Component 1: Agricultural Market Development: The aim of this component is to enhance the profitability of smallholder farmers and small/medium-scale agro-processors by improving their access to markets and their capacity to add value to locally produced raw materials. This will be achieved by (a) facilitating the linkage of farmers’ organisations’ and VC operators to local, national and – where appropriate – international markets to sell their products and (b) easing critical market infrastructure constraints to the processing, storage, handling and marketing of farm produce and their processed products. The component is divided into two sub-components, comprising (i) support to value addition and market linkages, and (ii) support to market infrastructure. Intervention mix will consist of an integrated set of activities at multiples levels, and include amongst others: improving the policy and regulatory framework for VC development; establishing quality control and standardisation systems; improving the market information systems; fostering linkages between actors along the value chain and to financial services; building business management capacity of value chain organisations; promoting adoption and acquisition of improved/ efficient processing, storage packaging and handling technologies; and improved feeder roads, marketing facilities and water supply.