b"Figure 4Comparative results USE vs NOT TO USE New Improved Plant VarietiesNeed for more information Need training/technical assistanceIF DON'T USE NEW IMPROVEDIF DON'T USE NEW IMPROVED PLANT VARIETIES PLANT VARIETIES14% From whom? (top 3) From whom? (top 3)1. Farmers' Organisations 1.Farmers' Organisations/2. Government 36% cooperatives3. Extension services 2. Extension services86% 64% 3. Education institutionsYES YESNO NOIF USE NEW IMPROVED PLANTIF USE NEW IMPROVED PLANT VARIETIES VARIETIES12% From whom? (top 3) From whom? (top 3)1. Farmers' Organisations 29% 1.Farmers' Organisations/2. Field plots cooperatives3. Retailers 2. Extension services88% 71% 3. Seed companiesYES YESNO NOAGENTS OF CHANGEOrganized Agriculture has a crucial role: Farmers organisations emerged as key actors to ensure that farmers of all sizes and everywhere have access to the best available innovation and to the necessary capacity building.What clearly emerged from the consultation was the importance of bold partnerships and collaboration within the value chain, to ensure that the needs of farmers are taken into account in the innovation process leading to New Improved Plant Varieties, producing benefits for all the actors involved.Cooperation in the value chain is essential: only a true involvement of all stakeholders in the innovation process, starting from research, from farmers to breeders and all the actors involved, can ensure that we can develop a product that responds to the farmers needs.Breeders always need to work with farmers to understand their downstream needs. This cooperation should address not only the different agronomic and productivity aspects, but also the information needs of value chain stakeholders and consum-ers to increase transparency and traceability.Consumers education is also important, in order to build trust around new varieties thanks, among others, to traceability systems. Arianna Giuliodori In our perspective it is crucial that the seeds industry and farmers partner up to increase farmers capacity to use seeds in an effective way. Such partnerships are important to considerwant the widest possible toolbox for innovation. What they really farmers business plans according to the seeds availability inneed are pragmatic solutions involving all actors in the value a given area, so having the double effect of fostering the farmchain. productivity and protecting biodiversity. That is why WFO established a solid partnership with the Farmers have always been innovators as they need to adaptInternational Seed Federation, to cooperate on global level and to their environment while answering to the market needs. Theyimplement win-win actions towards sustainability. 8IEUROPEAN SEEDIEUROPEAN-SEED.COM"