CBN's strategy remains that of linking different stakeholders so that biotechnology R&D efforts can be targeted and transferred effectively to intermediate users, and through them, to end-users. That is, R&D efforts involve needs assessment, strategic and applied research, technology transfer, impact assessment, and feedback to cassava researchers in national agricultural R&D institutions (NARDIs) and staff in nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Through these institutional intermediaries, small-scale cassava farmers and processors ultimately benefit from CBN's efforts.

The strategy of operating from pilot sites in this phase of CBN-LAC is therefore to ensure that the voice of small-scale farmers is not only heard when cassava biotechnology research is prioritized but also farmers are involved in the real implementation of technologies developed from research. Hence, activities at the four pilot sites in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and Ecuador will all be farmer participatory in nature. So far, activities at three of these four pilot sites are already yielding results. The Cuban site will soon start activities.