"CDCS" Intervention Transforming Agribusiness, Empowering Farmers, Driving Sustainable Growth."
CDCS® has consistently delivered transformative market-system change across Bangladesh through high-impact development partnerships and strategic project execution. Under its multi-donor collaboration with Katalyst, CDCS® introduced modern post-harvest practices that fundamentally reshaped behavior and culture within agricultural value chains. Innovations such as the use of crates and small agro-packaging, improved cleaning and disinfectant protocols, and enhanced product-handling methods strengthened food safety, reduced post-harvest losses, and significantly improved shelf-life management. These interventions set new operational standards and enabled farmers, traders, and agribusinesses to adopt more efficient, competitive, and quality-driven practices.
Through its Strategic Partner Network (CDCS®-SPAN) of nine private sector partners CDCS® trained 242 professionals reaching 65,105 farmers and agro-entrepreneurs—including 30,738 women across 26 districts. Seven Good Post-harvest Practices (CDCS®-GPP7) were disseminated and adopted, earning international recognition, including a Global Best Practice Award for Novartis Bangladesh. Building on this foundation, CDCS®’s PMD project further elevated sectoral capacity by strengthening market intelligence, fostering inclusive business models, and expanding the reach of productivity-enhancing services.
The project helped enterprises integrate quality assurance, smarter resource use, and demand-driven service delivery, while facilitating stronger linkages between producers, service providers, and markets. Together, the Katalyst partnership and the PMD project demonstrate CDCS®’s ability to translate deep sectoral insights into systemic, scalable, and sustainable improvements—advancing resilience, competitiveness, and long-term growth across Bangladesh’s agribusiness and rural economies.
