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 is more uncertain than ever, which makes directing limited resources toward proven, scalable solutions more important than ever. Yet the development literature has many more examples of "pilots to nowhere" than solutions that have successfully scaled. In recent years, as ...
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 wheat cropping area. This significant scaling success has maintained momentum, mobilizing substantial investment in the agricultural sector. In the 2024-25 cropping season, approximately 187,000 metric tons of certified zinc wheat seeds, alongside farm-saved seeds, were planted. This initiative has mobilized ...
The Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA) was established in 2016 to accelerate the professionalism of Farmer Organizations (FOs) and agri-SMEs. AMEA’s mission is to transform the systems that support farmers organisations and agri-SMEs to create value for farmers and themselves. AMEA’s approach is to provide a platform that enables stakeholders to learn, innovate and scale up the most effective ecosystem approaches for supporting farmers. By 2030, AMEA aims for 50 million farmers to be served by enterprises that have been ...
Description Information about new agricultural technologies can help farmers make informed decisions about which ones to adopt. However, research shows that current information dissemination strategies do not always reach all farmers, nor are the recommendations always actionable or profitable. An updated J-PAL Policy Insight of 41 randomized evaluations shows that the content, frequency, and channel by which information is disseminated plays an important role in farmers’ decisions to adopt a new agricultural technology or practice. Please join Professor Craig McIntosh (UC San ...
Description The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) was established in 2010 by the Government of Tanzania to accelerate public-private partnerships to transform agriculture, boost incomes and improve nutrition in the Southern Highlands, one of the poorest regions of the country. The platform has helped to crowd in private and public investment, driven policy reform, and scaled up technological innovations. This session explored SAGCOT’s evolution, achievements, constraints, and lessons from the perspective of SAGCOT’s CEO and key partners. SAGOT ...
This webinar was originally posted by the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (CGIAR). The view the original post click here. Everyone wants “food system transformation” and getting there in a sustainable and equitable way gets you the golden ticket – at least to donor support. The term “food system” has become a catchphrase in the development context, but do we truly understand what this and its “transformation” entail? In a recent webinar co-organized by the CGIAR Initiatives on Low-Emission Food ...
