Key themes - progress towards outputs and impact
Table 2: Projected scale of impact of the RIU programme

RIU programme /project	Scale and type of impact on small-scale farmers	Projected total number people to be impacted*
Best Bet FIPS-Africa	1.5 million farming families in East Africa benefit from Increased food security through improved access to improved crop varieties and farming practices	7,500,000
Best Bet ShujaazFM	8 million young Kenyans exposed to improved agricultural practices and ideas for incoming generating activities through multi-media communication initiative	8,000,000
Best Bet Stopstriga	48,000 farming households have first-hand experience of Stopstriga on their own plots	240,000
	4,900,000 people exposed to radio messages about Stopstriga	4,900,000
Best Bet Armyworm	120 villages covered by improved armyworm forecasting and response systems; equivalent to 12,000 farming households	60,000
Best Bet NERICA rice	650 farming households earn income from producing quality NERICA rice seed	3250
	100,000 farming households earn income from growing NERICA rice using improved seed	500,000
Best Bet Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness	10,000,000 Ugandans protected from risk of sleeping sickness	10,000,000
RIU Malawi Fish farming	1700 farmers having access to improved fingerlings	8500
RIU Malawi Legumes	28,000 kg of basic legume seed to be produced by end of 2010, benefiting around 7000 farmers	42,000
RIU Malawi Cotton	Demonstration plots will directly impact on 42,000 farmers, increasing their cotton yields from current 800 kg to 1500 kg per hectare	252,000
RIU Malawi Livestock	19,600 pig farmers benefiting from improved marketing system and infrastructure	98,000
RIU Nigeria Cowpeas and soybeans	Uptake of dual-purpose medium-maturing varieties; 128,000 households	640,000
	Solarisation with triple bagging; 800,000 households	4,000,000
	Efficient management of crop residues for livestock feeding; 80,000 households	400,000
	Rust-resistant soybean variety. 80,000 households	400,000
RIU Nigeria Cassava	Uptake of a cassava mosaic disease-resistant variety benefitting 800,000 households	4,000,000
RIU Nigeria Aquaculture	Linkage of fish farmers to authentic input and service providers; 80,000 households	400,000
	Integrated aquaculture-horticulture; 70,000 households	350,000
	Improved fish farm management practices; 120, 000 households	600,000
	Building capacity for local production of fish feed; 1.2 million households	6,000,000
RIU Rwanda Maize	10,000 farmers will have benefited from strengthened informal seed systems	50,000
	45,000 farmers to benefit indirectly from opportunity-led innovations around value chain development	225,000
RIU Rwanda Potato	90,000 farmers to benefit indirectly from opportunity-led innovations around value chain development	450,000
RIU Rwanda Cassava	20,000 farmers will have benefited from building innovation capacities at community level	100,000
PAID Sierra Leone Institution innovation	200 organizations/associations registered with PAID. PAID will provide services to its membership that will drive innovation in order to contribute to poverty reduction and economic growth	2,150,400
RIU Sierra Leone Solar drying	Potential impact on 150,000 farm households dependent on fruits/horticultural crops will have increased income, job creation for youths and women and also access to market for fruit and horticultural crops	**900,000
RIU Sierra Leone Poultry feed	1 million people will have access to protein from poultry and poultry products, increase income for youths and women	1,000,000
RIU Tanzania Indigenous poultry	30,000 rural commercial poultry enterprises established: income will increase from US$ 1 to $3 a day	150,000
RIU Tanzania Information and communication system	50,000 farming households in Tanzania have accessed information produced by the system through different medium i.e. radio, TV, print and electronic	250,000
RIU Tanzania Access to mechanization	More than 83,000 households will be using tractor hire services and other modern farming tools, increasing their acreage by 30%	415,000
RIU Zambia Conservation agriculture	1000 households directly participating in CA practices	5000
	24,000 households accessing better information and advice on CA through our stakeholder partners	120,000
	Reach more than 45,000 households using innovative community radio programmes , giving access to information and increased awareness of CA	225000
RIU Zambia Rice value chain	3,000 households, supported through the rice value chain project	15,000
RIU Zambia Draft power	Over 2000 households will have accessed animal draft power services and expanded CA portions in their fields through the voucher system	10,000
Commissioned work Aqua-shops	6000 households benefiting from improved access to aquaculture inputs and information via aqua-shops	30,000
Asia Programme Establishing seed delivery systems and promoting capacities for participatory crop improvement	Improving livelihoods in South Asia through sustained access to new technologies in rainfed agriculture in India and Bangladesh; 25,588	127,940
	New Rice and Legume seed from Client Oriented Breeding: 54,574	272,870
	Poverty reduction through crop intensification into rice fallows in Nepal: 37,539	187,695
Asia Programme Innovation in value chains	Linking farmers with markets for rural prosperity (Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia): 14,896	74,480
	Coalition to diversify income through underutilised crops (India, Vietnam): 9,037	45,185
	Fish seed value chain, Bangladesh: 20,380	101,900
Asia Programme Scaling up of natural resource management research products	Integrated Flood Plain Management (Bangladesh): 51,606	258,030
	Reducing poverty through innovation systems in Forestry-Forest Action: 60,287	301,435
Asia Programme Rural service delivery	Roji Roti: Promoting sustainable livelihood development, India; 43,741	218,705
	Rat management for rural communities, Bangladesh: 11,275	56,375
	Promoting sustainable coastal aquaculture in Bangladesh: 4,259	21,295
	TOTAL PROJECTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED	56,155,060

* One farming household is assumed to consist of 5 people
** Six people per household for Sierra Leone