Scaling up Agri technologies & innovations in the developing world

A conference focused on effective approaches to scaling up agricultural technologies and innovations in the developing world was hosted by Purdue University, USA. Scaled-up agricultural technologies and innovations can be a game-changer in food-insecure countries. The conference was intended for multiple audiences - Researchers, Innovators, Implementing organizations, Business Community, Policymakers, Donors & Investment communities.

During the course of three days, there were multiple discussions, presentations, experience shares, demonstrations addressing key questions like What hinders large scale adoption; what makes things scalable; what are the driving factors for successful scale-up; how can multi-stakeholder partnerships and initiatives facilitate success; what has worked, what hasn’t, and why; who can I connect with at the conference to enhance scale up efforts?

World Food Prize Laureate and keynote speaker Akin Adesena opened the conference by saying "Achieving agricultural transformation by taking technology to millions of farmers requires three things: strong political will, the power of science and technology and sound political incentives."

Kuza Biashara founder Sriram Bharatam participated in Session 3: A panel discussion on Market Success & Access to Finance. The session was moderated by Charlene McKoin and fellow panelists were Jennifer Billings (Corteva Agriscience), John Ellenberger (Land O’Lakes), Kevin Pixley (CIMMYT), Fanus Swart (Curativo) and Simon Winter (Syngenta Foundation).

Event Website: https://ag.purdue.edu/scaleup/Pages/default.aspx

Scale-up conference Program: https://ag.purdue.edu/scaleup/Documents/ScaleUp-Conf-Program-WEB-0921.pdf

Scale-up Sourcebook: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/scaleup/sourcebook/book/1/