Workpackage R4: The stakeholders affected by salinity interact through a network, including the smallholders, to improve their ability to interact with CTU and state their needs.

This workpackage will include (i) identify stakeholders in saline regions and their role and relative importance within the striped catfish value chain; (ii) organise meetings with stakeholders affected by the salinity problem to identify their needs; (iii) set up a striped catfish value chain stakeholder network to address salinity challenges; (iv) establish a CTU managed website for the network with a forum function and MARD extension services acting as an intermediary for people without internet access