Table 2
The role of champions.
Rôle des « champions ».
| Type, name, function, organisation | What makes her/him a champion? | What did (s)he achieve? | How did (s)he achieve this? | When did (s)he play a role? | Analysis (type of barrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology champion (oil palm breeder in CRA-PP) | Controls planting material production and delivery | Selection of nursery sites Licensing of authorised nurserymen; Withdrawal of licenses from non-compliant nurserymen; Destruction of poor quality seedlings |
Visited sites and decided on appropriateness; Trained farmers Sold germinated seeds to trained nurserymen Controlled management of authorised nurseries Promoted authorised nurseries among farmers |
During a specific tour and meetings of the IPs From start of IP until time of writing |
Impossibility to distinguish seedling variety by visual inspection |
| Process champion (Municipal Agricultural Extension Officer) |
Organisational know-how and facilitation skills | Helped arrange and organize IP meetings; motivated members to attend meeting | Helped convene IP and prepared meetings Facilitated good working relationships and conducive environment |
From start of IP until time of writing | Weak or missing interpersonal and inter- organisational relationships |
| Power champion (Entrepreneur and oil palm producer) |
Provided field for experiment; Influence in important networks | Enabled joint experiment; Affected attitudes of decision makers | He made his plot available and used his influence | From start of IP involvement until time of writing | Unequal power relations among key actors (e.g., FBOs) |
CRA-PP: Centre de recherches agricoles-plantes pérennes; FBO: farmers based organisation.
Source: RA's analysis of TGPI data; Klerkx et al. (2013).
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