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Key Findings -Rwanda coffee stakeholders prioritized topchallenges in sector between 2015 and 2018. -They identified changes that took place 2015- 2018 and suggested steps needed to boost farmer investment -Stakeholders ranked improving knowledge of potato taste defect and increasing farmer incomes as some of the most important challenges -Challenges related to pesticide and fertilizer became less important as progress occurred in distribution and research -The top change stakeholders observed between 2015-2018 was improvement in farmer extension and service provision -To increase farmer investment, stakeholders suggested (1) increasing coffee cherry prices; (2) building capacity for farmers/ value chain actors; (3) improving access to inputs/ equipment