RIU highlights: End of phase one June 2011

Between August 2010 and March 2011 RIU produced monthly RIU highlights and RIUtv News. This time we have produced an overall highlights focusing on some of the lessons and significant achievements. At 20 minutes this news bulletin is a bit longer than usual and it doesn't aim to be comprehensive, but it does show how some of the work programmes progressed, especially ones which are going forward as part of the extension.

In June 2011, DFID awarded RIU an extension to the programme to allow about a third of the initiatives to generate additional knowledge outputs and provide greater and more in depth evidence of impact.

End of phase one highlights include:

Aquaculture programmes Aquaculture innovation platform - RIU Nigeria Fish Farming - RIU Malawi Aqua Shops - Kenya Susan Otieno RIU project coordinator RIUtv meets... Michael Packer on commercialisation of ideas from the RIU portfolio

Livestock programmes Commercialisation of indigenous chickens - RIU Tanzania poultry entrepreneurship RIU Tanzania welcomes changes to support the poultry sector

Crop programmes Maize innovation platform and warrantage - RIU Rwanda Djamila Mukeshimana Rwanda warrantage scheme member Cowpea/Soybean Crop Livestock Integration Innovation Value Chain Platform - RIU Nigeria Affordable cowpea storage - Nigeria Biological control agents in Ghana - Real IPM Company, Kenya RIU Best Bets - bio-pesticide control, Ghana Gro-plus - Real IPM Company, Kenya Farm inputs for smallholders - FIPS-Africa, Kenya and Tanzania Mechanisation - RIU Tanzania Farm mechanisation toolkit published by RIU Tanzania Armyworm forecasting and control

Communication 13 radio interviews RIUradio 130 films in RIUtv 170 news stories Shujaaz RIUtv meets... Rob Burnet, the social entrepreneur behind Shujaaz

Endorsements and comments on RIU UK Minister congratulates Shujaaz on media award RIUtv meets... His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of United Republic of Tanzania RIUtv meets...Kerry McCarthy MP RIUtv meets...Heidi Alexander MP Godfrey Monor Kenyan Director of Fisheries Best Bet applicants - successful and unsuccessful BBC World Television showcases FIPS-Africa and Shujaaz as companies that 'will influence the way mankind will live and work in the future'

Policy lessons About RIU Best Bets Best Bets Process Final report from work to strengthen African parliamentary approaches to agriculture A summary of the RIU's finding on brokerage RIU Tanzania blog on brokerage Professor Ian Maudlin Brokerage

 

RIU highlights March/April 2011

This RIU highlights and RIUtv News share stories and lessons about RIU's achievements, progress and plans for March and April 2011.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

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February highlights include:

	exploring RIU's approach to women and agriculture The work of H2O Venture Partners and RIU The progress of the Aqua Shops The RIU director reflects on big changes in African agriculture
	celebrating Registration of bio-pesticides in Ghana Conservation Agriculture training in Zambia BBC World News filming Shujaaz and FIPS-Africa FIPS-Africa working with other RIU programmes RIU Nigeria's 'Oscar Plans to turn RIU-funded pilot of Shamba Shape-Up into a new tv series FIPS-Africa establishes 240 cassava multiplication sites in eastern Kenya
	anticipating Yam harvest could feed 131,000 people for a year! The role of the RIU innovation brokers

 

RIU highlights February 2011

This month's RIU highlights and RIUtv News share stories and lessons about RIU's achievements, progress and plans.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

February highlights include:

	exploring RIU's relationship with banks in Africa Why copies of Shujaaz are circulating a year after publication RIU's contribution to the agriculture and gender debate
	celebrating The first Shujaaz fish farming story The launch of the first Aqua Shop in Kenya FIPS-Africa cross-fertilizes ideas with other RIU-backed programmes FIPS-Africa's success with cassava multiplication Community armyworm data complementing Kenya's national statistics Capacity building of a widows' organisation in Nigeria Early indicators of success for Gro-Plus 50,000 farmers signing up for Gro-Plus trial Private sector bringing conservation agriculture to 5,500 farms in Zambia The production of the Quality Rice Seed Production Manual Championing of new maize varieties in Rwanda Private sector fodder developments in Nigeria
	anticipating New cassava farmer field schools in Rwanda Learning exchange between two RIU rice projects

 

RIU highlights January 2011

This month's RIU highlights and RIUtv News share stories and lessons about RIU's achievements, progress and plans.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

