Technical assistance to farmers in meeting with quality standards would help to expand their opportunities for participation in larger markets. Most of the recent stories of innovation characterized by pro-poor and positive environmental impacts have also entailed the active participation of international and national civil society organizations, which, among others, can serve as intermediaries between research and agricultural practices, facilitate collective action and creation of farmers’ organizations for the purchase of inputs and marketing of food, and strengthen the capacity of women to participate in marketing production and innovation. While any government’s policy will have to respond to the specific context of its own country, building stronger partnerships within an SAIS will require the participants to collaborate in developing a clear-cut strategy directed toward achieving the objectives of agricultural reform and ensuring that there are resources adequate for expanding rural infrastructure and supporting provision of services to small-scale farmers.