EARRNET has the following partners:

(1) National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems.

The research and extension services of the ASARECA member countries carry out collaborative research projects assigned by the network on competitive basis. Only Eritrea is not presently working on cassava. The participating member countries of the network allocate land, office space, research personnel and other resources to help establish and maintain networking activities. They conduct regional trials and participate in special purpose seminars, workshops and training courses. Each member country organizes annual review and planning workshops attended by researchers, extension personnel, farmers, policy makers etc. to strengthen the linkages among sub-sector stakeholders. These activities offer stakeholders the opportunity to play an active role in influencing the research agenda and finding solutions to problems of the respective network member countries.

(2) Regional and International networks

Sub-regional networks: ASARECA manages a number of networks in the East and Central Africa (ECA) sub-region. These work in partnership with EARRNET in developing and testing improved technologies aimed at improving production systems, natural resource management, post harvest, sector analyses, monitoring and impact assessment and training. Strong collaboration is required with ECAPAPA, ECABREN, PRAPACE, AFRENA, FOODNET, SOILCONNET, ECAMAW, to address specific constraints and issues within the cassava sub-sector.

Cassava biotechnology network (CBN): Realizing the potential contributions of biotechnology tools to generate technologies, the CBN global strategy workshop recommended the creation of Cassava Biotechnology Network for Africa (CBN-A) to link and work within the existing regional networks to optimize resource utilization. EARRNET is strengthen its relationship with other International Research Centers such as IITA, CIAT, BECA est. in the following areas; (a) identification of constraints requiring biotechnology solutions, (b) marker assisted germplasm characterization, development and exchange, (c) micro-propagation, (d) post harvest utilization, (e) training, and (f) accelerate development and application of biotechnology in the ECA sub-region.

(3) Donors

USAID and IDRC are the major donors of the network. Representatives of USAID and IDRC attend SC meetings as observers.

(4) International Centers

IITA is the collaborating executing agency of EARRNET. With the network's head office located at IITA-Uganda, the EARRNET coordinator maintains contact with the Research Officer in Charge of IITA-Uganda, with EARRNET's concurrence, may use the network as means of maintaining structured contact with NARS leaders in the ECA sub-region in order to optimize efficiency of regional contact.

(5) Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)

Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have important linkages with EARRNET. These include On-farm Productivity Enhancement Program (OFPEP - Kenya, Uganda) CARE International (Uganda, Madagascar), World Vision (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda), African Medical Research and Environmental Foundation (AMREF - Kenya), Appropriate Technology (AT - Uganda) and CRS throughout the region  just to mention but a few. Collaboration with NGOs has been in on-farm testing, multiplication and distribution of improved varieties, testing of processing equipment and cassava based products among producers and processors, respectively. The current project, Crops Crisis Control in the great lack region in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania is good example of good collaboration with NGOs (C3P:http://c3pproject.iita.org).