Module 3 - Understanding the Market

This module helps you build a clear picture of the market for your agribusiness. You will learn how to research your market, estimate its size, and understand the customers you want to serve. You will then create detailed customer profiles, group them into clear segments, and study your competitors to see where your business can stand out.

Through these five units, Market Research, Total Addressable Market, Customer Profile, Customer Segmentation, and Competitor Analysis, you will gain the insight needed to design a business that meets real customer needs and can succeed in a competitive market.

In this video, we introduce Module 3: Understanding the Market. You will learn how to estimate your Total Addressable Market, create customer profiles, group them into segments, and analyse your competitors. These tools help you replace assumptions with evidence and strengthen your Sustainable Business Model Canvas. With this foundation, you will be ready to design products and services that truly meet the needs of your customers.  https://youtu.be/kCDpAbQ9JG8

3.0.0. Welcome to Module 3 Understanding the Market

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Unit 6 - Market Research
Market Research is how you learn more about your customers, competitors, and the conditions of your market. In this unit, you will see how to ask clear questions, collect useful information, and use it to guide your agribusiness.

Using a simple step-by-step tool, you will practise how to design and carry out research. The result will be real knowledge that helps you make better choices about what to produce, how to price it, and where to sell.

3.6.1. Introduction to Market Research

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3.6.2. Market Research Tool Walkthrough

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Unit 7 - Total Addressable Market
The Total Addressable Market, is the total amount of sales your business could make if every possible customer bought from you. 

In this unit, you will learn how to describe your target market, estimate the number of potential customers, and calculate how much they might spend.Using a clear step-by-step tool, you will practise how to work out the size of your market.

This total figure will then be used to calculate your actual potential market, giving you a realistic view of the opportunity for your business and whether your idea has enough room to grow.

3.7.1. Understanding Your Total Addressable Market

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3.7.2. Calculating Your Total Addressable Market

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3.7.2. Calculating Your Total Addressable Market

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Unit 8 - Customer Profile
A Customer Profile is a detailed picture of the person or business most likely to buy your product or service. In this unit, you will learn how to describe who your customer is, what they value, how they behave, and what needs they want to meet.

Using a simple step-by-step tool, you will create clear profiles that represent your most important customer types. These profiles will guide how you design your product or service and how you connect with customers in the real market.

3.8.1. Introducing Customer Profiling

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3.8.2. Customer Profile Tool & How to Use It

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3.8.2. Customer Profile Tool & How to Use It

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3.8.2. Customer Profile Tool & How to Use It

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Unit 9 - Customer Segmentation
Customer Segmentation is the process of grouping customers who share similar characteristics. In this unit, you will learn how to look at your customer profiles, find patterns, and organise them into segments based on factors such as age, location, lifestyle, or buying habits.

Using a clear step-by-step tool, you will practise how to define and describe customer segments. This will help you decide which groups to prioritise and how best to adapt your product, service, and marketing to meet their needs.

3.9.1. Introduction to Customer Segmentation

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3.9.2. Customer Segmentation Tool & how to use it

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Unit 10 - Competitor Analysis
Competitor Analysis is how you study other businesses that offer similar products or services to yours. 

In this unit, you will learn how to identify your main competitors and compare their strengths, weaknesses, pricing, and strategies. Using a simple step-by-step tool, you will examine at least three or four competitors in your market. 

This will help you see where your business can improve, how you can stand out, and what advantage you can offer to your customers.

3.10.1. Introduction to Competitor Analysis

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3.10.2. Walking through the Competitor Analysis Tool

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Market Research Tool (Unit 6)

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Market Research Tool (Unit 6)

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Total Addressable Market Tool (Unit 7)

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Total Addressable Market Tool (Unit 7)

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Customer Profile Tool (Unit 8)

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Customer Profile Tool (Unit 8)

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Customer Segmentation Tool (Unit 9)

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Customer Segmentation Tool (Unit 9)

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Competitor Analysis Tool (Unit 10)

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Competitor Analysis Tool (Unit 10)

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Next Step
Complete all the tools and then proceed to Module 4 - Building the Business Model