Course overview
This course is part of MDC Academy's applied learning portfolio. It can be delivered as a standalone professional short course or adapted for universities, donor-funded programmes, NGOs, public agencies, and project teams.
Learning outcomes
- Map actors, institutions and bottlenecks
- Analyze value-chain coordination and incentives
- Design innovation platform interventions
- Prepare action plans for rural enterprise support
Indicative modules
- Agricultural innovation systems concepts
Includes guided practice, templates, discussion, and application planning. - Value-chain mapping and upgrading logic
Includes guided practice, templates, discussion, and application planning. - Innovation platforms and brokerage
Includes guided practice, templates, discussion, and application planning. - Youth enterprise and incubation linkages
Includes guided practice, templates, discussion, and application planning. - Field diagnosis and action planning
Includes guided practice, templates, discussion, and application planning.
Delivery approach
Sessions combine facilitator inputs, practical templates, group exercises, case discussion, reflection, and an action plan that participants can take back to their organizations.