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Project

Canadian International Food Security Research Fund - Phase II
 

Project ID
107570
Total Funding
CAD 3,867,509.00
IDRC Officer
Renaud De Plaen
Project Status
Completed
End Date
Duration
69 months

Programs and partnerships

Agriculture and Food Security

Summary

In 2009, IDRC and the Canadian International Development Agency (now part of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada) launched the five-year CA$62 million Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF).Read more

In 2009, IDRC and the Canadian International Development Agency (now part of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada) launched the five-year CA$62 million Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF). The fund was designed to finance initiatives to solve global food and nutritional insecurity problems through applied, collaborative, and results-oriented research. To date, the fund has supported 19 large applied agriculture and nutrition research consortia in 20 countries. Each has a mix of Canadian and developing-country researchers. Early results appear promising. There is a large volume of high quality research being conducted, much with the potential to be scaled-up. The second phase is budgeted at CA$62.5 million and designed to build on Phase 1. The program will support new food security research in priority areas and countries. It will bring the most promising research results to directly benefit subsistence farmers, particularly women. It will also contribute to long-term global food security. Research will build on existing findings and gaps, while focusing on long-term sustainability and uptake. The project's specific objectives are to: -develop more equitable, productive, and environmentally sustainable agri-food systems that increase food security and enhance nutrition in developing countries; -increase food security in developing countries by funding applied agricultural development and nutrition research; -apply Canadian science and technology expertise in collaboration with developing-country partners to address food security; -use research results to inform food security policies and programs; and, -identify innovations and scale-up the most promising research results.

Research outputs

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Report
Language:

English

Summary

To avoid misunderstandings and often ambiguity in the definition and operationalization of scaling up, IDRC decided to organize a training workshop for CIFSRSF projects implementation teams, gathering 38 participants of five teams from 7 countries: Benin, Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa, Canada, Kenya and Tanzania. This report accounts for the different phases of the training and the outputs of the workshop including details of business case development for specific projects.

Author(s)
Idrissou, Latifou
Paper
Language:

English

Summary

This framework is intended to support Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) researchers to develop business cases for their food security innovations. It aims to provide concepts, tools and ideas for how business cases can contribute to the scaling up strategy for a food security innovation. This document can serve as a starting point for further investigation into the design and implementation of strategies and tools that will assist in the process of scaling up food security solutions, and help CIFSRF grantees develop scaling up models and strategies for bringing research results into widespread use.

Author(s)
Husak, Laura
Paper
Language:

English

Summary

While the framework focuses on business cases, this Resource Guide (working paper) includes those applicable for developing both business cases and business models. It is meant as a starting point for further investigation into developing models to assist in the efforts to achieve impacts at scale. The paper provides links to multiple resources dealing with facets of business case and business models development for researchers.

Author(s)
Husak, Laura
Training Materials
Language:

English

Summary

Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) programs, policies and strategies are identified and discussed in terms of scaling up of country food security programs, including possible business models and business case proposals. Implementation of innovations such as adoption of new crops or relevant technologies, access to markets, and or revamping of production processes are outlined in this PowerPoint presentation. A how-to of scaling up strategy shows detailed analyses of innovation, implementation and delivery processes.

Author(s)
Paz, Alvaro
Brief
Language:

English

Summary

The present report highlights key results from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), a nine-year, CA$124 million fund, jointly funded by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada to address the critical challenge of global hunger through applied research in 25 countries.

Author(s)
Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) program
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