Hello, who are you? I’m Julia Cruz Pineda. I have worked in the Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology (DICTA) since 2001 in different technical positions. Since 2010, I am Head of the Training Unit, within the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, of supporting programs, projects and technical units of DICTA in the design, coordination,

Hello, who are you? I’m Rudy Omar Mejía. I am a business administrator, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. After graduating, I was a consultancy for the ETEA Foundation (Agricultural Technical School) of Jain University, Spain, developing training in administrative, accounting and organizational aspects of coffee producers. From this experience, I joined the

“The key of the success of an innovation project is to know how to show the invisible: the need in functional capacity building. It enables the gaining of time, performance and productivity.” Hello, who are you? I am Nikiema Lassya. I have expertise in capacity needs assessments for multi-stakeholder innovation partnership and organization of innovation

“Nothing, nothing can replace training, nor talent, nor genius.” Hello, who are you? Welcome to my little world. I am Nacambo Idrissa. I am born on a very rainy day in Burkina Faso, in a poor household, and from what my elders told me, I was born at the end of 21 days of drought.

“Innovation is inevitable for development, whatever domain we talk about.” Hello, who are you? I am Drissa Sangare. I am a graduate of rural sociology and economics. I have more than 10 years’ experience in research and development in new value chains, particularly soya and sunflower. The originality of CDAIS lies in its approach of

“Stepping down in favour of stakeholders and giving them the floor to conduct the changes that they want to see in their domain.” Hello, who are you? I am Azara Nfondibie, project engineer and facilitator of agricultural innovation. I have a background in socio-economy and eight years of experience in project coordination, team training, capitalization

“I am involved in a deep changing process regarding support to agricultural innovation.” Hello, who are you? I am Armel Hien. I am an agricultural economist, specialized in micro-economic development issues. I am particularly interested in understanding the dynamics of rural stakeholders’ behavior: producers, consumers, and development organizations. My strong interest in CDAIS comes from

“We cannot innovate alone. Innovation is by itself collaborative, the facilitator has to be a “connector of stakeholders” who accompanies the partnership towards a common goal” Hello, who are you? I am Marc Gnoumou. I am an agricultural adviser. I have a background in sociology and as a livestock technician with experience in providing advice

“Facilitation is compulsory to support agricultural innovation development in developing countries.” Hello, who are you? I am Raymond Kiogo, research engineer at the Institut de Recherche en Science Appliquée et Technologie (IRSAT). I have 5 years of experience in coaching and providing advice to producer organizations. I am conscious that with the current context of