By Hannington Odame, Oscar Okumu, Elsie Kangai

This report is a result of a scoping study commissioned by IDS/Sussex, UK as part of thelaunch of the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) theme of the Future AgriculturesConsortium (FAC) and the proposal to launch a cross-institutional ?Innovation Alliance‘ to facilitate policy discussion around agricultural STI issues in Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,Ghana and Senegal. This initial report highlights key findings from Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana and Kenya.