Research
A number of preliminary assessment reports have been implemented by LOL
Please refer specifically to the following documents for more information:
MILK SHED MAPPING and SBO needs assessment
BDS ASSESSMENT
Programs that define how
services are expected to
contribute to development goals
can more easily:
Identify services and linkages
that are likely to bring significant
benefits to enterprises
Focus services on these benefits
Assess progress in achieving
impact
Adjust their programs to
maximize impact
Prior to the implementation of the KDSCP,
Land O’ Lakes (LOL) commissioned an
assessment of the milk production, SBOs and
collection potential in Rift Valley, Central and
Eastern Provinces. During the design stage it is
important to understand the market in its
complexity (constraints and opportunities)
and to identify the critical actors (their roles
and responsibilities) that must be on board
and other interventions that may impact on
the program.
Practitioners interested in systemic project design should have a sound understanding of the local context of
the market, and the norms, conditions and incentives that influence behavior. It is important to challenge the
prevailing conceptions that are inherent in being an external party. Scanning the market involves looking at the
broader market picture; identify market players and their functions and exploring the influences while also
shaping a future vision of the desired market change. The sources of understanding can be varied. A scan
could be done before a project is designed or implemented (such as KDSCP's milk shed mapping and SBO
needs assessments) or can be undertaken during the implementation of a project.
The KDSCP also commissioned a BDS
market assessment and BDS needs
analysis. A Business Development
Services (BDS) market assessment (MA)
is a research activity that yields a variety
of useful information about how a BDS
market is operating. To understand the
market, one needs to have examined
three key issues - demand, supply and
transactions (the interaction between
demand and supply). An assessment will
highlight the constraints to the growth
of the market and where opportunities
for stimulating commercial provision of
services to specific groups of enterprises
might lie.
To impact on enterprises and the industry we must improve the whole
market
To effectively intervene and improve the market we must understand it
Market assessments pinpoint market problems
We must identify interventions to overcome specific constraints
And ensure our interventions improve rather than distort markets
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