Typology of DTDP institutional interventions
Project documentation and interviews with DTDP staff identified a range of institutional interventions targetting project beneficiaries. These interventions were categorized according to one of three primary functions- risk reduction,
knowledge provision, or welfare enhancement. The typology shown in Table 4: Typology of institutional interventions at DTDP) categorizes DTDP’s key interventions by these primary functions. Following this typology and acknowledging its limitations—these categories are neither exhaustive nor mutually exclusive— the distribution of institutional measures may also be compared. Overall, an even balance among the three categories was apparent among the types of services delivered, lending support to DTDP’s claim to apply a ‘balanced, holistic approach to sustainable alternative agricultural development’ (DTDP, pers. comm., January 2012).