Agriculture Publications - Springfield Centre

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

Agriculture Case Study Facilitation Western, Northern & Central Africa

Education and lasting access to fertiliser: How Nigerian smallholders and businesses are prospering together

Propcom Mai-karfi, Nigeria, August 2014 A case study exploring the DFID-funded Propcom initiative’s efforts to increase smallholder farmers’ access to…

Springfield Centre20/08/2014

Blog Post

Farmer groups: Why we love them, why we do them and why they fail

Someone once told me that I couldn’t be a real agriculturalist until I had at least one failed chicken project…

Tim Stewart07/01/2014

Agriculture Case Study Eastern & Southern Africa Facilitation

Improving input supply markets in the Somali Region of Ethiopia

Mercy Corps, June 2013 A new case study co-researched and written with Mercy Corps to explore how their RAIN programme…

Springfield Centre20/06/2013

Agriculture Case Study Facilitation Southern Asia

Making ICT Work for Bangladesh’s Farmers

KATALYST, Bangladesh, November 2012 This case study explores Katalyst’s efforts to enable the country’s leading telecoms operators to develop service…

Springfield Centre20/11/2012

Agriculture Case Study Facilitation Western, Northern & Central Africa

Making Tractor Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria

PrOpCom Nigeria, October 2011 This case study details the experience of the PrOpCom programme in developing the market for commercially-provided…

Springfield Centre20/10/2011

Agriculture Case Study Facilitation Western, Northern & Central Africa

Making Fertiliser Markets Work for the Poor in Nigeria

PrOpCom Nigeria, September 2011 The case study documents the programme’s engagement with large fertiliser companies to improve their commercial marketing…

Springfield Centre20/09/2011