Scaling for Impact: from innovation to real change in agrifood systems
Between what works in pilot settings and what transforms territories, there is a gap. Scaling helps understand how to adapt, connect, and sustain innovations to bridge it.
Between what works in pilot settings and what transforms territories, there is a gap. Scaling helps understand how to adapt, connect, and sustain innovations to bridge it.
In several countries in Eastern and Central Africa including Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and Malawi millions of families depend on cassava as a staple food and source of income. However, production of this crop faces a growing threat: Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), caused by viruses that damage the plant’s roots, significantly reduce yields, and threaten food security.
Leader, Capacity Sharing Accelerator
Digital sequence information (DSI) is changing the way genetic resources are used in agricultural research and development. DSI can contribute to the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and to fair and equitable benefit-sharing.