Deadline: 6 May 2014
Organised by Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation
Date: Mon 10 Nov 2014 until Fri 28 Nov 2014
This course takes market trends as a given, and market dynamics as a possible basis for sustainable development and examines the do’s and don’ts of market-led development. Participants will be challenged to find answers to the following interrelated questions:
- how can smallholders effectively engage in market development?
- how can they access markets better with their products?
These questions will be addressed in several modules. The module Market Participation deals with the market economic dynamics, and how to engage small-scale farmers and rural dwellers. The second module deals with all the issues a product comes across on its way to customers: the institutions that govern value chains. The third module deals with a strategic planning process and tools that can be used to develop appropriate and targeted action plans, project proposals and/or programmes.
The step-by-step development of ‘bankable’ project proposals, that are based on a selection of participants cases, and in which all the lessons learned will be practised and internalised, is an integral part of the curriculum.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course you will:
- be more competent in the area of market access by differentiating between issues related to market participation, chain governance and institutional change;
- understand conceptual frameworks related to market development which can be used to identify pro-poor and inclusive development opportunities;
- be able to support policymakers, development practitioners and professional service providers in their new role as market facilitators;
- be able to apply tools and instruments to develop market-led, pro-poor, inclusive and/or sustainable development interventions.
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