Key learnings and reflections:

• Without private sector involvement, it is very difficult to out scale the CASI service at farmers’ affordable level. IP committee is capable of establishing the linkages between different actors for better access by technical services, that is why public and private sector relationship has strengthened for better support.
• Private sectors are more interested to make a profit by using machine service, so the capacity of the IP facilitators needs to be increased as well as machine hub. IP committee members are able to run their business which might be used as a revolving fund. Also, they are competent to provide capacity building and business promotion training among staff.
• Conceptualization of CASI is very important among Scientists and Agronomist that will be helpful for identifying and out-scaling the technologies. Farmers leaders or federations are equally enthusiastic to identify suitable CASI technology and their service techniques which are appositions for local level climatic factors, socio-economic, and Socio-cultural environments, and farmers’ practices.
• Involving ICT in technology dissemination can engage the young generation in agricultural activities.
• Year-round income options for the LSP are very important and need to provide multipurpose use of machines and other income options. Service providers and machine owners are operating different agricultural types of machinery like power tiller, thrasher, and transplanter that are very important for customer satisfaction as well. One-stop services are considered necessary not just for farmers but also for more involvement of government services engagement.
• The engagement and proper functioning of all actors of the CA machine value chain are very important. Farmers are adopting agricultural service actors along with machine service value chains in the application of CASI technologies.
• Skill driver and local level machine repair and maintenance facilities are very important, so the local workshop owner needs to be involved with the project activities.

Future Actions:

• Total 356 farmers are directly supported under CASI technological activities where 662 hectares of land has cultivated by CASI machine service. And more than 10 Federation has been engaged with CASI technological service for business promotional activities. But the next step would be to focus on the implementation of quantitative studies in Bangladesh to assess the impact of SRFSI.

• Future action will be to develop CASI materials for various audiences.