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Figure 7: Issues addressed during stakeholder interactions
of farmer organisations were found to have played key roles in the innovation process. Within
economic outcomes, improved markets and higher producer prices were important. Under
support service outcomes, improved access to information was key. Key production outcomes
included the use of improved varieties and management practices that generated increased
productivity and higher incomes.
Context comparison before and after success
A comparison of the context before and after innovation success shows important changes
in the six categories where challenges were addressed namely: the policy environment;
infrastructure; institutions; access to efficient markets; effective support services and
importantly the productivity of the farming system. The challenges identified were shown in
(Figure 3). Each category for each case study was ranked before and after success using a scale
of one to five, one being very poor and five excellent and the two situations were compared
using a radar diagram (Figure 9). This illustrates the mean of the context rankings for all the
case studies, before and after. Although scorings were somewhat subjective, they demonstrate
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