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Annex 2: The role of the public sector in supporting innovation
Eastern Africa
Policy and
regulatory
framework
Infra
structure
Ethiopia’s Sidama coffee
Special
Support to
permission for growth of
cooperative to SCFCU,
bypass auction
and sell directly to
clients
Kenya’s dairy sector
Liberalisation of
the industry
Private sector
development
of processing
facilities
Research
Research on quality
improvement and
disease resistance
(CBD, leaf rust,
coffee wilt disease),
Involvement in FFS
Breeding, Nutrition,
Livestock health
Extension and
Training
General extension,
and FFS
Dairy Training
Institute
Marketing
(input and
output)
ECX a
public–private
partnership
complements
SCFCU efforts in
Ethiopia coffee in
general
Liberalisation of
milk marketing
and privatisation
of production
services
Incentives for
private sector
investment
Transparent
transactions
Privatisation of
services and the
establishment
of the KDSCP
funded by USAID
Kenya’s sweet potatoes
Approval
of research
agenda from
various players,
Registration of
NGO efforts
IPs Research on yields,
vitamin contents,
disease resistance,
taste
DAO involvement
with various NGOs
and commodity
development
efforts,e,g., DONATA
Open market
Farm Concern
International
promotes the
marketing of the
OFSP
Open market,
and the
development
of IPs where
marketers are
members
Sector
coordinating
bodies
SCFCU,
ECGPEA
MLFD, SDP,
KARI, ILRI,
Recognition of
CIP and KARI
efforts
Specific pro-poor
interventions
Primary societies involve
mostly small-holder and
relatively low-income farmers
EADDP activities with
collaborating institutions and
NGOs, which target farmers
on less than 1.5 acres through
more profitable production and
marketing of milk
The commodity itself is
traditionally pro-poor: the high
β-carotene content of the
OFSP makes it suitable to HIV/
AIDS and Vitamin A deficiency
sufferers
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