Samenvatting

Common bean is a vital legume essential crop in Uganda. Common bean seed marketing and accessibility is the major concern in south western agro-ecological zone for both small-scale farmers and seed producers. An acute element in attaining higher crop yield is better access to key farming inputs by farmers and specifically sufficient volumes of quality improved common beans seed. The gap among the common bean seed producers and farmers can’t be bridged if no one knows what farmers want or if no-one knows what seed producers have. This research sought to provide knowledge to bridge the gap among stakeholders in the common bean seed value chain.