IDE PRISM Guidelines and Manual - Linking rural poor to markets & irrigation technology, 2005
| Implementing agency(ies) | International Development Enterprises (IDE) | |
|---|---|---|
| Date completed | February 2005 | |
| Geographic setting(s) | Rural | |
| Target Group(s) | Farmers | |
| Sub-sector(s) | Agriculture (general) | |
| Issues/challenges | integrating small holder farmers into markets; irrigation technology | |
| Contact person(s) | Mr. John Magistro | |
| Country(ies) | Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Viet Nam, Zambia |
- Description
For What's New Visitors, the latest documents are the 2005 PRISM brochure and guidelines.
IDE is implememting a new programmatic approach to smallholder wealth creation. Poverty Reduction through Irrigation and Smallholder Markets (PRISM) establishes a framework to operationalize integrated market systems for the rural poor, to organize smallholders to be competitive with larger-scale industries, and to incorporate sustainable natural resource management and gender equity goals, while continuing to emphasize smallholder access to, and control over, water for crop irrigation.
The PRISM manual derives from a thorough understanding of the subsector value chain and an accompanying array of Business Development Services that are needed to catalyze both demand and supply side market forces. Subsector analysis and Business Development Services market assessment tools and research methods serve as the methodological cornerstone of the PRISM model, driving the process of program design and implementation. The PRISM approach also seeks to make the smallholder competitive in the marketplace through vertical integration of production, inputs and outputs, and a focus on high value crops where smallholders have an advantage. In addition, the PRISM model views smallholders as potentially competitive with larger-scale agro-industrial producers through the introduction and linking of capital, credit, training, post harvest technologies, and information systems that are appropriate to smallholder needs, and by organizing the smallholder sector to be competitive in terms of production quantity and quality.
The PRISM brochure and guidelines provide a succinct and updated description of the IDE PRISM approach with examples from the countries in which IDE is implementing PRISM programs.
IDE PRISM Brochure 2005 (86 KB)