Innovations in Scaling

Session 1: Innovation Scaling and Food Systems Transformation

November 16, 2021

Announcements

Event Announcement

Event Video

Moderator

Dr. Julie Howard
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Lennart Woltering
Scaling Advisor, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Event Schedule

All times are in ET, USA
9:00am

Opening Remarks

Introductory video

Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University

9:10am

Presentations

Framing the Scaling Discussion
Larry Cooley, President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Management Systems International

Role of Private Sector, Women, Youth in Scaling
Ndidi Nwuneli, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting: Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.

Lessons from Scaling Ag/Natural Resource Initiatives
Susan Chomba, Director of Vital Landscapes, WRI/Africa

9:50am

Questions & Answers

10:30am

Scaling CoP Ag and Rural Development Working Group Annual Meeting

11:00am

Event Ends

Resources

Our Strategy
(Webpage, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, 2021)

The Promise of Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development
(Article, Brookings, 2022)

Scaling Principles
(Article, Scaling Community of Practice, 2021)

The Alliance for Modernizing African AgriFood Systems
(Magazine, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2021)

Scaling Development Outcomes
(Article, MSI Tetra Tech, 2021)