Seven thousand six hundred and twenty tons of agricultural commodities transported by bicycle: it must be Asia! But no, this is happening in Uganda, an East African country where the importance of bicycles as a means of transport for small-scale farmers is increasing dramatically. Bikes now dominate in the transportation of agricultural commodities produced within a 35-kilometre radius of selected retail markets around the capital city of Kampala. This is a striking and important new development forsmall farmers and consumers in sub-Saharan Africa-and the implications for agricultural and rural development are immense: a cheap, efficient and reliable source of transportation is crucial to any productive agricultural sector.
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