Innovations & Case Studies
Learn how to implement smallholder service delivery innovations with our practical guides and case studies.
Innovation Guides
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Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS)
This guide contains actionable steps on how to design and implement a Farm Management Information System (FMIS). FMIS can benefit various stakeholders in agricultural value chains, enabling the use of data to make better informed decisions around service delivery and procurement.
Block Farms
Block farming is a model that works by establishing a single contiguous large area of agricultural land and parceling this into numerous smaller plots. In this guide we provide actionable guidance for companies either implementing or looking to implement a block farming model. It is also useful to organizations and donors supporting companies in setting up or strengthening a block farm model.
Commission-based agent networks
This guide contains actionable steps on how to design and implement a Commission-based Agent Network. Our insights on last mile delivery demonstrate how leveraging intermediaries such as agents can reduce costs and help scale a business model.
Innovation Case Studies
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Service Hubs: One-Stop Centres to Cater for Farmers’ Needs More Effectively
Service hubs are "one-stop shop" facilities, often set up in remote areas, designed to provide farmers, SMEs, and agribusinesses with convenient access to a variety of agricultural services.
Achieving a Sustainable, Well-Functioning Service Coalition Through a Service Coalition Manager
A Service Coalition Manager (SCM) is a strategic function created to coordinate and manage the relationships and exchange of services between value chain actors in a service coalition (e.g. input providers, off-takers, financial service providers). The mandate of the SCM is to align coalition members on a common strategy, coordinate division of roles and responsibilities, and facilitate data sharing to create synergy in joint service delivery to smallholders and manage a sustainable service coalition.
Closing Last-Mile Delivery Gaps by Rapidly Building a Commission-Based Agent Network
Agent networks seek to cover the last mile of service delivery, thus bridging gaps between companies and smallholder farmers (SHFs). This innovation is also known as community-based agents, rural promoters, last-mile deliverers, village-based agents, agri-entrepreneurs etc.
A Service Coalition Structure to address Challenges in Kenya’s Aquaculture Value Chain
A service coalition is a strategy that builds or strengthens horizontal coalitions of value chain players (VCPs) that coordinate the delivery of complementary goods and services to farmers. Service coalition provides the benefit of specialized complex service provision while offering farmers a wide range of complementary services.
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