Made possible through its partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development, GCFSI has awarded two rounds of major innovation grants to faculty and industry leaders to enable the development, refinement, or scaling up of food system innovations, with the ultimate goal of helping to support food security efforts around the world.

Analysis of Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change in East Africa

Bringing Farmville to the Tropics: App-based Simulations to Build Farmers’ Understanding of Customized Fertilizer Recommendations

Building Capacity for Assessing and Deploying Irrigation Technology Innovations

Building Market Linkages: A Mobile Marketplace for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

Cell Phones as a Lifeline for African Beekeepers

FarmerLink: Mobile Enabling the Coconut Value Chain in the Philippines

Grasshopper and Locust Farming as a Sustainable Source of Protein for Non-Ruminant Livestock and Humans in Kenya

Human-Powered Bean Thresher for Small-Scale Legume Production in Zambia

Improving Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems in Uganda

Linking Climate Services and Soil Diagnostics for Climate-Smart Decisions for Small-Scale Farmers and Service Providers in Tanzania

Low Carbon Footprint Cool Storage Structures to Empower Farmers

Market Access and Zero Waste through a Greener Cassava Processing System

Marketing Food Safety in Kenya

PhotosynQ: A Distributed Agricultural Sensor Network for Improving Agriculture in Africa

Toward an Improved Cassava Simulation Model to Aid Management Decisions in the Tropics

Use of Orange Sweet Potatoes in Enhancing Vitamin-Nutrition in Tanzania

Map of major innovation grant projects, located in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.