The Excellence in Agronomy 2030 (#EiA2030) initiative responds to renewed public and private sector demand for scalable and data-driven agronomic innovations as an engine for agricultural development. The Incubation Phase (2020-2021) will be launched during #AGRF2020. #OneCGIAR

This is what each farmer gets in a tricot trial. A package with a number (this is is package number 8) and seeds of three different varieties, A, B and C. The farmer won´t know the real names of the varieties until the end of the trial.

Excited to see work on localized P application in rice is continuing and even made it to Nature! ⁦Reminds me of good times ⁦AfricaRice⁩ Congrats to colleagues at #JIRCAS and #FOFIFA nature.com/articles/s4159…

With the rains down in some parts of the country, #AKILIMO trials have started germinating 3 weeks after planting. We look forward to seeing the results from different fertilizer treatments we applied. Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board One Acre Fund Rwanda IITA Rwanda International Potato Center AKILIMO

Today, our #RUNRES team met with Kamonyi District Mayor, Mr Thadee Tuyizere, to present to him three RUNRES funded innovation plans, to be implemented in the district. The projects will help to manage&process organic waste to produce important ingredients such as animal feed, manure etc.

😃Smiling😃 RootsTubersBananas Breeding colleagues brainstorming on how to (further) advance the scaling of #agricultural innovations in the CGIAR to achieve #SDGs 🌿 #scienceofscaling 🌿

Had a productive meeting with the Scaling Readiness RootsTubersBananas Breeding team... Discussed progress and ongoing efforts to support scaling of #agricultural innovation in CGIAR and beyond 🌿

💻TUNE IN NOW: World Bank webinar "Failing tech – scaling tech: The journey from ideas to scaling-up" ft. CGIAR innovation and scaling scientist and IITA country rep for Rwanda Marc Schut. Join here: on.cgiar.org/3mc8yCp #OneCGIAR

👉🏽👉🏽HAPPENING NOW - What can organisations such as World Bank do to support scaling of innovation in the agricultural sector... Sharing experiences from Scaling Readiness #ScalingScience and RootsTubersBananas Breeding

From framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes first scaling readiness analysis on livestock innovations news.ilri.org/2020/11/26/ilr…

Very proud to see Scaling Readiness being used by ILRI.org in the CGIAR to design strategies for scaling innovations! Thanks Iddo Dror for your vision and collaboration!

The best moments do not last long! Today, IITA Rwanda team bids farewell to our Country Representative Dr Marc Schut. Thank you for being the best leader, role model, mentor to us. We will always cherish your hard work, proactiveness, team spirit. Wish you success in all.

2020 was a very difficult year. But the most important aspect of it was that we adapted to some new working routines. With the great collaboration and support from our partners/sponsors, we managed to achieve many milestones. We thank you and wish you happy festive seasons.

Join IITA and Gates Foundation in this exciting webinar series on Scaling Ag Innovations through Commercialization, 2-4 March, 1-3 pm, UTC. #onecgiar bit.ly/37REtDp CGIAR RadioIITA Farm Radio International IITA Communication Abdou Konlambigue Njeri Okono Kenton Dashiell Nteranya Sanginga

The International Fund for Agricultural Development funded Cassava Brown Streak Disease #CBSD Control project has come to the end of its three years of implementation in #Burundi and #Rwanda. The project has achieved remarkable milestones in the cassava seed systems of both countries, as shown in the photo below

#Akilimo introduced in #Rwanda for best cassava and potato fertilizer recommendations. Read more: cialca.org/akilimo-introd…

Just in: #ICT4BXW Scaling Strategy Design Workshop in Kigali. In this 2-day hybrid workshop, scientists are set to establish cross-linkages & synergies between different innovations and will develop operational scaling strategies for the project. IITA Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board