INSIGHT.
Better Development starts with understanding where programme assumptions meet reality
- and where they don't.
Sometimes the small details reveal surprising lessons.
These micro-observations about tree growers have outsized implications for designing interventions that actually work. They illustrate why we can't design for how we think the world works or how it should work, but for how it truly functions in practice.
Everyone's an agent
Agent dynamics in timber value chains are probably not what you think. (Sorry to say, they're more complicated!)
"We'll contribute for weddings but won't hire a truck together"
Are expectations of Producer Associations unrealistic, and what should be done?
Smallholder tree growers - which ones do you mean?
When you think "smallholder tree growers" you might imagine rural community members with low capital. But there's a wide range of profiles and they want different things (but none of them are talking about improving silviculture practices).