Examination of Legal and Regulatory Pathways for Management and Dissemination of Intellectual Assets Produced Under USAID Feed the Future Projects
Category Agriculture Working Group
Responsible Scaling in Agricultural Research: Achieving Greater Impact by Integrating Inclusion, Reflexivity, and Power into Innovation Systems
Reflections from discussions convened in Cape Town, South Africa – 6 October 2025, sponsored by the CGIAR Scaling for Impact Program and hosted by Responsible Innovations. Authors include Erin McGuire, Ashley Mutiso, Eva Valencia Lenero, Hanna Ewell, Ojongetakah Enokenwa Baa,…
Innovation Meets Scale: PxD Delivers Weather Forecasts to 38 Million Farmers
From 0 to 38 million farmers in just two years, PxD’s work shows how innovations in weather forecasting can be scaled rapidly and sustainably to strengthen climate resilience for smallholders. In 2023, India’s Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW)…
From Pilot to Practice: Why Agricultural Innovations Struggle to Scale?
The phrase ‘scaling for impact’ has become a common term in agricultural development. While many scientifically sound technologies demonstrate promise in trials, few are widely adopted to make a real-world impact. The blame often falls on extension systems, but this…
Game-On: Rethinking Innovation for Impact at Scale
What should CGIAR invest in next? With over 1,000 innovations in its global portfolio, answering this question isn’t just about good science—it’s about strategic decision-making. And at CGIAR Science Week, that decision-making took on a surprisingly playful form. At CGIAR Science…
Scaling Improved Forages to Strengthen Livestock Feed Systems in Western Amhara, Ethiopia
Livestock is central to Ethiopia’s rural economy, providing food, income, and draft power for millions of smallholder farmers. Yet, the sector continues to face one persistent challenge, such as feed shortage. Poor feed quality and limited availability reduce animal productivity,…
Mainstreaming Scaling: Practical Lessons from Feed the Future (2011–2024)
Community Agro-Vet Entrepreneurs: Scaling Livestock-based sustainable Livelihood
In 1944, Dan West and a group of fellow farmers from Indiana (United States) founded Heifer with a compelling idea: not a cup of milk, but a cow. This concept marked a paradigm shift from short-term aid to long-term empowerment…
Scaling “What Works” Is Hard To Do: You’re confident your program works –– but can it scale?
The international development sector has been grappling with the question of scale for decades, recognizing that our best hope of solving intractable global problems is to scale what works. Given recent paradigm shifts in the development and humanitarian sphere, funding…
Biofortified Wheat Scaling Success: Akbar 2019 Covers 42 Percent of Pakistan’s Wheat Area
The scaling of Akbar 2019, a zinc-enriched wheat variety, marks a transformational shift in Pakistan’s agricultural and nutritional landscape. Just a few years after its official release in 2019, biofortified zinc wheat now spans over 42 percent of Pakistan’s total…
