Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course in Johannesburg, South Africa
Classroom training in Johannesburg · next cohort Nov 2, 2026 · from USD 3,400
Agricultural programmes often report training numbers and hectares while the questions that matter go unanswered: did incomes rise, did buyers and suppliers change how they trade, and will the change last once funding ends? Measuring market-level change calls for different tools from those used in a conventional project.
This five-day programme equips you to design results chains and theories of change for value chain and market systems interventions, select indicators for farmers, agribusinesses and service providers, and apply the DCED Standard for results measurement. You work on baseline and endline surveys, sampling, income and gross margin calculations, attribution and contribution analysis, the Adaptation, Adoption, Expansion, Responses framework, and learning approaches for adaptive management. Sessions also cover gender and youth inclusion, data quality checks, digital tools such as KoboToolbox, dashboards and reporting to donors. Monitoring and evaluation officers, programme managers, agribusiness advisers, donor representatives and government extension planners will gain the most. You return able to build a monitoring plan for a live programme, defend your methods to a funder and turn findings into decisions. Classroom, online and in-house options lead to a CPD-accredited certificate.
At a Glance
Training in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg is South Africa's economic heart, home to the JSE and the head offices of Africa's largest companies.
More about training in Johannesburg →- Format
- Classroom, in Johannesburg
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 3,400
- Next start dates
- Nov 2, 2026, Nov 30, 2026, Dec 28, 2026
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Airport
- O.R. Tambo International (JNB)
- Time zone
- South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2)
- Currency
- South African rand (ZAR). Fees are listed in USD.
- Business districts
- Sandton, Rosebank and Midrand
About this course
Donors, governments and investors now ask agribusiness and market development programmes to show lasting change in how markets work, not only short-term output. Smallholder incomes, firm growth, jobs, resilience and inclusion must be tracked across several actors at once, and attribution is rarely straightforward when many influences shape the same value chain.
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course introduces a practical measurement system from design to learning. Participants map value chains and market systems, draft results chains, define indicators for different actors and build a monitoring plan with data sources, frequencies and responsibilities. The course then moves to quantitative and qualitative data collection, sampling, income analysis, evaluation designs suited to market programmes, and the interpretation of systemic change such as crowding-in and copying by other firms.
Delivery combines concise presentations with worked data sets, group design clinics and short field-style scenarios drawn from dairy, horticulture, grains and export crop chains. Participants finish with a monitoring and evaluation framework for their own programme, a data quality checklist and a reporting outline suitable for a donor.
Training Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Map a value chain and its supporting functions and rules to identify where change is expected.
- Develop results chains and a theory of change for an agribusiness or market systems programme.
- Select SMART indicators for farmers, enterprises and service providers, including gender and youth measures.
- Apply the DCED Standard elements to measure and report results credibly.
- Design baseline, midline and endline surveys with sound sampling and questionnaires.
- Estimate attributable income, gross margin and employment change.
- Assess systemic change using contribution analysis and adoption-expansion-response tracking.
- Use findings to support adaptive management, learning and donor reporting.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants take away the following:
- A results chain and indicator set for a programme of their choice.
- A monitoring plan template with data sources, frequency and responsibilities.
- A sampling and questionnaire guide for farmer and firm surveys.
- A worked income and gross margin calculation they can repeat.
- A method for capturing and describing systemic change.
- A learning agenda and reporting outline suited to donor requirements.
Training Methodology
Sessions follow the sequence of a real measurement system and keep participants working with data:
- Design clinics where groups draft results chains for their own programmes
- Worked data sets from dairy, horticulture and grain chains
- Hands-on mobile data collection using free tools
- Short field-style scenarios on interviewing farmers and traders
- Facilitator feedback on each group's monitoring plan
Day 1: Value Chain and Market Systems Thinking
- Value chain mapping: actors, flows, margins and constraints
- The market systems approach: core functions, supporting functions and rules
- Inclusive markets, gender and youth considerations
- From problem analysis to intervention strategy
- Drafting a theory of change
- Group work: mapping a chain from a participant's own context
Day 2: Results Chains, Indicators and Monitoring Plans
- Building results chains with clear assumptions
- Universal and custom indicators for agribusiness programmes
- Quantitative and qualitative indicator types
- The DCED Standard for results measurement
- Monitoring plans: sources, frequency and responsibility
- Exercise: drafting an indicator matrix
Day 3: Data Collection and Quality
- Designing surveys for farmers and enterprises
- Sampling methods and sample size
- Digital collection with KoboToolbox and ODK
- Interviews, focus groups and key informant methods
- Data quality assurance and ethics
- Practical: building and testing a short mobile questionnaire
Day 4: Measuring Impact and Systemic Change
- Calculating income, gross margin, yield and employment change
- Attribution, counterfactuals and comparison groups
- Contribution analysis and outcome harvesting
- The AAER framework: adaptation, adoption, expansion and response
- Estimating cost per beneficiary and value for money
- Exercise: analysing sample dairy chain survey data
Day 5: Learning, Reporting and Adaptive Management
- Data analysis in spreadsheets and basic visualisation
- Reviewing results with partners and making decisions
- Adaptive management and pivot decisions
- Evaluation terms of reference and commissioning
- Reporting to donors and communicating success stories honestly
- Action plan for applying the methods at work
The course serves practitioners who plan, run or fund agricultural and enterprise development work, such as:
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning officers
- Programme and project managers in agribusiness and food security
- Value chain and market systems facilitators
- Agribusiness advisers and business development service providers
- Ministry of agriculture planners and extension managers
- Donor and development partner programme officers
- Cooperative, SACCO and farmer organisation managers
- Researchers and consultants evaluating agricultural programmes
On completing all sessions and the practical exercises, participants receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course Venues
South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400Viewing- South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course in Johannesburg
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course runs as classroom training in Johannesburg, South Africa, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Johannesburg cohort starts on November 2, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Johannesburg" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course in Johannesburg is USD 3,400 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes. Besides Johannesburg, Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course runs as classroom training in Pretoria and Cape Town. It also runs as live online training you can join from anywhere in South Africa, and in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course can be delivered at your offices in Johannesburg or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
By the end of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems programme, you'll be able to map a value chain and its supporting functions and rules to identify where change is expected, develop results chains and a theory of change for an agribusiness or market systems programme, select smart indicators for farmers, enterprises and service providers, including gender and youth measures, and apply the dced standard elements to measure and report results credibly. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course serves practitioners who plan, run or fund agricultural and enterprise development work, such as: Monitoring, evaluation and learning officers, Programme and project managers in agribusiness and food security, Value chain and market systems facilitators, Agribusiness advisers and business development service providers, Ministry of agriculture planners and extension managers, Donor and development partner programme officers, Cooperative, SACCO and farmer organisation managers, and Researchers and consultants evaluating agricultural programmes.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agribusiness, Value Chains & Market Systems Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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