Course Overview

This intensive 5-day training course equips development practitioners, policy makers, and private sector actors with practical skills to design, implement, and manage Market Systems Development (MSD) interventions. The course focuses on understanding how market systems function, identifying systemic constraints, and facilitating sustainable, inclusive change by engaging market actors and strengthening supporting functions and rules. Participants will learn to apply MSD tools and approaches to improve market performance, inclusion, and resilience, particularly for smallholder farmers and SMEs.

Course Duration

5 Days

Target Audience

• Development Practitioners and Program Managers

• NGO and Donor-Funded Project Staff

• Government Officers and Policy Makers

• Private Sector Actors and Business Development Service Providers

• Agribusiness and Value Chain Specialists

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Professionals

Personal Impact

• Strong understanding of market systems concepts and MSD principles

• Practical skills in market analysis and systems thinking

• Ability to identify systemic constraints and root causes of market failure

• Enhanced capacity to design facilitative, sustainable interventions

• Increased confidence in applying MSD tools in real-world programs

Organizational Impact

• Improved effectiveness and sustainability of development programs

• Stronger alignment with donor and MSD best practices

• Enhanced private sector engagement and ownership

• More inclusive and resilient market outcomes

• Better measurement of systemic change and impact