Case Studies
Learning Into Action
AMEA has supported 9 countries to develop BDS Roadmaps. They are the locally driven, locally owned strategies for improving the BDS Market. The actions aim to improve the supply and demand of BDS, enabling the scaling up of proven approaches. Learning what is working and what is not is at the heart of these Roadmaps. This guides each Country platform to decide what to act upon. This is Learning into Action in practice. Find out more below and contribute to this essential work.
Uganda Cost Share Learning Brief
Free BDS doesn’t build markets. AMEA’s Cost Share Pilot in Uganda tested a different approach…
How PASDeR 3 has transformed agricultural unions in Benin
What does it take to move farmer organizations from passive aid recipients to active drivers of their own agricultural economies?
Comment le PASDeR 3 transforme les organisations socio-professionnelles au Bénin
Qu’est-ce qui permet aux organisations paysannes de passer du statut de bénéficiaires passifs à celui d’acteurs moteurs de leur propre développement agricole ?
NAFPO Grameen India Gender Responsive LIA Case Study
Rikolto’s BICHOBS project reached nearly 28,400 farmers across Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. AMEA’s latest Learning into Action case study unpacks what worked, what didn’t, and what it means for scaling BDS market systems.
BICHOBS Tanzania Horticulture LIA Case Study
Rikolto’s BICHOBS project reached nearly 28,400 farmers across Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. AMEA’s latest Learning into Action case study unpacks what worked, what didn’t, and what it means for scaling BDS market systems.
The 2SCALE Ethiopia KMFCU Public-private partnership
Over three years, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) achieved a breakthrough in business development services delivery—creating a tiered BDS model that generated exceptional returns while reaching over 1,200 agri-SMEs across four regions and twelve value chains.
ATI Agrihub – Scaling Agri-BDS in Ethiopia
Over three years, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) achieved a breakthrough in business development services delivery—creating a tiered BDS model that generated exceptional returns while reaching over 1,200 agri-SMEs across four regions and twelve value chains. With an 18:1 ROI on revenue increases and 84:1 ROI on capital mobilized, the ATI AgriHub program demonstrates how strategic segmentation and diagnostic-led approaches can revolutionize SME support systems, delivering ETB 3.16 billion in finance access while creating sustainable employment across Ethiopia’s agricultural sector.
Scaling Agri-BDS in the Ethiopian Barley Value Chain (Case Study)
A new AMEA-supported case study reveals how innovative approaches can unlock over $4 million in agricultural credit while achieving 95% repayment rates.
Agriculture in West Africa faces a persistent challenge: smallholder farmers struggle to access the financial services they need to grow their businesses and improve their livelihoods. In Benin, this reality has kept countless producers trapped in cycles of low productivity and limited market access.
Catalyzing Agricultural Growth in Benin (case study)
A new AMEA-supported case study reveals how innovative approaches can unlock over $4 million in agricultural credit while achieving 95% repayment rates.
Agriculture in West Africa faces a persistent challenge: smallholder farmers struggle to access the financial services they need to grow their businesses and improve their livelihoods. In Benin, this reality has kept countless producers trapped in cycles of low productivity and limited market access.
Veggies 4 Planet and People In Kenya and Ethopia – Case Study
This case study analyzes the roles played by aggregators within ABCs and how 2SCALE supported small producers and micro-entrepreneurs in the Benin pineapple value chain to have a balance of power with value chain actors.
Programme Agri-business cluster Benin (case study French)
This case study analyzes the roles played by aggregators within ABCs and how 2SCALE supported small producers and micro-entrepreneurs in the Benin pineapple value chain to have a balance of power with value chain actors.
Agri-business cluster program in Benin (case study)
This case study analyzes the roles played by aggregators within ABCs and how 2SCALE supported small producers and micro-entrepreneurs in the Benin pineapple value chain to have a balance of power with value chain actors.
Agri-Market support in Uganda (case study)
Self-Help Africa (SHA) implemented WFP’s Agriculture and Market Support (AMS) project in the districts of Adjumani and Kiryandongo, Uganda. This case study delves into the results (2022-2023).
Inclusive horticulture in Tanzania (case study)
This case study examines Rikolto’s “Building Inclusive and Competitive Horticulture
Businesses” (BICHOBS) project in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands.
GIZ “OPA d’excellence (Étude de cas French)
This case study examines GIZ’s OPA d’excellence approach to supporting cooperatives in Benin.
GIZ Professional Ag-Organisations (case study English)
This case study examines GIZ’s OPA d’excellence approach to supporting cooperatives in Benin.
Cooperative-driven development in Ethiopia (case study)
Nuru has developed an adaptive and locally-led cooperative development approach that has a lifetime of five to seven years, after […]
AMEA case study on access to finance for cocoa producers
Producer organisation access to finance: lessons from the cocoa sector in Cote d’Ivoire
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