Katalyst’s contribution to systemic change in the maize market

Katalyst is a market development programme that aims to increase the productivity and incomes of small farmers and micro and small enterprises by facilitating access to information, skills, services and market linkages.

Intervention description

The case study looks at Katalyst’s work to help develop the Bangladesh maize market.

Farmers were informed of maize demand and were able to meet this demand effectively through access to high quality inputs and effective market linkages.

Evidence methodology

The report relies on information generated through:

• the programme's monitoring and evaluation system
• the review of intervention documents
• interviews with programme staff

The data used is from the programme's monitoring and evaluation system which was successfully audited against the DCED Standard in 2016.

Further reading

Katalyst blog series:

• Lessons from 15 years of implementation
• Working on women-led distribution networks
• Extracting valid information from farmers
• Working with government