Crops, forest products, pest control
A major focus of RIU's work is looking at new and improved approaches to crop-based agriculture at various points along crop value chains - from production, through storage, processing and marketing, to consumption.
The RIU experiment includes looking at innovative ways of enabling crop research to be put into use. In each of the RIU programme sections there is a description of how this is being done.
RIU Africa Country Programmes
RIU's flagship Africa Country Programmes, through their Innovation Platforms, are looking at:
RIU Asia programme
Theme 1 of the Asia programme explores establishing seed delivery systems and promoting capacities for participatory crop improvement. This cluster of six projects has been further expanded to focus on establishing companies to upscale delivery of new seeds evolved through participatory varietal selection. They will also ensure that the capacity to develop and distribute varieties developed in this way remains and even expands after the life of RIU.
Best Bets
The first four RIU Best Bets are working on crop-related projects looking at:
Commissioned work
RIU's investment in Commercialisation for Agriculture Sector Development includes incubating new businesses in post-harvest crop storage.
RNRRS legacy
DFID's Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) resulted in a series of project research reports which may be interrogated in these ways:
A major focus of RIU's work is looking at new and improved approaches to crop-based agriculture at various points along crop value chains - from production, through storage, processing and marketing, to consumption.
The RIU experiment includes looking at innovative ways of enabling crop research to be put into use. In each of the RIU programme sections there is a description of how this is being done.
RIU Africa Country Programmes
RIU's flagship Africa Country Programmes, through their Innovation Platforms, are looking at:
- Cassava - Nigeria
- Cotton - Malawi
- Legumes - Malawi and Nigeria
- Irrigating vegetables with water from aquaculture - Rwanda
- Maize - Rwanda
- Potatoes - Rwanda
RIU Asia programme
Theme 1 of the Asia programme explores establishing seed delivery systems and promoting capacities for participatory crop improvement. This cluster of six projects has been further expanded to focus on establishing companies to upscale delivery of new seeds evolved through participatory varietal selection. They will also ensure that the capacity to develop and distribute varieties developed in this way remains and even expands after the life of RIU.
Best Bets
The first four RIU Best Bets are working on crop-related projects looking at:
Commissioned work
RIU's investment in Commercialisation for Agriculture Sector Development includes incubating new businesses in post-harvest crop storage.
RNRRS legacy
DFID's Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) resulted in a series of project research reports which may be interrogated in these ways:
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| Ian Maudlin, RIU Director, introduces Research Into Use, explains its aims and outlines the impacts the programme hopes to achieve. November 2009 (3:55) |  |
