disease pandemics (such as Continuous cassava brown streak virus, various potato diseases, and rice diseases such as yellow mottle virus) through close communication with Ugandan and international research institutes and plant protection agencies Standard mitigation measures are part of the CSFS intervention package that incorporates plant health through chemical and natural means Specific mitigation measures will be developed in collaboration with research institutes and plant protection agencies once new/specific threats are identified Government intervention Medium Medium - CATALIST-Uganda will stay Continuous in agricultural markets high abreast of developments from: through EKN and its own Market unfriendly networks regulation As the timing and effects of Price controls government intervention can Subsidies be unpredictable and Free distribution of the appropriate course inputs of action will be decided as Rent-seeking and events unfold favoritism CATALIST-Uganda participates in policy and stakeholder networks through project beneficiaries and partners to advocate for market-friendly policies and regulations Changes in the overall Medium Medium CATALIST-Uganda Continuous investment climate or in participates in policy and During the development the investment climate stakeholder networks through of cluster risk mitigation affecting individual project beneficiaries and strategies actors/investors partners to advocate for market-friendly policies and regulations CATATIST-Uganda will facilitate the development of resilient ABCs including the development of risk-mitigating strategies to enable ABCs to withstand a reasonable amount of external shocks Project activities that focus on decreasing production costs, bulking of inputs/outputs, etc. increase cluster resilience Economic insecurity Low High CATALIST-Uganda will stay Continuous Risk of abreast of developments instability through EKN and its own networks
disease pandemics (such as cassava brown streak virus, various potato diseases, and rice diseases such as yellow mottle virus) through close communication with Ugandan and international research institutes and plant protection agencies Standard mitigation measures are part of the CSFS intervention package that incorporates plant health through chemical and natural means Specific mitigation measures will be developed in collaboration with research institutes and plant protection agencies once new/specific threats are identified Continuous Government intervention in agricultural markets from: Market unfriendly regulation Price controls Subsidies Free distribution of inputs Rent-seeking and favoritism Medium Medium - high CATALIST-Uganda will stay abreast of developments through EKN and its own networks As the timing and effects of government intervention can be unpredictable and the appropriate course of action will be decided as events unfold CATALIST-Uganda participates in policy and stakeholder networks through project beneficiaries and partners to advocate for market-friendly policies and regulations Continuous Changes in the overall investment climate or in the investment climate affecting individual actors/investors Medium Medium CATALIST-Uganda participates in policy and stakeholder networks through project beneficiaries and partners to advocate for market-friendly policies and regulations CATATIST-Uganda will facilitate the development of resilient ABCs including the development of risk-mitigating strategies to enable ABCs to withstand a reasonable amount of external shocks Project activities that focus on decreasing production costs, bulking of inputs/outputs, etc. increase cluster resilience Continuous During the development of cluster risk mitigation strategies Economic insecurity Risk of instability Low High CATALIST-Uganda will stay abreast of developments through EKN and its own networks Continuous
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