Developing capacity for agricultural market chain innovation: Experience with the ‘PMCA’ in Uganda

Douglas Horton, Beatrice Akello, Lucy Aliguma, Thomas Bernet, A. Devaux, B. Lemaga, Damalie Babirye Magala, Sarah Mayanja, I. Sekitto, Graham Thiele, Claudio Ríos-Velasco · 2010 · Journal of International Development

Summary. The Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA), originally developed in the Andes to drive pro-poor agricultural innovation, was successfully adapted and applied in Uganda to stimulate technological and institutional innovation in local commodity chains. The approach requires intensive capacity development that builds social networks, shifts attitudes, and develops both technical and social skills among researchers, farmers, market agents, and policymakers working together across the value chain.

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Horton, D., Akello, B., Aliguma, L., Bernet, T., Devaux, A., Lemaga, B., Magala, D. B., Mayanja, S., Sekitto, I., Thiele, G., & Ríos-Velasco, C.. (2010). Developing capacity for agricultural market chain innovation: Experience with the ‘PMCA’ in Uganda. Journal of International Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1694

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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1694
Countries: Uganda, Peru, Bolivia
Regions: Africa, South America
Categories: agtech, innovation-networks, food-systems
Added: 2026-04-28