This publication contains guidelines for the analysis and promotion of post-production systems according to the methodological framework jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. This methodological framework is a response to the economic and political changes of recent years and the challenges of the future. It reflects the lessons learnt from earlier post-roduction interventions