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Throughout most of Africa, small shops and traders bring
cigarettes and soft drinks to even remote villages. But fertilizer, seed,
and other critical farm inputs are often scarce or unavailable.
In most countries in which it has projects, SG 2000 promotes
the development of village stockists and the entry of farmers'
associations into input dealing. SG 2000 programmes
provide training in the handling of agricultural inputs and in managerial
issues. SG 2000 also helps find ways for input dealers to gain inventory
credit from banks and wholesalers. By bringing prospective dealers together
with agribusiness companies. SG 2000 helps input delivery networks proliferate.
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