Feed the Future Innovations
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Cool room online monitoring systemUPDATED JUN 2020
Cool room online monitoring system
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Thailand, Rwanda, Cambodia
TO DATE$324,500 Funds Raised
50,000 SNP genotyping tool for cowpeaUPDATED DEC 2019
Genotyping tool for cowpea
FOCUS AREAS
Seeds & Stock
IMPLEMENTED IN
South Africa, Vietnam, Uganda and 6 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$4,934,547 Funds Raised
Sorghum hybrids for the commercial seed industryUPDATED DEC 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 DEC 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
CoolBot cold roomUPDATED NOV 2019
Low-cost cold room for fruit and vegetable cool chain storage
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards, Nutrition, Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Guinea, Zambia, Thailand and 5 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,500,000 Funds Raised
DryCardUPDATED NOV 2019
A simple and low-cost tool for checking food dryness to prevent mold growth and the production of mycotoxins (such as aflatoxin) after harvest.
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards, Post Harvest, Public-Private Partnerships
IMPLEMENTED IN
Tanzania, Rwanda, Guinea and 7 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$1,515,000 Funds Raised
Zero Energy Cool ChamberUPDATED OCT 2019
Zero Energy Cool Chamber is a simple brick and sand structure can help cool fresh produce inexpensively in conditions where evaporative cooling is effective.
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Rwanda
TO DATE$1,500,000 Funds Raised
Chimney Solar DryerUPDATED OCT 2019
Low-cost chimney solar dryer
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED IN
Guinea, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh and 5 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,000,000 Funds Raised
The Hub-and-spoke food innovation system for disseminating of food processing and nutrition technologies and for strengthening food processing businessesUPDATED SEP 2019
"Hub-and-Spoke" food innovation system for dissemination of food and nutrition technologies and strengthening processing enterprises
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards, Post Harvest, Processing & Production
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Niger, Senegal
TO DATE$300,000 Funds Raised
DEHYTRAY TMUPDATED AUG 2019
The DEHYTRAY TM is a multipurpose dehydration tray for hygienic and efficient sun drying of crops. Solar drying made easy.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Economic Empowerment, Positive Youth Development
IMPLEMENTED IN
United States, Nigeria, Senegal
TO DATE$8,020,000 Funds Raised
Best Management Practices for Milk Production and HandlingUPDATED AUG 2019
The innovation is a package of best practices for the prevention and control of udder inflammation (mastitis) by that together with centralized milk quality control can help improve dairy milk productivity and quality.
FOCUS AREAS
Livestock & Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Rwanda
TO DATE$102,350 Funds Raised
Screening protocol for African Indigenous Vegetables crop varieties for common insect pestsUPDATED JUL 2019
Protocol for use in screening for common insect pests to score varieties for insect pest resistance.
FOCUS AREAS
Cultivation & Tools, Food Safety and Standards, Natural Resources
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Zambia
TO DATE$2,000,000 Funds Raised
Low-cost compost production using locally available materialsUPDATED JUL 2019
Low-cost technology for compost production
FOCUS AREAS
Curriculum, Soil Management, Waste Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya
TO DATE$2,000,000 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
Micro basins for vegetablesUPDATED JUL 2019
Small flat basins with bunds on all sides for easy application of large irrigation depth.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
Manual pivot piping systemUPDATED JUL 2019
A system that maximizes irrigable are per unit of pipe length installed in a plot.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
Risk assessment to determine livestock feed contamination levelsUPDATED JUL 2019
This innovation interprets the potential harmful impacts of varying levels of mycotoxin contamination in livestock feeds and therefore helps mitigate the problem of mycotoxins in the animal-source food value chains.
FOCUS AREAS
Livestock & Agriculture
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia
TO DATE$107,469 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
Paid Operator System for Equipment ManagementUPDATED JUL 2019
Allocating responsibility for operating irrigation equipment to one or two members of an irrigation group who are paid for each plot they irrigate, to improve maintenance and operations.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
Micro FurrowsUPDATED JUL 2019
Short, flat furrows for water to infiltrate deeper into the soil with less loss.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 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
Multiple head sprinklersUPDATED JUL 2019
Multiple head sprinklers Uganda
FOCUS AREAS
Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
Tied furrows for water uniformity in furrowsUPDATED JUL 2019
This technology adds small blockages in furrows to adjust for the slopes that cause poorer uniformity in closed / cutback furrow systems.
FOCUS AREAS
Water Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$324,000 Funds Raised
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