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Designing a modular approach towards innovation (Example: Developing and scaling Climate-Information Services) by Koerner, Jana, Imbach, Pablo, Simelton, Elisabeth, Nguyen Thi Yen, Barlis, Angelica, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…Modular design is a ‘new’ way to design, bundle and scale innovations. This Info Note outlines the main principles and phases of modular design, with the example of Climate Information Services (CIS). …”
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Mechanisms and approaches towards enhanced drought tolerance in cassava (Manihot esculenta) by Muiruri, K.S., Ntui, V.O., Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.

“…It provides food and revenue to over eight hundred million people particularly in Africa. Generally, cassava is drought-tolerant, and sheds leaves in drought conditions resulting in significantly lower yields. …”
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The Boma: Keeping livestock cool during a climate crisis by International Livestock Research Institute

“…There's a growing problem across the world, one that could make keeping livestock outdoors almost impossible in just a few decades, and jeopardize the health and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. That problem is heat stress, caused by rising temperatures and global warming. …”
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Projected benefits of CGIAR Research by Prager, Steven D., Kruseman, Gideon K.

“…While macro-level returns on investment in agricultural research are clear, evidence linking technology adoption to improved agricultural productivity at the farm level is more difficult to find; studies are underway to enable estimations of returns on investment for specific crops and the corresponding socio-technical bundles.…”
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Flood insurance helps to make farmers in Bangladesh and India more resilient to climate shocks by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…When the insurance was bundled with seeds and weather information, farmers’ resilience to climate shocks was further enhanced. …”
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Modeling farmers’ preference and willingness to pay for improved climate services in Rwanda by Tesfaye, Abonesh, Hansen, James, Kagabo, Desire, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli, Radeny, Maren A.O., Solomon, Dawit

“…Results suggest that Rwandan farmers value forecast accuracy, dissemination through a combination of extension agents and the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture process, and bundling with market price information. This study suggests that to improve agricultural management planning and food security of farmers through the provision of climate services, these services need to be accurate, user-tailored, and accessibl…”
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ICRISAT component, Kenya - Annual Technical Report 2022 by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…Training materials have been developed as climate-relevant knowledge products, CIS decision support tools and bundled CSA packages. Pre-season and in-season agro-advisories were developed and broadcasted among more than 22,000 smallholder farmers to assist them with an on-farm decision- making. …”
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Rethinking Food Markets Initiative: Stakeholders Workshop in Nigeria by Onilogbo, Omobolanle

“…Specifically, the workshop’s objectives are: (1) to introduce the initiative to policymakers, implementing partners, and scaling stakeholders in Nigeria; (2) to share the findings from the Scoping Study in Nigeria with stakeholders and validate the results; (3) to co-identify and co-design innovations and interventions with partners for piloting in Nigeria; and (4) to kick-start bundling of innovations/interventions and learning between the different work packages within the Initiative.…”
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AICCRA Country Scaling Vision: Zambia by Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Dahl, Hauke, Thai, Minh, Mutenje, Munyaradzi, Kakwasha, Keagan, Pele, Winnie, Makungwe, Mirriam, Muzungaire, Lizzy, Mudege, Netsayi N.

“…AICCRA works with Zambian partners to scale actionable climate smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) innovation bundles that contribute to smallholder farmers’ water and food security and build resilience.…”
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A comprehensive framework for assessing the sustainability of social-ecological landscapes by Atampugre, Gerald, Cofie, Olufunke O., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Two important application of this framework is envisaged: (a) It can facilitate inclusive decision-making by multiple stakeholders working in the same landscape by explaining interactions, synergies, and trade-offs among SEL goals and landscape components; and (b) When SEL related bundles of innovations are successful (or otherwise), the framework can help document same, reinforcing the case for (not) adopting and scaling up/out.…”
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Accessing international markets: Ports and portsheds by Guo, Zhe

“…Even when ports lie within a few hundred miles, typically sparse road networks, poor maintenance, and limited transportation infrastructure translate into high access costs. …”
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Financing livestock raising with profit sharing and insurance: IPSR Innovation Profile by Ambler, Kate, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, de Brauw, Alan

“…This intervention is bundled with insurance to protect the farmer against cow death. …”
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Food policy for the poor: Expanding the research frontiers - Highlights from 30 years of IFPRI research by von Braun, Joachim, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…Famines in Bangladesh and Ethiopia had killed hundreds of thousands of people, poor weather had reduced harvests in a number of countries, and world cereal stocks were perilously low. …”
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Are there customary rights to plants?: an inquiry among the Baganda (Uganda), with special attention to gender by Howard, Patricia L., Nabanoga, Gorettie

“…Debates around Common Property Resources and Intellectual Property Rights fail to consider traditional and indigenous rights regimes that regulate plant resource exploitation, establish bundles of powers and obligations for heterogeneous groups of users, and create differential entitlements to benefits that are related to social structures. …”
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Report on Cascading Gender-Responsive and Nutrition-Sensitive Training to Vegetable Business Networks (VBN) Group Members by Ketema, Dessalegn M., Nchanji, Eileen, Cosmas, Lutomia, Hailu, Shimelis, Asrat, Alemayehu, Jaleta, Gemechis, Zewudie, Yidnekachew

“…As one-size-fits-all solutions do not exist, HER+, working with multiple stakeholders, is co-developing diverse scenarios for bundling sociotechnical innovations within Vegetable Business Networks (VBNs) in our two learning labs.…”
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Narrating stories of change: women recounts how STIBs implementation has changed their lives in WB learning labs by Puskur, Ranjitha, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Chadha, Deepali

“…It demonstrates how the context-specific socio-technical innovation bundles, designed and implemented as part of the EMPOWER Work Package, have increased women’s agency, enhanced their resilience to climate change and strengthened their role in the agri-food system. …”
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Integration of national Ag-Data Hubs with advisory platforms expands reach and services for over 250,000 farmers by Grossi, Amanda, Ghosh, Aniruddha

“…These hubs have been subsequently integrated with agro-advisory platforms and processes in Kenya and Senegal, expanding reach of forecasts at scale, and spurring new and bundled services for more than 250,000 farmers to support climate-sensitive decision making. …”
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Scaling CGIAR innovations with strategic partnerships by International Rice Research Institute

“…Expected outcomes included partners’ familiarity with AMD achievements, awareness of available CGIAR innovations mapped to policies or financial opportunities, selection of CGIAR innovation bundles and identification of scaling pathways, and increased coordination across Science Programs and centers in the region.…”
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When water runs out: Adaptation to gradual environmental change in Indian agriculture by Fishman, Ram, Jain, Meha, Kishore, Avinash

“…Increasing water scarcity will affect hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers in coming decades, but little is known about the likely forms of adaptation. …”
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Scaling Roadmap: Site-Specific Fertilizer Recommendations (SSFR) through NextGen Advisory Platform in Ethiopia by Ewell, Hanna, Tibebe, Degefie, Mesfin, Tewodros, Makonnen, Brook T., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Solomon, Dawit, Girvetz, Evan

“…. - Responsible scaling bundles SSFR with credit and insurance; embeds in HaFAS and extension (FRED); uses dashboards and feedback; 2030 targets: 50% reach and +30% yields.…”
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