Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation Publications & guides
You can find all our publications and reports at research@wur.
We also publish books and guides, we have listed them below.
Our books and guides
Knowledge in Action
At Wageningen University & Research we want our knowledge and insights to create a major impact on society. Therefore we strive to increase the value of our knowledge. Our experts at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation create this value by bringing knowledge into action.
This brochure gives you an overview of our five action lines, supported with two examples each, in which our inspired and committed experts support various parties worldwide in creating inclusive and sustainable food systems.
Managing for sustainable development impact
This guide is meant to help leaders, managers, decision-makers, M&E staff and other development practitioners navigate their organizations and development initiatives more effectively towards sustainable development impact. It provides ideas, theories and tools.
The MSP Guide: How to design and facilitate multi-stakeholder partnership

The guide has been written for those directly involved in MSPs to provide both the conceptual foundations and practical tools that underpin successful partnerships. What's inside draws on the direct experience of Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation staff in supporting MSP processes world-wide.
Hardcopies of The MSP Guide can be ordered by sending an e-mail to info.cdi@wur.nl or download the PDF version (4 MB).
Reflection Methods:
Practical Guide
This Guide summarises methods that can be used to facilitate the process of reflection on the knowledge and experiences people acquire during a capacity development trajectory or learning process of an MSPs.
Authors: Femke Gordijn with Natalia Eernstman, Jan Helder and Herman Brouwer (2018). See for downloads & ordering hardcopies http://www.mspguide.org/tool/reflection.
Course calendar 2020
Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI) aims to strengthen capacity for sustainable development through projects, advisory services, action research and short courses for professionals. WCDI is part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and our work is based on WUR’s mission to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Take a look at our Course Calendar 2020.
Farmers income lab
These quick scans, commissioned by the Farmer Income Lab, are part of a wider research effort looking at, “What are the most effective actions that lead buyers can take to enable smallholder farmers in global supply chains to meaningfully increase their incomes?”
Farmer Income Lab quick scans
- WCDI-18-023 Access to Finance
- WCDI-18-024 Agro-Corridors
- WCDI-18-025 Certification
- WCDI-18-026 Climate Change Adaptation
- WCDI-18-027 Crop Insurance
- WCDI-18-028 Farmer Field Schools
- WCDI-18-029 Agricultural Input Subsidies
- WCDI-18-030 Land Tenure Security
- WCDI-18-031 Market Information Systems
- WCDI-18-032 Outgrower Schemes and Contract Farming
- WCDI-18-033 Post-harvest Loss Prevention
- WCDI-18-034 Pricing Arrangements
- WCDI-18-035 Producer Organizations
- WCDI-18-036 Productivity Enhancement
- WCDI-18-037 Savings-led Group Models
- WCDI-18-040 Income Intervention Quick Scan: Poverty Graduation
Enhancing the wise use of wetlands: A framework for capacity development
Gevers, G.J.M.; Koopmanschap, E.M.J. et al. 2012. ISBN: 978-94-6173-406-8. Download the book (3 Mb) here or from the Ramsar Convention website. Hardcopies can be ordered by sending an e-mail to info.cdi@wur.nl.
Scoping the potential of blockchain technology for agri-food production chains in low and middle income countries
Blockchain Technology (BCT) is still in the early stages of development. A proliferation of BCT experiments within the agri-food sector demonstrate the high level of interest in the technology, both in public and private sectors. This study will provide information on the technology, the decisions that are at the basis of implementing BCT projects, and the potential of BCT for the agri-food sector and value chains originating in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs).
Download the study (2019) "A chain of possibilities".
It takes two to trade: understanding and improving farmer-firm relations in Africa
This book aims to increase understanding about and improve the business relationships between farmers and firms: farmer–firm relations. The book is based on the expectation that direct commercial relations between supplying farmers and buying firms will be far more important in the near future than they are at present. At the same time, the book responds to the observation that smooth relations between farmers and firms can be difficult to establish and sustain.
Download the booklet "It takes two to trade: understanding and improving farmer-firm relations in Africa".
A practical guide to make inclusive agribusiness experiences accessible and inspiring
The world of inclusive agribusiness (IAB) is one of enthusiasm, innovation, and hoped-for structural change in how business is done. Case studies play an important role in learning effectively from these innovations, by making the experiences and lessons gleaned from them accessible and inspiring to others. Yet there is a structural lack of good examples that can adequately inform and influence investments and new initiatives.
Read the complete guide (2018) "Creating effective case studies : a practical guide to making inclusive agribusiness experiences accessible and inspiring".
Using a Theory of Scaling (ToS) to guide decision making
This guide is a first step towards using a theory of change approach in the design, implementation, and evaluation of change initiatives that include a significant scaling ambition.
Read the complete guide (2016) "Using a Theory of Scaling (ToS) to guide decision making".
Community biodiversity management: Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources

Boef, W.S. de; Subedi, A; Peroni, N; Thijssen, M; O'Keeffe, E. (eds.) 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-50220-7. Published by Earthscan, Routledge. Paperback and hardback. Download available via Community biodiversity management.
More guides & books
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Making evaluations matter: a practical guide for evaluators
Wageningen : Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - ISBN 9789085859710 - p.
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Chain-wide learning for inclusive agrifood market development : a guide to multi-stakeholder processes for linking small-scale producers to modern markets
Wageningen : International Institute for Environment and Development - ISBN 9789085049647 - p.
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Collaborating to boost sustainable cocoa production in Indonesia : case study
Wageningen : Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation - p.
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Seed companies and the Tanzanian horticulture sector: case study
Wageningen : Wageningen Centre for Development Studies - p.
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Making Vegetable Markets Work for Smallholders Myanmar
Wageningen : Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research - p.