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Rwanda’s climb<strong>in</strong>g beans<br />

Private–Private Exchange of uncertified seed of desirable<br />

varieties<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> types of <strong>in</strong>teraction Consequences of <strong>in</strong>teraction Factors shap<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>teractions<br />

Public–Private CIAT and ISAR research <strong>in</strong>itiatives; Stakeholder<br />

<strong>in</strong>novation platforms<br />

Regional and<br />

International<br />

Regional bean networks share knowledge and<br />

experience, Neighbour<strong>in</strong>g countries also tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

up the technology through many NGO advocacy<br />

programmes, and CIAT/ISAR cont<strong>in</strong>ued research<br />

Uganda’s dairy <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Private–Private Informal demand-driven <strong>in</strong>teractions between<br />

various players along the value cha<strong>in</strong>, basically<br />

buy<strong>in</strong>g and sell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Public–Private Policy change process after the Dairy Master<br />

Plan, which attracted small players throughout<br />

the value cha<strong>in</strong>; Government’s efforts after the<br />

political strife to restore production, improvement<br />

of milk collection, process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g, and<br />

strengthen<strong>in</strong>g dairy extension services<br />

Regional and<br />

International<br />

Regional efforts of the EADDP, try<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

nurse best practices regionally <strong>in</strong> production,<br />

process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Adoption of varieties with desirable<br />

characteristics although pest and disease<br />

susceptibility rema<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Relatively high cost of certified seed<br />

Farmers’ <strong>in</strong>formal networks provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

Opportunities for value- cha<strong>in</strong> improvements Information shar<strong>in</strong>g among the stakeholders <strong>in</strong><br />

the <strong>in</strong>novation platforms<br />

Cont<strong>in</strong>ued variety-improvement efforts Desire to see most farmers produc<strong>in</strong>g adequate<br />

quantities of improved bean varieties<br />

Fair prices to producers and consumers,<br />

Increased supply of milk<br />

Improved breeds and nutrition and <strong>in</strong>creased<br />

process<strong>in</strong>g capacity; Increased production, faster<br />

than demand and / or process<strong>in</strong>g; Liberalisation<br />

of the dairy <strong>in</strong>dustry and privatisation of<br />

non-strategic services<br />

Eastern Africa dairy hub, direct<strong>in</strong>g efforts <strong>in</strong> the<br />

whole region<br />

Beans a staple crop <strong>in</strong> almost all the countries<br />

<strong>in</strong> SSA<br />

Desire to see fair prices to all players <strong>in</strong> the value<br />

cha<strong>in</strong><br />

Profit motive for all<br />

The <strong>in</strong>terest by many donors and NGOs, and the<br />

position of milk <strong>in</strong> household diets<br />

134 Agricultural Innovation <strong>in</strong> Sub-Saharan Africa

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