viable diversification enterprises for smallholder farmers and other in rural areas. It considers the benefits that can arise from such enterprises, not only for smallholders themselves, but also to local communities in overall terms through increased productivity, improved and faster marketing, better mobility and reduced drudgery.--Publisher’s description.
Introduction -- Benefits of transport and traction enterprises -- Types and modes of transport and traction -- Feasibility of the enterprise -- Support services for transport and traction -- The role of advisers -- Challenges.
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