BDS Working Group
Exploring how Business Development Services can be made more accessible, effective, and tailored to the needs of agri-SMEs and farmer organizations. A space to exchange tools, approaches, and lessons from the field.
Whether you're a practitioner, researcher, funder or advocate, we welcome you in our Working Groups. Get involved, contribute your expertise, and help shape the future of agricultural enterprise growth. .
Join us to shape how the sector responds to some of it greatest challenges and opportunities. Reach out to us to join a Working Group and start making an impact.
Working Group Lead
Vanessa Rizzi
Supporting youth-led rural entrepreneurship
AgriGRADE
Scope Insight
Latest BDS WG Updates
Official launch of UBSP to strengthen BDS in Uganda
Congratulations to everyone involved in the launch of United Business Support Professionals Ltd. in Uganda.
Ghana Convenes National Platform to Transform Business Development Services
Forty-five stakeholders from government, finance, and agribusiness gathered at Ghana’s first National BDS Multi-Stakeholder Platform Conference, agreeing to form a Steering Committee and develop national BDS standards to professionalise the sector.
Kenya Charts a National Course for Standards-Driven BDS
The AMEA Kenya Local Network has launched the Kenya BDS Vision Handbook and a 2026 Catalytic Event Concept Note, setting out a coordinated, standards-driven roadmap to turn Business Development Services into measurable jobs, incomes, and growth for Kenya’s agri-SMEs and farmer organisations.
Join The BDS Working Group
Join us to shape how the sector responds to some of it greatest challenges and opportunities. Reach out to us to join a Working Group and start making an impact.