Katalyst
Acronym:
Agri-business for Trade Competitiveness Project (ATC_P)
Type of Organization:
Project
Country:
Bangladesh
Agri-business for Trade Competitiveness Project (ATC-P), branded as Katalyst is a market development project, implemented by Swisscontact in Bangladesh. Since 2002, the project has been working to increase the income of poor men and women in rural areas of Bangladesh. Currently, the project is in its Phase 3, which started from March 2014 and continues till March 2018. Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the project sustained from 2002 to 2013. During 2017-2018, Katalyst mainly focused to consolidate and anchor the project's learning and experiences with key public and private institutions in Bangladesh. Katalyst is co-funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the UK Government, and the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). The Katalyst project ended in March 2018 after 15 successful years. The project operated under the umbrella of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh.
Areas of activity:
Advise on agricultural innovations and conductin adoptation trials
Innovation Systems
knowledge management
Focus of Capacity Development:
Organizational
Location:
Resources from this Organisation
Analysing Export Readiness of the Vegetables Sector of Bangladesh
The study made a rigorous analysis of the production and export performance of the sector, challenges accompanying vegetables exports, backward and forward supply chain issues and requirements at the export destinations, and an assessment of government policies to address the supply side...
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2016Author(s):
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute- Upload file
Women's Economic Empowerment through Prawn Cultivation
Building on this potential, Katalyst’s Women’s Economic Empowement (WEE) sector designed an intervention to provide training in modern prawn cultivation techniques and input and create linkages between feed and aqua-chemical companies with women prawn farmers...
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2016Author(s):
GFA Consulting Group- Link to web resource
Inclusive-Market-Development-in-the-Agriculture-Sector-of-Bangladesh-Challenges-and-Opportunities
Inclusive Market Development (IMD) has potential to promote the economic development of the country through the collaborative efforts of different stakeholders (both public and private), by establishing new norms, delivering well-targeted programmes, and providing support to accelerate the pace...
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capacity development (CD)multi-stakeholder processesprivate sector engagementpublic sector engagement
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2016Author(s):
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies- Upload file
Roles and Opportunities for Private Sector in Agro-food Processing Industry of Bangladesh
Katalyst, one of the leading market development programs in Bangladesh, wanted to investigate the scope for growth of agro-food processing industry in Bangladesh and define the interventions that could facilitate the growth by addressing the key barriers for...
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2016Author(s):
Innovision Consulting Private Limited- Upload file
Everyone Deserves A Catalyst
This video campaign shows how the successful Katalyst Market Development Project in Bangladesh is facilitating access to high-value products, services and local sales markets. At the heart of this campaign is a new video featuring the cricket heroine Salma Khatun.
What do cricket stars...
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2016- Link to web resource
Why inclusive business makes business sense and what makes Katalyst useful?- lessons from the field
The goal of both of this report is to draw lessons from Katalyst’s experience which could be used more broadly. As the private sector assumes a more significant role in the architecture of development it is important to understand more clearly what benefits...
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2016Author(s):
Davis, P.- Link to web resource
External review of the value-addition of the Katalyst Innovation Fund (KIF) to the Katalyst portfolio in Phase 3
Innovation is one of the driving forces in development. However, innovation can be expensive and at times risky, which oſten prevents or delays the emergence of important new ideas. That is why Katalyst project has launched the Innovation Fund initiative, a...
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2016Author(s):
Wright, M.- Upload file
ICT-based Customer Care Solution for Poor Farmer
The ‘ICT based Customer Care Solution for Poor Farmers’ is a case study that highlights Katalyst project’s work in developing low cost ICT solutions for farmers by collaborating with various public and private sector partners. The case study specifically...
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2017Author(s):
Ansari, S.Ara, S.- Link to web resource
Improving Public Agricultural Extension Services in Bangladesh Using the M4P Approach
The extensive case study on ‘Improving Public Agricultural Extension Services in Bangladesh Using the M4P Approach’ illustrates Katalyst project’s experience in terms of designing interventions in the Local Government Services (LGS) sector, from testing them...
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2014Author(s):
Nippard, D.- Link to web resource
Katalyst's Contribution to Systemic Change- The Adopt, Adapt, Expand, Respond Cases
The case studies use a framework developed jointly by Katalyst project and Springfield Centre to capture changes of market systems supported by the project. They describe developments in input markets of...
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2015Author(s):
Taylor, B.Lomax, J.Smith, K.- Link to web resource
Commercialising Bio-Pesticides in Bangladesh
Often, farmers excessively use chemical pesticides with detrimental effects on environmental and human health.The ‘Commercialising Bio-Pesticides in Bangladesh’ mini case study explains how the Katalyst project and private sector partner Ispahani Agro Ltd....
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2015Author(s):
GFA Consulting Group- Link to web resource
Licensing Fish Brood Import
The ‘Licensing Fish Brood Import’ mini case study shows how Katalyst facilitated the linkage between local hatcheries and international brood sources and together with the Department of Fisheries established a standard...
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2015Author(s):
GFA Consulting Group- Link to web resource