ILRI impact at scale program outputs
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Item type: Item , Sustainable decentralized dual-purpose chick and input supply delivery system (DDCDS)(Report, 2025-12-30) Tunde, Amole; Jasada, Ijudai; Aseda, J.; Raji, A.Item type: Item , Scaling Fund Report 2025(Report, 2025-12-12) Kihoro, Esther ; Innocenti, Anna; Buono, Nicoletta; Galiè, Alessandra; Jumba, Humphrey ; Navarro, Carlos; Zapata, Emmanuel ; Omair, Bolda ; Go, Ara; Malapit, Hazel J. ; Kamau, J.; Bodach, Susanne ; Jasada, Ijudai ; Mudereri, Bester ; Rao, E.J.O.; Mwendia, Solomon W. ; Gebreyes, MillionThe CGIAR Scaling Fund is a strategic financing and technical support mechanism designed to bridge the gap between innovation development and impact at scale by combining flexible funding with tailored, hands-on scaling support. Anchored in CGIAR’s commitment to responsible and demand-driven scaling, the Fund supports innovation teams to translate research outputs into context-specific solutions with measurable benefits, while anticipating and mitigating social and environmental risks. In 2025, the Fund supported eight innovation teams across six CGIAR science programs, five CGIAR centers, and 11 countries through a dual structure comprising the competitive Scaling Challenge and the flexible Needs-Driven Support window, complemented by a strategic partnership with ENABEL. Now in its third year, the Scaling Fund continues to embed scaling science into practice, strengthen partnerships, and advance equitable, sustainable impact at scale.Item type: Item , Science of scaling report 2025(Report, 2025-12-30) Kihoro, Esther; Schut, MarcThe CGIAR Science of Scaling develops an evidence-based understanding of how agricultural and food system innovations achieve impact at scale across diverse and dynamic contexts, viewing scaling not as linear expansion but as a set of interconnected processes through which innovations are adapted, embedded, and sustained within socio-technical systems, institutions, and markets. Integrating theory, empirical research, and practice, it examines scaling pathways, enabling and constraining conditions, trade-offs, and unintended effects, with a strong emphasis on responsibility, inclusivity, and demand responsiveness, and is advanced through a dedicated Agricultural Systems special issue, a quarterly global webinar series, and doctoral research including the supervision of two PhD candidates at Wageningen University, together generating actionable knowledge to guide context-sensitive and responsible scaling for sustainable agri-food system transformation.Item type: Item , Scaling the Nepal Village Livestock Promoter (VLP) model(Report, 2025-12-30) Jasada, Ijudai; Teufel, Nils; Nepal, Yanamani; Varijakshapanicker, PadmakumarItem type: Item , Theory of change for the small ruminant value chains in Mali developed for the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program(Report, 2025-12-30) Dione, Michel M.; Rekik, Mourad; Hoek, Rein van der; Rao, E.J.O.; Idoudi, Zied; Sow, Ahmadou; Tebourbi, Ons; Sissoko, Oumou; Amole, Tunde A.; Affognon, Hippolyte D.; Rudiger, Udo; Dao, Madou; Galiè, Alessandra; Baltenweck, Isabelle; Marshall, KarenItem type: Item , Scaling Urochloa forages in Kenya: A systems-led pathway for feed security, livestock productivity, and climate resilience(Report, 2025-12-30) Jasada, Ijudai; Mwendia, Solomon W.; Peters, Michael; Burkart, Stefan; Kangethe, Edwin; Notenbaert, An Maria Omer; Karimi, Peggy; Rao, E.J.O.Item type: Item , Training small ruminant producers on the integrated herd management package through behavior change communication in central Mali(Report, 2025-12-30) Sow, Ahmadou; Sissoko, Oumou; Dao, M.; Rekik, Mourad; Hoek, Rein van der; Amole, Tunde A.; Idoudi, Z.; Rudiger, Udo; Tebourbi, Ons; Marshall, Karen; Dione, Michel M.Small ruminant farmers in Mali face ongoing challenges in health, nutrition, and reproduction management. To help, stakeholders delivered comprehensive training modules on integrated herd health management codeveloped by the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods program, the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity, and partners. These trainings reached 2,577 small ruminant producers across 13 communes in Segou and Sikasso, led by “livestock champions” on a full cost recovery basis.Item type: Item , Livestock extension officers integrate herd management packages in their businesses in central Mali(Brief, 2025-11-30) Sow, Ahmadou; Sissoko, Oumou; Dao, M.; Rekik, Mourad; Hoek, Rein van der; Amole, Tunde A.; Idoudi, Zied; Rudiger, Udo; Tebourbi, Ons; Marshall, Karen; Dione, Michel M.Small ruminant farmers in Mali face persistent challenges in health, nutrition, and reproduction management. To address these issues, public and private livestock health and management practitioners delivered an integrated herd management package to small ruminant producers using a behavior change communication approach. These trainings were carried out by 40 private livestock service providers, referred to here as livestock champions (LCs). In 2025, 1,442 (56%) men and 1,135 (44%) women small ruminants producers benefited from these trainings in 87 villages across 13 municipalities in central Mali.Item type: Item , Ubuntu and Women’s Empowerment in Smallholder Livestock Farming Communities in Burundi(Presentation, 2025-09-07) Achandi, Esther L. ; Jumba, Humphrey ; Galiè, Alessandra ; Nyamweru, Jean Claude; Cislaghi, Beniamino; Bimenyimana, Alain Villard; Nyabongo, LionelItem type: Item , Empowering women in business through improved chicken in Tanzania(Brief, 2025-11-06) Ojwang, Sylvester; Jumba, Humphrey; Galiè, Alessandra; Jasada, Ijudai; Jeremiah, Adolf; Karugia, JosephWomen farmers in developing countries face major barriers to engaging in livestock businesses, including limited access to quality livestock seed, veterinary services, and markets—challenges mostly created by restrictive gender norms. