Stakeholders of the rice seed sector
Characteristics and roles of stakeholders. Archival research and focus group discussions
with extension agents, researchers, NGO staff and farmers allowed us to identify
and characterize stakeholders of the rice seed sector (both formal and informal).
Subsequent surveys allowed further characterization. Following Jiggins and Collins
(2003), we grouped stakeholders into three classes: primary, intermediary and key
stakeholders (Table 1), and characterized them based on the roles they played and
would potentially play in the rice seed sector.