Nine consultations were held from April 2015 to May 2019, with participation from diverse actors in the seed system i.e. researchers from CIP and NARIs, NGOs implementing sweetpotato projects, regulators, seed producers and farmers. Participants say that the community of practice (CoP) is the best way to experience sharing, learn new practices and increase interaction between researchers and practitioners. An online survey was conducted in May 2019. All respondents listed new knowledge and skills that they have learnt, and the majority reported on new technologies that they have tried in their contexts.