Countless development projects have piloted solutions that could make a difference if only
applied at scale. The reality is that these pilot projects hardly ever reach the intended scale …

Abstract This Editorial to the Special Issue “Science of Scaling: connecting the pathways of
agricultural research and development for improved food, income and nutrition security” …

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was known as a minor root crop in Ghana. Starting in
2010, the International Potato Center (CIP) and multiple partners implemented orange …

Growing empirical evidence suggests that innovation platforms can be effective in
enhancing agricultural research impact by creating an enabling environment for scaling of …

Context The notion of simply transfering agricultural innovation from suppliers to receivers
as a strategy to improve agri-food systems globally has been strongly criticized and has …

As resource users interact and impose externalities onto each other, institutions are needed
to coordinate resource use, create trust, and provide incentives for sustainable …

Scaling up food security innovations in low-income rural environments has often failed to
achieve substantive and lasting results. This poor performance can be attributed to …

The promise that research and innovation (R&I) will contribute to societally desired changes
poses a difficult analytical and evaluative challenge. The aim of this article is to present a …

CONTEXT Agricultural innovations and their applications are increasingly recognized as
crucial mechanisms for achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Actors …

Purpose We studied innovation processes in agriculture and nutrition to discuss a scaling
approach that encompasses the technical, institutional, and behavioral dimensions of …