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REPORT ON THE NATIONAL CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES (GAP) IN UGANDA 23rd to 25th January, 2007 Kampala, Uganda Final Report July 2007  Table of Contents 1. Background 3 1.1 Objectives 4 1.2 Activities 4 2. Workshop Description 4 2.1 Day 1 Summary 4 2.2 Day 2 Summary 6 3. Working group and Plenary discussions 6 3.1 Market Focus 6 3.2 Product Focus 8 3.3 Ownership and Coordination Mechanism 8 3.4 Identification of Key Stakeholders 8 3.5 Roles and Responsibilities 9 3.6 Proposed Implementation Plan of National GAP Programme 9 4. Way forward, Responsibilities and Implementation 11 5. High-level Policy Meeting 11 6. Conclusions 12 7. Recommendations for FAO follow up 12 Annexes 13 Annex 1. Workshop agenda 13 Annex 2. Participant List 15 Annex 3. Acronyms 19 List of Tables Table 1 Advantages and Disadvantages: Domestic Market versus Export Market Focus 7 Table 2 Possible responsibilities in GAP programme development and implementation 9 Table 3 Proposed Implementation of National GAP Programme through 4 Action Areas 10 Background This report is an outcome of the national consultative workshop that was held in Uganda co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Horticulture Promotion Organization of Uganda (HPOU) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). This workshop was held at Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda from January 23rd to 25th, 2007. The workshop was as a result of an FAO project which commenced with a consultative visit in July 2006 on the status of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Uganda. After this consultation, FAO, in agreement with HPOU and MAAIF, developed the terms of reference and funded a national consultative study to collect views of public and private stakeholders in the horticulture industry on the process of development and implementation of a National GAP programme in Ugan