January highlights include:

	exploring RIU Zambia's private sector links New RIUtv meets... website section The readership and listenership research at Shujaaz
	celebrating RIU Tanzania's poultry enterprise programme's environmental credentials Media coverage of RIU Tanzania's KuKuDeal New RIUradio web section RIU Zambia's media coverage RIU Malawi's hatchery developments RIU Rwanda's warrantage gender impact Nyagatare Maize Investment Group (NYAMIG) new order from the World Food Programme The successful launch of the pig markets by RIU Malawi
	anticipating The launch of the Aqua Shop franchises The ILRI conference on gender and market orientated agriculture The trials of Gro-Plus as IPM have 30,000 participants recruited Registration of bio-pesticides in Ghana

 

RIU highlights December 2010

This month's RIU highlights and RIUtv News features RIU Director Professor Ian Maudlin in conversation with Duncan Sones from the communications team.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

December highlights include Professor Maudlin:

	exploring How and why the RIU programme has been rationalised The importance of flexibility and backing winners The role of the private sector and hybrid companies in getting research into use Research priorities The role of champions in RIU
	anticipating The role of RIU post June 2011 How RIU will support the goals of the Coalition Government The legacy of RIU

 

RIU highlights November 2010

This month's RIU highlights and RIUtv News share stories and lessons about RIU's achievements, progress and plans.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

November highlights include:

	exploring Emerging lessons in RIU The RIU Commissioned Work programme including: Clean yam planting material SOS at the WHO Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Geneva The new Commercialisation for Agriculture Sector Development programme led by H2O Venture Partners
	celebrating FIPS-Africa and ShujaazFM being mentioned in the UK parliament RIU- Tanzania successfully mainstreaming the Mechanisation Platform Government backing for community armyworm forecasting in Kenya
	anticipating Start of term at School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Dar es Salaam, when RIU Tanzania will encourage students to write about agriculture and development issues for farmers The launch of the pig markets in Malawi The report of the successful learning event organised by RIU Nigeria to plan for a sustainable future

 

RIU highlights October 2010

This month's RIU highlights aims to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date with recent developments at RIU. RIU highlights and RIUtv News (a monthly bulletin of some of the highlights from the RIU work programme presented by Nik Wood) share stories about RIU's achievements, progress and plans as it continues sharing lessons to enable innovation in agriculture.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

October highlights include:

celebrating World Food Day director's blog, news from StopStriga and Gro-Plus and RIU Sierra Leone and RIU Rwanda Warrantage replaces 'pure exploitation' RIU-Rwanda and ShujaazFM participating in communications event Fair Share in Ethiopia FIPS 12 months impact figures and their success at accessing women customers RIU lessons shared at Care International and DFID events The recent successes of RIU Nigeria

anticipating RIUtv meets RIU director Ian Maudlin The Impact Evaluation plan and research questions New discussion papers

 

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RIU highlights September 2010

This month's RIU highlights aims to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date with recent developments at RIU. RIU highlights and RIUtv News (a monthly bulletin of some of the highlights from the RIU work programme presented by Nik Wood) share stories about RIU's achievements, progress and plans as it continues sharing lessons to enable innovation in agriculture.

In 2006, RIU was awarded five years of funding by DFID to explore how to get research into use at scale and in so doing to capture lessons that could be applied elsewhere. The programme is due to close in June 2011 and lessons and news about our impact are now coming in thick and fast.

Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for RIU highlights

September highlights include:

	exploring The role of parliament in agricultural innovation especially agricultural select committees in Africa The role of warrantage in Rwanda in the push for a better deal for low-income farmers
	celebrating The 5 millionth copy of ShujaazFM The visit from the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture and Food for development to three RIU programmes in Kenya The results from the Conservation Agriculture pilots in Zambia The Gro-Plus pilots being developed by the StopStriga team Progress on the armyworm control production facility Poultry sector developments in Sierra Leone High level support for Aqua Shops in Kenya
	anticipating How RIU can contribute towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals The Impact Evaluation plan and research questions New discussion papers: 'It may take a little while' - Insights on Agricultural Research for Innovation and Development in Nigeria and a review on gender and agricultural innovation

 

RIU highlights August 2010

This is the first RIU highlights which aims to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date with developments at RIU. We have also launched RIUtv News, a round-up of RIUtv reports and other stories and lessons emerging from the programme.

August highlights include:

• exploring projects and approaches - how success is defined, how the research fellows will help to draw out the learning
• celebrating the work of the Africa Country Programme and Best Bets putting research into use at scale and supporting emerging agricultural enterprises
• anticipating a new approaches to agricultural policy development and regulation