Causal
chain
It is important to think through carefully what causal chain is implicit in the
initiative. What do you expect to happen, and how can you show that each
effect is causally linked back to the original inputs?
KDSC helps to transform the Kenyan dairy industry into a globally competitive, regional market leader, with the
overall goal of increasing smallholder household income from the sale of quality milk. Such programs, that develop
market systems, ultimately expect to improve market access for producers and help overcome exclusion. They also
ensure greater affordability of inputs and services, greater earnings as well as improved choice, reduced risk and
greater influence for small enterprises.
COMPONENT 1:
COMPONENT 2:
Establish a task force
Identify milk sheds and SBOs
Conduct value chain
Conduct SBO Needs Analysis
assessment & develop
Action Plan
Develop Standards and
Prioritize solutions, implement
SBO Business Plans and Milk
Shed Action Plan
Enact Policies
Facilitate market expansion
Promote embedded services
within SBOs
Facilitate institutional and
Encourage Quality-Based
association capacity building
Systems and contracts
SBO development initiatives
COMPONENT 3:
Conduct BDS Market Diagnosis
and Service Provider (SP) Needs
Analysis
Create Directory of SPs
Forge business-business linkages
Stimulate industry innovation
Facilitate BDS facilitators and V.C.
financing
Build capacity of SPs
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