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Sorghum hybrids for the commercial seed industryUPDATED SEP 2019
The hybrid white sorghum variety (K9058) has a high grain yield (14% over the hybrid check and 24% over the best open-pollinated variety). Release is planned for lowland dry areas of Ethiopia.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia
TO DATE$898,203 Funds Raised
Registered sorghum germplasm with sugar cane aphid resistance for global useUPDATED SEP 2019
Registered germplasm with sugar cane aphid resistance for global use in sorghum plant breeding programs.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
TO DATE$876,284 Funds Raised
Improved Agronomic Practices for Starting Seeds: African Indigenous VegetablesUPDATED JUL 2019
Improved agronomic practices to enhance germination and growth of African Indigenous Vegetables such as but not limited to Amaranthus spp., Solanum spp., and Cleome spp.
FOCUS AREAS
Cultivation & Tools, Processing & Production, Soil Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Zambia
TO DATE$2,000,000 Funds Raised
Smartphone app "Virtual collection center" (VCC) for goat marketingUPDATED JUL 2019
This innovation is a mobile app to improve the efficiency of goat marketing for cooperatives as it links cooperatives with a wide range of potential buyers increasing the cooperatives' negotiation power.
FOCUS AREAS
Livestock & Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nepal
TO DATE$1,233,989 Funds Raised
Cost effective and accurate analytical method [ELISA] for quantifying aflatoxin in grain and feed samplesUPDATED JUL 2019
This innovation allows for cost-effective and accurate quantification of aflatoxin contamination in livestock feed.
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards, Livestock & Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Rwanda
TO DATE$151,784 Funds Raised
Smartphone app for livestock disease reportingUPDATED JUL 2019
This innovation is a mobile app to help control and prevent livestock disease by enabling sentries to report livestock disease symptoms in remote locations to a central database which is assessed by veterinarians who determine if follow up is needed.
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nepal
TO DATE$99,954 Funds Raised
Direct-Pipe Furrow IrrigationUPDATED JUL 2019
A system of using furrow irrigation to minimize conveyance losses, labor, and crop damage for flat lands in East Africa
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
Soil Preparation MethodologyUPDATED JUL 2019
Soil treatment using lime before growing vegetables to decrease pests and disease and regulate pH.
FOCUS AREAS
Soil Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia
TO DATE$479,000 Funds Raised
Conservation Agriculture for Commercial Vegetable Home GardensUPDATED JUL 2019
Conservation Agriculture for Commercial Vegetable Home Gardens
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Soil Management, Water Management and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia, Guatemala, Honduras and 5 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$300,000 Funds Raised
Optimizing Sustainable Insect Management: pest-exclusion Netting, drip-line Irrigation and BiopesticidesUPDATED JUL 2019
Optimizing production of vegetables (e.g., tomato, cabbage and French bean) using pest-exclusion nets.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya
TO DATE$200,000 Funds Raised
Cool room online monitoring systemUPDATED JUL 2019
Cool room online monitoring system
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Thailand, Rwanda, Cambodia
TO DATE$324,500 Funds Raised
Dry Chain conceptUPDATED JUL 2019
1/3 of the total food produced is lost before reaching the consumers. The concept of a Dry Chain is in analogy to the Cold Chain. The dry chain focuses on safe storage of seeds, grain and spices, without growth of food spoilage organisms (aflatoxin).
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest, Processing & Production, Seeds & Stock
IMPLEMENTED IN
Thailand, Bangladesh
TO DATE$680,000 Funds Raised
Biological Control - Purpureocillium lilacinusUPDATED JUL 2019
The addition of fungi such as biological control agents can help to reduce the population densities of damageing nematodes.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Climate Change and Resilience, Soil Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Guatemala
TO DATE$450,000 Funds Raised
Sweet potato leaves for human nutritionUPDATED JUN 2019
Sweet potato leaves, which are currently used for plant propagation or animal fodder, are nutritious and drought-tolerant leafy greens that can provide critical micronutrients for improved human nutrition, especially among women and children.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Nutrition, Social and Behavior Change and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia
TO DATE$7,500 Funds Raised
CoolBot cold roomUPDATED JUN 2019
Low-cost cold room for fruit and vegetable cool chain storage
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards, Nutrition, Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Thailand, Zambia, Honduras and 5 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,500,000 Funds Raised
Motorized pumps for Water-lifting in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania.UPDATED JUN 2019
With appropriate support, the use of motor pumps can help reduce poverty dramatically without adversely affecting the environment.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Climate Change and Resilience, Water Management and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana
TO DATE$12,385,412 Funds Raised
Metarhizium anisopliae to manage Tuta absolutaUPDATED JUN 2019
Using Metarhizium anisopliae biopesticide to manage the South American tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Bangladesh, Cambodia
TO DATE$398,053 Funds Raised
Biological control of Parthenium hysterophorus, an invasive weed, using Zygoramma bicolorata, a leaf eating beetleUPDATED JUN 2019
Biological control of Parthenium hysterophorus, an invasive weed, using Zygoramma bicolorata, a leaf eating beetle
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia
TO DATE$106,749 Funds Raised
Bagging dragon fruit to manage canker diseaseUPDATED JUN 2019
Bagging dragon fruit to manage canker disease
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Vietnam
TO DATE$240,802 Funds Raised
Rodent Control System in RiceUPDATED JUN 2019
Rodent Control System in Rice
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia
TO DATE$517,379 Funds Raised
Push-Pull for Stem Borer management in MaizeUPDATED JUN 2019
Push-Pull for Stem Borer management in Maize
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
TO DATE$367,579 Funds Raised
Use of Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, to manage soil-borne diseases of vegetables.UPDATED JUN 2019
Use of Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, to manage soil-borne diseases of vegetables.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nepal, Pakistan, Tanzania and 4 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$820,992 Funds Raised
High yielding genetically diverse wheat lines based on physiological traits delivered to public & private breeders globallyUPDATED JUN 2019
Translational research delivers to breeders worldwide elite wheat lines made by adding newly discovered yield-related traits from research projects (https://iwyp.org) to double rates of genetic gain necessary to meet increasing demands for wheat.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Climate Change and Resilience
TO DATE$592,789 Funds Raised
Early planting of long-duration wheat varieties for resilience and yield optimizationUPDATED JUN 2019
Early planting of long-duration wheat to increase yield potential and resilience
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Evidence & Impact
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Nepal, Bangladesh
TO DATE$30,000,000 Funds Raised
Training approach to strengthen detection of public and private good animal diseasesUPDATED MAY 2019
This innovation is a training approach that works to strengthen the capacity of livestock keepers to detect and report public and private good livestock diseases.
FOCUS AREAS
Livestock & Agriculture, Methods & Learning
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia
TO DATE$98,348 Funds Raised
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