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This series of guides is designed to support
agencies implementing participatory agroenterprise development
programs operating within defined geographical areas. The
following four are on-line:
Good Practice Guide 1
Strategy Paper: A Participatory and
Area-based Approach to Rural Agroenterprise Development
 This
guide provides an overview of CIAT's approach to rural agroenterprise
development. The participatory and area-based or "territorial"
approach is derived from a number of methods and tools that
have been developed by the Rural Agroenterprise Development
project team and its partners through project work in Latin
America, Africa and Asia over the past 10 years. The aim of
this set of methods and tools is to meet the entrepreneurial
development needs of service providers.
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paper (322 kb).
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Good Practice Guide 2
A Participatory Guide to Developing
Partnerships, Area Resource Assessment and Planning Together
 This
guide is the second in a series of documents designed to support
agencies implementing participatory agroenterprise development
programs operating within defined geographical areas.
The aim of this guide is to provide a systematic means to:
- Select and evaluate an area.
- Establish an overall working group to support inter-institutional
agroenterprise development.
- Profile client groups to implement enterprises.
- Agree area plans for joint activities.
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guide (2175 kb).
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Good Practice Guide 3
Identifying Market Opportunities
for Rural Smallholder Producers
 This
guide combines market research, product concept evaluation
and business analysis techniques, within a practical, innovative
approach for identifying market opportunities for rural agroenterprise
development projects within a defined area or territory. The
participatory methods enable rural producers to make key decisions
in market analysis and evaluation.
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guide (1194 kb).
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Good Practice Guide 4
Participatory Market Chain Analysis
for Smallholder Producers
 This
guide was developed as a key step in the 'area-based approach
to rural agroenterprise development'. The guide is based on
the principles of developing market-led interventions that
go beyond single intervention projects. The aim of this guide
is to enable service providers to work with a range of actors
in selected market chains and design interventions that initiate
systemic changes in the marketplace.
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guide (4078 kb).
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sections.
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