Market Systems Facilitation
Train cohort of mid-career professionals how to understand market systems, use diagnostic tools to identify systemic constraints and develop potential strategies for equitable growth.
This training program uses an applied learning approach to introduce market systems development to a cohort of experienced professionals working in support roles in Hawaiʻi’s agriculture and food cluster. The training teaches the concepts and guiding principles of a market systems approach to the cohort, helps them to map the data of the island's agricultural market ecosystem and guides them in putting these concepts into practice. The participants work in teams to analyze high potential agricultural value chains, identifying systemic constraints to growth within those value chains and recommending potential pilot projects for overcoming those constraints to improve growth opportunities for those who need them most.
Training participants use the system map below to organize and categorize data, problems and initiatives within the agricultural market system. The map is also used as a lens for analyzing individual market segments in a consistent and systematic manner.
