1. Regulatory policy and variety release (3 workgroup reports to plenary)

2. Group 1: Tongo, Shimelis, Stanley, Paul, Wallace
Recommendations
The survey was a good beginning but it needs to go further to develop a comprehensive surveys tool and share with the wider groups (across various Africa regions) and include all alumni (expecting 70% responses)
Outputs
Produce robust data of possible interventions including the document which the DLB group can use to lobby the various decision/policy makers and inform DLB curriculum development and users

3. Group 1: continued Tongo, Shimelis, Stanley, Paul, Wallace
Breeder has convincing ability and responsibility to advance and facilitate the release varieties
Help the breeder how to engage with informal seed systems
To help breeder to prepare investments case

4. Group 2: Kerri, Stephen, Berhanu, Sidiqque, Margaret, Yao
Built on existing Policy enabling environment (ie. Ethiopia)
Make a case for other “DLB traits” outside of the DUS
Influence policy maker (Minister, DG of department, etc….)
Regular dialogue
Need of evidence and provision of compelling case of best fast practices release (i.e. Ethiopia, South Africa, Canadian pulse, University of Saskatoon, Canada)
Awareness creation of the DLB initiative to policy makers
Policy brief at the country level for further regional discussion
Standardization of the release process

5. Group 2: continued Kerri, Stephen, Berhanu, Sidiqque, Margaret, Yao
Standardization of the release process
Breeder need to be proactive and be given the opportunity to defend his product performance to the release committee
Key stakeholders (ie traders, consumer association, gender issue etc…) should be represented in the release committee
Evidence to make a case by the breeder should be disaggregated considering the gender category

6. Group 3 ISSUE OBSERVATIONS PRIORITY enabling environment
encourage private sector
capacity building (regulatory bodies) 4
support interaction between NVRC and breders
institionalization of DLB
policy
harmonization of policy
implimentation of existing policies 2
engage NVRC regionally
enforce plant breeders right
variety release
streamline release procedures
scaling up best variety release practices
advocacy to accelerate variety adoption 3
compare the effect of various release systems om adoption
Food market/flow and industry
promote DLB
get market research information on key value chains 1