Agricultural R&D struggles to scale innovations without intentional private sector collaboration. This article shows how IITA uses evidence-based tools, licensing frameworks, and co-creation models to turn research outputs into market-ready solutions for farmers.
A one-day CIMMYT–CGIAR Scaling for Impact (S4I) workshop with BARI on 8 Dec 2025 brought together 25 early- and mid-career scientists (56% women) to strengthen creative and systems thinking for more innovative, inclusive, and scalable agricultural research.
The Evidence Briefer & Transfer Portal, at proof-of-concept stage, consolidate and synthesize market intelligence evidence into accessible formats such as short briefers at crop and country level using AI and an online evidence submission platform.
In an effort to digitalize livestock research and knowledge dissemination, ILRI has developed a new AI-powered chatbot that provides instant, evidence-based answers to animal health questions.
Breeding for Tomorrow transdisciplinary teams synthesized learnings from over 130 national stakeholder consultations and defined a Product Design Standard for breeding that follows best practices and is aligned with CGIAR 5 impact areas.
When researchers and communities come together to draw a map, something powerful happens. The lines, colors, and symbols sketched on paper become more than geographical references; they turn into shared narratives of place, memory, and change. This is the essence of social cartography; a participatory qualitative methodology increasingly used to understand and transform rural and agricultural systems.
As the world’s most populated nation continues to grapple with malnutrition, the Centre for Fruitful India launched its inaugural national conference in New Delhi in November 2025. The event convened a network of fruit tree champions to advance fruit diversity for nutrition, climate resilience, and community empowerment.
“I have always been driven by curiosity, shaped by growing up on a farm with crops, livestock and trees. That early exposure inspired me to understand how different components of agricultural systems interact.”