Key themes - progress towards outputs and impact

RIU's portfolio of research into use experiments fall into one of three major clusters: Africa Country Programmes, RIU Best Bets and the Asia programme. For all components the twin aims are to achieve impact at scale and in the process to generate lessons about putting research into use. The central research question being addressed is: what configurations of actors, policies and institutions, under what circumstances and at what point in the innovation trajectory allow agricultural research to contribute to innovation and development?

Research outputs Africa Country Programmes

RIU Malawi Pig marketing Fish farming Legume seed supply Cotton RIU Nigeria Cassava Cowpea/soybeans Aquaculture RIU Rwanda Maize Potatoes Cassava RIU Sierra Leone RIU Tanzania Indigenous poultry Mechanization RIU Zambia Conservation agriculture Rice value chain

RIU Best Bets Control of striga NERICA rice Farm Shujaaz Armyworm Second round of Best Bets, focused on West Africa Best Bet on sleeping sickness control in Uganda Asia programme Establishing seed delivery systems and promoting capacities for participatory crop improvement Innovation in value chains Innovation in NRM Investing in institutions for rural service delivery Table 1 Summary table based on the logframe at output level Research impacts Table 2 Projected scale of impact of the RIU programme