Digital technology and African smallholder agriculture: Implications for public policy
Category Agriculture Working Group
2021 Annual Workshop: Scaling Innovations & Innovations in Scaling: Transforming Food Systems
Speakers: Larry Cooley, Co-Founder, Scaling Community of Practice, and Founder/President Emeritus, MSI Susan Chomba, Director of Vital Landscapes, World Resources Institute/Africa and former lead, Regreening Africa Initiative, CIFOR-ICRAF) Ndidi Nwuneli, Co-Founder Sahel Consulting: Agriculture and Nutrition, Ltd. and AACE Foods…
Update on the Scaling Activities of CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
A group of researchers from the CIMMYT, Jan Ubels from SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Larry Cooley of Management Systems International, have been studying the process of scaling, to understand why successful (pilot) projects are no guarantee for success at…
Sustainable Harvest International is Scaling Up (Sustainable Harvest International)
By Florence Reed flo@sustainableharvest.org As friends of Sustainable Harvest International, Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) wants you to be among the first to know about the noteworthy changes SHI has in store in the coming months and years. SHI is proud…
Scaling Readiness: An Approach to Assess and Accelerate Scaling of Agri-Food Systems Innovations (IITA)
Scaling of agricultural, food and other livelihoods innovations is one of the biggest challenges for research and development organizations. One of the key problems is the lack of approaches that can facilitate evidence-based decision making on which activities and partnerships…
SWFF Innovators Take Specific Industry-Relevant Actions to Drive Enterprise Scale-Up (USAID)
By Alexis Bonnell abonnell@usaid.gov “Securing Water for Food”, through the Technical Assistance Facility, supports mission-driven innovators by providing acceleration services that influence their pathway to scale-up and help them to pinpoint key management decisions that enable their success. From determining…
Interview: Releasing the Energy of Rural Youth – Entrepreneurs Help their Neighbors Farm More Profitably (Syngenta)
By Robert Berlin robert.berlin@syngenta.com Young people continue to leave farms for the cities. Some, however, seize rural business opportunities if these become available. Their enthusiasm can lift entire agricultural communities. Robert Berlin, Head of Agriservices at the Syngenta Foundation, explains.…
Purdue University Conference on “Innovations in Agriculture: Scaling Up to Reach Millions” (Purdue University)
By Suzanne Nielsen nielsens@purdue.edu The Scale Up Conference, “Innovations in Agriculture: Scaling Up to Reach Millions”, was held at Purdue University on Sept. 25-27, 2018. The conference brought together 225 individuals representing 100 organizations and 21 countries from around the…
