1. Achieving Scale
in Value Chain

2. 1. Experience in scaling
- Depends on specific context
- Access to Finance
- Innovative marketing approach
- Tailor made support services
- Difficult to identify market players to scale
up through.
- Scaling is limited to the budget
- Plan scaling from the beginning

3. 2. Constraint and Impediments
- Scaling cannot be the responsibility of the
project only.
- Geographical and cultural limitations of the
tested innovations.
- Poor capacity of Value chain actors.
- Dependent on attitude of farmer.
- Contradictory approaches of donors.

4. 3. Strategies to reach scaling
- Analyze the sector before planning
- Plan for up-scaling from the onset
- Involve all stakeholders
- Comprehensive monitoring and
documentation
- Engage private sector
- Facilitation of the VC actors
- Improve coordination among development
actors

5. 4. Good practices and
1. Be flexible and Patient
2. Depend on the context
3. Difficult to identify
market players to scale
up through.
4. Traditional approaches of
development projects
often don’t allow to scale
up .
5. Plan scaling from the
beginning
Lessons
1. PS does R&D activity
2. Access to Finance
3. Innovative marketing
approach
4. Tailor made support
service

6. 5. What support We need
1. Capacity building on
market systems
development
And Who?
1. Market system
and multi
sector
experience
1. Project
(Study and
Research)
2. Systemic approach 2. Policy dialog 2. Government