A lesson from this TA is that the benefits of a regional TA approach seem strong in terms of applicability among GMS countries, and the potential for improving standards and value chains across different product categories is great. As one gets into the “retail” side of capacity development (where farmer and other producer beneficiaries are trained on how to produce according to the standards), the costs vis-à-vis the benefits of TAs from different activities and for different stakeholder groups may need to be shown before they attract donor buy-ins. That is, demonstrating quantitative impact effect becomes important, as well as quantitative impact indicators within the TAs themselves.
Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)