This Agriculture Value Chain Training provides participants with the knowledge and skills to navigate and enhance each stage of the agricultural value chain, ensuring efficient processes and improved market linkages.

Participants will learn how to identify key components of value chains, manage risks, and create value chain projects that drive growth and sustainability in agriculture. The training also explores market systems, financing, and the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural projects.

This program is available in person or virtually and includes a certification upon completion.

Program Objectives

By the end of this training, the participants will be able to understand about:

• The market systems
• Value chain cycle
• Value chain financing
• Designing and implementing value chain project
• M&E of Value Chain Project
• Risk management in value chain

Target Audience

This training on agriculture value chain management and market Linkages targets participants working in agriculture research, value chain and market development projects managers, government institutions, NGO staff, and agribusinesses.

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online: 7 Days

Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Agriculture Value Chain

• Definition of value chain.
• Key concepts in value chain.
• Value chain cycle.

Module 2: Value Chain Analysis

• Introduction to value chain development.
• Key concepts in value chain analysis.
• Value chain analysis process.
• Mapping a value chain.
• Tools and techniques in value chain analysis.
• Case study: Value chain analysis.

Module 3: Market Analysis and Development

• Introduction to market analysis.
• Supply, demand, and price setting.
• Standards and certification.
• Analyzing competition.

Module 4: Market Linkages

• Introduction to market linkages.
• Types of market linkages.
• Factors affecting success of linkages.
• Enabling environment in market linkages.

Module 5: Value Chain Governance

• Introduction to value chain governance.
• Importance of value chain governance.
• Types of value chain governance.
• Analyzing value chain governance.

Module 6: Value Chain Financing

• Introduction to Value Chain Financing.
• Type of Value Chain Finance.
• Instruments to promote agricultural value chain finance.

Module 7: Agriculture Value Chain Project Design 

• Formulation of the project goal statement.
• Project causal pathway design.
• Development of a logical framework.

Module 8: Monitoring and Evaluation of VC Development Projects

• Selection of Key Indicators.
• Development of Performance Measurement Framework.
• Evaluation of VC and Market Linkages Projects.
• Impact Assessment of VC and Market Linkages Projects.

Module 9: Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture Value Chain 

• Gender Analysis in Value Chains.
• Integrating Gender Issues into Agricultural Value Chain Process.
• Constraints in Gender Integration in Value Chains.

Delivery Method

This program is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work and case studies. Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be awarded a certificate of course completion

Course Booking

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