Improving research uptake – Along the value chain

One of CIAT’s core values, as elaborated by Louise Sperling, is to ‘Reach End Users‘.

Speaking at CIAT’s 2009 knowledge sharing week, CIAT’s Jean Claude Rubyogo explains how multiple actors in research in Africa work together in a ‘value chain approach’ to achieve improved uptake of bean varieties:

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He also explains how CIAT works with the private sector in Africa to extend the uptake of bean seed:

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See the posters:

• Public-private sector partnerships: the power of small seed packs for reaching 100.000 of Kenyan bean farmers.
• The power of partnerships: Accelerating bean seed production and delivery with and among african farmers