During Phase I (Formative Research) of the EatSafe program in Ethiopia, several research and field activities identified and gauged stakeholders' interests in food safety at local levels. The three resulting reports included the Launch of the program in Hawassa, the Municipal Roundtable Report, and the Stakeholder Mapping Report (coming soon).
In the reports, EatSafe defined a stakeholder as any person, organization or social group that has a stake or vital interest in the business of food and its safety. Stakeholders can be categorized based on the functional involvements or their motive of interest such as being customers, employees, investors, suppliers and vendors, communities, and the government. Stakeholders can be "food safety champions," having high influence to improve food safety in Ethiopia.