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led Women in Business (WiB) project is addressing these barriers by engaging young women veterinary graduates as vendors to deliver improved chicken breeds and animal health services to remote women farmers while linking them to urban markets. Partnering with Shujaaz Inc, a private social media company, ILRI is implementing Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) via social media campaigns—#BintiShujaaz (heroine)—and talk shows on a local radio station to challenge some of the inequitable norms behind women’s disadvantage. The WiB model has empowered both vendors and women farmers, leading to improved incomes, nutrition, and gender equality. It is now being adopted by government and private sector actors and scaled to other livestock value chains (such as dairy) and other geographies, including Dodoma in Tanzania, Zambia, with plans for Ethiopia, South Sudan, Lesotho, Kenya, and Uganda.Item type: Item , Responsible scaling for transformative impact: Lessons from the science and practice of responsible scaling for agri-food system transformation(Journal Article, 2025-10) Kihoro, Esther; Schut, Marc; McGuire, Erin; Gebreyes, Million; Leeuwis, CeesInnovation is central to achieving global agri-food transformation agendas, including those related to the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The effective use of technologies, along with process and institutional innovations, at optimal scale by farmers and other diverse clients is essential to addressing interconnected challenges such as poverty, malnutrition, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Over the past decade, notions about the “scaling” of innovations have shifted from simplistic ‘copy-paste’ models to acknowledging the context-specificity, complexity, and unpredictability related to innovation use at progressively larger scales. Despite this shift, many scaling efforts remain relatively unsustainable or irresponsible. They often fail to catalyze systemic change, remain supply-driven, and lack focus beyond project lifespans. In worst case scenarios, they may also generate unintended and negative consequences rather than broad societal or environmental benefits. Approaches like mission-oriented innovation policy, transformative innovation policy, and co-production have emerged to address these persistent challenges. While they promote more inclusive and systemic innovation, their integration into scaling practice remains limited, highlighting the need for more deliberate and aligned efforts.Item type: Item , What constitutes climate change adaptation in Kenyan livestock systems: a systematic review(Journal Article, 2026) Kihoro, Esther; Habermann, Birgit; Crane, Todd A.; Gichuki, Leah; Worku, TigistItem type: Item , Tips on how to make hay at a smallholder farm: Part 2(Video, 2025-03-25) Manyawu, Godfrey J.This is part two of a video that explains how to make and store hay for livestock using readily available forages at a smallholder farm. Haymaking is recommended for all environments where livestock keepers can get excess forage during periods of peak pasture growth. The video was developed as an innovation of CGIAR led by ILRI.Item type: Item , Tips on how to make hay at a smallholder farm: Part 1(Video, 2025-03-25) Manyawu, Godfrey J.This is part one of a video that explains how to make and store hay for livestock using readily available forages at a smallholder farm. Haymaking is recommended for all environments where livestock keepers can get excess forage during periods of peak pasture growth. The video was developed as an innovation of CGIAR led by ILRI.Item type: Item , Item type: Item , Item type: Item , Manuel de bonnes pratiques d’élevage cunicole(Manual, 2024-12-30) Bimenyimana, Alain V.; Munyaneza, N.; Iribagiza, A.; Ntirandekura, J.B.; Kwizera, A.; Nzisabira, D.; Ndayikengurukiye, E.; Karega, D.; Manayonsa, O.; Ahimpera, F.; Nimbona, F.; Nizigiyimana, D.; Karikurubu, L.; Nyabongo, LionelItem type: Item , Manuel de production et utilisation des cultures fourragères climato-intelligentes(Manual, 2024-12-30) Bimenyimana, Alain V.; Munyaneza, N.; Iribagiza, A.; Ntirandekura, J.B.; Kwizera, A.; Nzisabira, D.; Ndayikengurukiye, E.; Karega, D.; Manayonsa, O.; Ahimpera, F.; Nimbona, F.; Nizigiyimana, D.; Karikurubu, L.; Nyabongo, LionelItem type: Item , Ukama Ustawi: Scaling Fund Report(Report, 2024-12-30) Kihoro, Esther; Buono, Nicoletta; Mudereri, B.; Borus, D.; Gatto, Marcel; Vyas, ShalikaThe Ukama Ustawi Scaling Fund is implemented through the CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa. It is designed to accelerate the adoption of high-impact agricultural innovations. It serves as a platform for CGIAR and its partners to collaboratively develop, negotiate, and finance scaling strategies and action plans. In its initial round in 2024, the Fund awarded $125,000 to each of three innovation teams.Item type: Item , Advancing the Science of Scaling Through Co-Learning: Insights from the 2024 Science of Scaling Webinars(Report, 2024-12-30) Kihoro, Esther; Schut, M.