Posts Tagged ‘scaling’
Scaling to new heights in agriculture
January 29, 2019How to scale? This question frequently comes up as projects look to expand and replicate results. In order to sustain enduring impacts for projects after their lifetime, agricultural programs are turn …
Scaling
January 7, 2019Scaling is often interpreted as reaching maximum adoption of a particular technology or practice by as many people as possible. CIMMYT goes beyond the numbers and defines scaling as a process that aim …
Scaling up mechanization in Bangladesh through partnerships
October 17, 2018Over the last two decades, a significant number of rural Bangladeshis – especially youth – have migrated to urban centers, looking for higher paying jobs and an escape from agricultural labor. Conor R …
Avoiding the next Aral Sea: Scaling responsibly
October 11, 2018The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest inland body of water. But in 1959, Soviet premier Nikita Khruschev unfurled a plan for industrialized agriculture across Central Asia. The government c …
Scaling Scan: A simple tool for big impact
June 25, 2018Eleven years ago this week, Apple Inc. released the iPhone. While it was not the first smartphone on the market, industry experts often credit the iPhone’s groundbreaking design with the launch of the …
Overcoming gender gaps in rural mechanization
March 6, 2018A new publication details current gender gaps in rural mechanization in Bangladesh, and outlines plans to overcome these challenges.
Innovations for cross-continent collaborations
March 2, 2018Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India, visits Borlaug Institute for South Asia and Climate Smart Village, Noorpur. Bet.
Innovation leads South Asia’s new Green Revolution
January 9, 2018Leaders from across South Asia recently called for increased investment in conservation agriculture to protect future food systems across the region.
Scaling sustainable agriculture in South Asia
October 11, 2017A two-day regional policy dialogue on scaling conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification in South Asia was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 8-9, 2017.
Scaling up research for impact
April 27, 2017As part of a German Development Cooperation effort to aid the scaling up of agricultural innovations, Lennart Woltering recently joined CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification Program.
Participatory scaling of climate-smart agriculture
December 30, 2016A recap of climate smart agriculture in Bihar, India through 2016.
Making Farming Profitable: Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture through Business Model Innovations
July 4, 2016To develop and scale innovative CSA business models at climate-smart village (CSV) sites in South Asia, a workshop was held at WUR on 4 July 2016.
USAID Approves USD 17.8 Million Grant for a New Project to Support Seed Scaling in Eastern and Southern Africa
April 10, 2015CIMMYT has received a grant of USD 17.8 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a new project dubbed Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Seed Scaling (DT …
DTMA launches new project to improve seed scaling in Eastern Africa
February 23, 2015Born out of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) Initiative and other CIMMYT-Africa maize projects, the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Seed Scaling (DTMASS) project will improve the demand …
