Institute for Capacity Strengthening

These guidelines explore the ways that peer-to-peer learning networks of teachers and administrators can overcome many of the challenges traditionally associated with in-service training for...

This guide from CRS JWBG addresses Values Building Education. This is a two-year curriculum that guides students through a process of civic engagement and reflection on their relationships with their...

This guide promotes education for all in conservative areas, outlining a step-by-step process for bringing about positive change at the community level based on CRS' experience in working with...

How can we strengthen groups of farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging with markets and who aspire to successful agro-enterprise development? This manual provides advice for program...

This manual seeks to provide a basic understanding of marketing concepts and how this knowledge can be used to assist farmer groups to produce goods. It also aims to identify opportunities to...

This step-by-step manual is designed to help development agency staff lead smallholder farmers to use group marketing strategies that can increase the value of the goods they sell. It provides...

This manual seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The...

This manual combines market research, product concept evaluation and business analysis techniques that enable practitioners to identify market opportunities for rural agro-enterprise development...

This manual is part of a series of good practice guides describing the components of the participatory and area-based approach to rural agroenterprise development. The manual lays the groundwork for...

This collection of case studies describes how CRS and its partners worked with farmers and other stakeholders in Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia over the course of five years to...