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West Africa<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 />

Cameroon production and market<strong>in</strong>g of bananas<br />

Private–Private Need to consolidate farmers associations Formation of OCB to improve production and<br />

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

Public–Private CDC policy recommendations presented to<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry stakeholders<br />

Regional and<br />

International<br />

CARBAP and IRAD collaboration on generation<br />

of technology<br />

Cameroon’s garlic <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Private–Private Interactive meet<strong>in</strong>gs and collaboration between<br />

CFC SOS Faim and SAILD on development of<br />

garlic <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Public–Private CFC and NOWEFOR proposals presented to<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry stakeholders on development of garlic<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Regional and<br />

International<br />

SOS Faim meet<strong>in</strong>gs with stakeholders on<br />

development of export market<br />

Ghana’s p<strong>in</strong>eapple <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Private–Private Interactive meet<strong>in</strong>gs between farmers, marketers,<br />

NGOs, and International agencies<br />

Public–Private MoFA proposals presented to the World Bank,<br />

USAID and private sector stakeholders<br />

Regional and<br />

International<br />

World Bank and USAID meet<strong>in</strong>gs with<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternational companies<br />

Low producer prices, diseases and low<br />

productivity<br />

Government consideration of policy issues Wide publicity given to research results<br />

Development of improved varieties of bananas<br />

and environmentally friendly agronomic practices<br />

Support for NOWEFOR farmers organisation and<br />

establishment of a national committee to regulate<br />

the supply and demand of garlic to ensure fair<br />

producers prices<br />

Government-led collaboration between multiple<br />

stakeholders <strong>in</strong> the public and private sectors,<br />

NGOs and farmers’ organisations.<br />

FairTrade certified organic garlic exports at<br />

premium prices<br />

Establishment of BioPlantlets Ghana Ltd for<br />

tissue-culture techniques to produce and<br />

distribute MD2 to farmers<br />

Implementation of MCP for the modernisation<br />

of agriculture with a strong focus on p<strong>in</strong>eapple<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />

Involvement <strong>in</strong> rehabilitation of the <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

through <strong>in</strong>jection of funds and research support<br />

Desire to improve productivity of bananas and<br />

raise farmers’ <strong>in</strong>come<br />

Need to reduce reliance on traditional exports,<br />

primarily bananas, and expand foreign exchange<br />

earn<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Need to ensure that value cha<strong>in</strong> stakeholders<br />

worked together <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terest of the sector.<br />

Need for productivity improvement and improved<br />

livelihoods of farmers and marketers<br />

Change <strong>in</strong> the market demand <strong>in</strong> export markets<br />

resulted <strong>in</strong> difficulty for the Ghanaian p<strong>in</strong>eapple<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry to compete<br />

Decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> production and exports of p<strong>in</strong>eapples<br />

from Ghana<br />

Need to rehabilitate the p<strong>in</strong>eapple <strong>in</strong>dustry after<br />

loss of valuable export markets to Europe<br />

Annex 3 137

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