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Fostering & Scaling Innovation: The Sahaj Challenge Fund

What does innovation actually look like in frontier markets? It’s not always a breakthrough product or a shiny platform. It…

Springfield Centre29/01/2026

Agriculture Case Study Measuring Sustainability Measuring Systemic Change Southern Asia

MDF: Systemic Change in the Fodder Market for Smallholder Farmers in Pakistan

MDF in Pakistan was part of a flagship, multi-country Australian Government program which aims to create additional employment and income…

Rachel Shah30/05/2022

Agriculture Case Study Measuring Sustainability Southern Asia

The Enter-Growth Programme: A Decade On

In market systems development programmes, is ‘sustainability’ a realistic project objective or just a baseless buzzword? One of the core…

Rachel Shah07/05/2020

Systemic Change in the Sri Lankan Crab Sector

Agriculture Case Study Measuring Systemic Change Southern Asia

Systemic Change in the Sri Lankan Fisheries Sector

Market Development Facility (MDF) Sri Lanka commissioned research into the evolution of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) market in Northern…

Springfield Centre17/12/2019

Agriculture Facilitation Southern Asia

Working with Private Sector for Development – Experiences and Lessons from AIP-Rural

This case study is part of the AIP-Rural Learning Series. Development agencies are increasingly recognising how businesses’ investment, innovations, expertise, efficiency…

Springfield Centre12/08/2019

Agriculture Case Study Southern Asia

Katalyst’s Contribution to Systemic Change

The Springfield Centre, June 2016 This suite of case studies seeks to examine how systemic change has happened over three…

Springfield Centre01/06/2016

Adaptive Management Agriculture Case Study Southern Asia

Using Information on Results in Program Management – The Case of Samarth-NMDP in Nepal

Samarth-NMDP, Nepal, September 2015 As a Consortium partner for Samarth Nepal Market Development Program (Samarth-NMDP), the Springfield team have supported…

Springfield Centre20/09/2015

Adaptive Management Agriculture Case Study Southern Asia

Samarth-NMDP Results Measurement System User Manual 2015

Samarth-NMDP, Nepal, August 2015 The Samarth-NMDP Results Measurement System User Manual 2015 is a manual developed with Springfield Centre support…

Springfield Centre20/08/2015

Agriculture Case Study Facilitation Southern Asia

Improving Agricultural Extension Services in Bangladesh Using the M4P Approach

KATALYST, Bangladesh, October 2014 This case study explores the approach taken by the Katalyst programme in supporting Bangladesh’s public agricultural…

Springfield Centre20/10/2014

Adaptive Management Agriculture Paper Southern Asia

Making Sense of ‘Messiness’

The Springfield Centre and Samarth-NMDP, February 2014 This paper provides a critical practitioner insight into how a large, multi-sector market…

Springfield Centre20/02/2014

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