1. • What the key drivers for private seed organizations or other scalers to develop or license new varieties?
1.Seed Market
2. Seed Production Business
3. Existing Challenges in the market e.g. Diseases
4. Regulatory Frameworks (Royalties)

2. •How should market research, foresight and product profiles be used to identify promising varieties and make selection decisions?
Implementation of stage gate approach
Institutionalized crop breeding strategy based on market research, foresight and product profiles

3. • Why is it important and who has the skills and experience?
Increases Adoption
Cost Effective
High Investment Return
Improve Food Security, Markets, etc
Who has the skills ?
DLB Alumni (Public, Private)

4. • How can the value of a new variety or trait be determined –economic, social and environmental?
Economic Assessment of Traits
Poverty Indicators (income levels, change in diet, nutrition, quality of life etc.)
Environmental Impact Assessments
Resistance to Drought, Pest Resistance, Adaptability
Willingness to pay Varieties

5. •How can commercial business cases for the private sector intersect/contribute vice versa with value assessments by social impact investors, national governments and international donors
Business Model development : PPP’s models (public, private, research, academia, private producers farmer cooperatives etc

6. •How can technology push be identified vs
•How can technology push be identified vs. demand or market pull in breeding and variety promotion?
Identify right variety and the right market
Demonstration, popularization (radio, promotional material etc) and commercialization

7. •How can public plant breeders, their value chains and African seed organizations get more insights from each other about the critical drivers for new product design?
Information sharing platforms by bringing all stakeholders (value chain actors) across each product
Conference, social media newsletter

8. •How well understood is DLB and using technical product profiles to select new varieties with market value by public and private breeding organizations?
Private Breeding Approach is Understood
Public Breeding is not well understood (partially practiced)

9. •How to win support for closer links between public and private sector organizations and change by breeders, managers, seed orgs, regulatory officials, donors and other stakeholders
Proper Implementation of DLB to bring impact
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