Advocacy log
| Date | Emerging policy |
| Type | Policy |
| Lead agency influenced | Elected National Assembly |
| Policy area | National policy on cassava and cassava flour |
| Nature of influence | Commissioned policy appraisal; presented report to the House Committee on Agriculture |
| RIU involvement | Produced report on appraisal of national policy on cassava flour and utilization |
| Link to RIU work programme | Cassava Innovation Platform |
| Date | June - August 2009 |
| Type | Policy |
| Lead agency influenced | Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria |
| Policy area | Institutional capacity-development |
| Nature of influence | Research outputs data base and directory developed; innovation platforms planned for 2011 |
| RIU involvement | Day-to-day interactions |
| Link to RIU work programme | Value chain multi-stakeholder networking |
| Date | 2009 |
| Type | Policy |
| Lead agency influenced | National Assembly Agricultural Committee |
| Policy area | Change investment policy, cassava flour value chain |
| Nature of influence | Production of a policy brief |
| RIU involvement | Writing a policy directive on cassava flour |
| Link to RIU work programme | Cassava Innovation Platform |
| Date | 2009 |
| Evidence for change | Updates on research work on fish meal and fish feed exchanged by |
| Nature of change | Networking by mandated national agric research institutes on developing local capacity for production of fish feed in Nigeria |
| RIU involvement | Facilitation of stakeholder meetings; private sector linkage among value chain actors and with research institutes |
| Link to RIU work plan | Aquaculture Innovation Platform |
| Date | 2009 |
| Evidence for change | Increased number of meetings between parties and sharing of reports |
| Nature of change | Increased private sector interactions with mandated research institutes and other value chain actors |
| RIU involvement | Facilitation of stakeholder meetings; private sector linkage among value chain actors and with research institutes |
| Link to RIU work programme | Aquaculture Innovation platform |
| Date | 2009 |
| Nature of change | Farmers have improved access to authentic sources of inputs and technical services |
| Evidence for change | Increased demand for fingerlings , other inputs and technical services |
| RIU involvement | Facilitation of stakeholder meetings; private sector linkage among value chain actors and with research institutes |
| Link to RIU work programme | Aquaculture Innovation platform |
| Ian Maudlin, RIU Director, introduces Research Into Use, explains its aims and outlines the impacts the programme hopes to achieve. November 2009 (3:55) |  |
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