Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program
This paper describes the research and related activities that HarvestPlus undertook at each stage of the research process—discovery, proof of concept, delivery at scale—to establish and continuously strengthen the evidence base for program impact. Structured around the program’s theory of change, th...
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African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
2017
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| author | Johnson, Nancy L. Asare-Marfo, Dorene Zeller, Manfred Birol, Ekin |
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| description | This paper describes the research and related activities that HarvestPlus undertook at each stage of the research process—discovery, proof of concept, delivery at scale—to establish and continuously strengthen the evidence base for program impact. Structured around the program’s theory of change, the evidence base includes estimates of the magnitude of potential impacts on key development outcomes as well as support for key assumptions that underlie outcomes along the impact pathway from release of biofortified varieties through adoption by farmers, consumption by consumers, and ultimately, to improved nutritional status. The HarvestPlus experience has important lessons for research for development (R4D) programs, many of which struggle to demonstrate progress towards outcomes and impacts throughout the research process. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1464072025-04-24T19:54:37Z Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program Johnson, Nancy L. Asare-Marfo, Dorene Zeller, Manfred Birol, Ekin crop improvement research theory of change micronutrient deficiencies research for development impact assessment This paper describes the research and related activities that HarvestPlus undertook at each stage of the research process—discovery, proof of concept, delivery at scale—to establish and continuously strengthen the evidence base for program impact. Structured around the program’s theory of change, the evidence base includes estimates of the magnitude of potential impacts on key development outcomes as well as support for key assumptions that underlie outcomes along the impact pathway from release of biofortified varieties through adoption by farmers, consumption by consumers, and ultimately, to improved nutritional status. The HarvestPlus experience has important lessons for research for development (R4D) programs, many of which struggle to demonstrate progress towards outcomes and impacts throughout the research process. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:57Z 2024-06-21T09:06:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146407 en Open Access African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Johnson, Nancy; Asare- Marfo, Dorene; Zeller, Manfred; Birol, Ekin. 2017. Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development 15(4): 12078-12091. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus13 |
| spellingShingle | crop improvement research theory of change micronutrient deficiencies research for development impact assessment Johnson, Nancy L. Asare-Marfo, Dorene Zeller, Manfred Birol, Ekin Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title | Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title_full | Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title_fullStr | Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title_short | Building the case for biofortification: Measuring and maximizing impact in the HarvestPlus program |
| title_sort | building the case for biofortification measuring and maximizing impact in the harvestplus program |
| topic | crop improvement research theory of change micronutrient deficiencies research for development impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146407 |
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