The Southern Africa Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) Rapid Delivery Hub, or MasAgro Africa, is part of the U.S. government’s global hunger and poverty initiative, Feed the Future (FtF). The project is a joint diplomatic and development response by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State.
AID-I provides critical support to smallholders in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia by improving access to the latest agricultural innovations in demand-led and market-based approaches to increase food production amid climate change and the rising cost of food, fuel, and fertilizer.
Topic 1 – Innovations to support irrigation, climate-smart agriculture, and aquaculture among small and medium enterprises
Presenter: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Topic 2 – Innovations for scaling up health diet seed kits for household food security
Presenter: World Vegetable Center
Moderator: Peter Setimela (CIMMYT)