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Climate resilient CRAM varieties for enhanced rice productivity for African farmers CRAM presents a strong commercial opportunity, particularly for seed multipliers and seed sellers. The availability of 11.5 tonnes of G4 foundation seed provides a concrete entry point for seed multiplication, while seed production can generate around 50% ROI. For farmers and downstream actors, CRAM combines high yield potential (up to 5 t/ha), early maturity (101–104 days), drought and disease resistance, and good grain and cooking quality. These characteristics can support farmer demand and create opportunities across the seed and rice value chains.
Boost yields. Protect biodiversity. Increase profits. Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) helps farmers improve productivity and profitability by increasing pollinator abundance and supporting natural pest management. The approach replaces non-commercial conservation practices with economically valuable habitat plants that generate additional income while enhancing crop performance. Businesses can leverage FAP to promote sustainable production systems, develop green value chains, and support resilient farming communities.
Expert farming solutions at your fingertips FarmRise is a digital platform that connects farmers with agricultural input providers, agrodealers, advisors, and other value chain actors through a mobile-based digital infrastructure. The platform enables farmer registration, delivers personalized agronomic advisory services, provides weather-based recommendations, supports AI-powered crop disease diagnosis, verifies agricultural products, and facilitates access to agricultural solutions and services. By digitizing farmer interactions and generating valuable agricultural data, FarmRise improves service delivery efficiency, strengthens market visibility, supports data-driven commercial decisions, and enables private sector actors to better understand farmer needs, optimize outreach, and improve engagement across the agricultural value chain. Its mobile-based functionality supports service access and market reach, including in rural farming communities.
Restoring faba bean productivity by defeating Orobanche. Integrated Orobanche Management (IOM) is an integrated crop management package that combines a partially resistant faba bean variety with targeted low-dose herbicide application and complementary agronomic practices to control Orobanche crenata. By restoring productivity in infested fields, the technology reduces production risks, increases yields and profitability, and creates business opportunities for seed companies, agro-input suppliers, aggregators, processors, and investors seeking to strengthen the faba bean value chain.
Bringing farmers, vets, and institutions together to scale livestock vaccination! Innovation Platforms (IPs) create a structured coordination space for private veterinarians, vaccine producers and distributors to work with farmers, public veterinary services, and local leaders. They help organize demand, improve last-mile delivery of vaccines, build trust with farmers, and reduce uncertainties in planning and distribution—leading to more efficient operations and higher uptake of vaccination services.
Spot the Pest, Stop the Damage For agribusinesses, FAW identification tools enhance the value of services and products. Companies can integrate pest ID training and materials (e.g., distributing FAW picture guides) alongside seeds and agro-inputs. This helps clients avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment, which builds trust and customer loyalty. Tech startups are using tools like mobile apps with image recognition features to quickly confirm the pest from a photo. Providing quick, reliable pest identification adds a competitive edge, driving demand for appropriate solutions and positioning the business as an essential knowledge partner.
High-yielding, early maturing, and striga-resistant cowpea varieties for farmers! IITA’s improved cowpea varieties present a lucrative opportunity for agribusiness and seed companies. These varieties mature early within 65–76 days, produce high yields above 1.5 t/ha, and are resistant to Striga, Alectra, and key diseases. With attractive, fast-cooking white seeds preferred by consumers, they meet growing market demand. By investing in these varieties, businesses can capture a stable and profitable market, increase seed sales, and support farmers in achieving higher productivity and income.
Dip once, Defend for months – MandiPlus controls whiteflies, reduces viruses and boosts cassava yield MandiPlus is a simple and effective technology for treating cassava cuttings by soaking them in a solution containing insecticide, fungicide, and a binder. This treatment protects the cuttings from whiteflies and viral diseases such as Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD). The technology significantly reduces pest populations (up to 79% reduction in whiteflies), lowers disease incidence, improves sprouting, and increases cassava root yields by up to 78%. It is a practical method for smallholder farmers and contributes to safer, more sustainable cassava production with increased economic benefits. For example, farmers using MandiPlus-treated cuttings in Tanzania see yield increases valued at over USD 3,000 per hectare compared to untreated planting material, with treatment costs around USD 600 per hectare. This technology is best suited for tropical humid and subhumid zones where cassava is widely grown. MandiPlus is recommended as part of integrated pest management to help manage whiteflies and the viruses they transmit, thereby enhancing productivity and farmer livelihoods.
The largest free resource for biological plant protection! As markets shift toward more sustainable and environmentally responsible agriculture, agribusinesses face the dual challenge of complying with evolving regulations and meeting growing demand for safer pest control options. Yet, limited visibility and fragmented data across countries often constrain product reach and adoption. The CABI BioProtection Portal offers a solution by serving as a centralized, accessible platform—both online and offline—where businesses can showcase their officially registered bioprotection products to farmers, advisors, and institutions. By facilitating product discovery by crop and pest, the portal opens new market opportunities, strengthens regulatory transparency, and supports the expansion of eco-friendly agricultural input supply chains.
Yam leaf-bud cuttings, rapid quality seed production! Leaf-bud Cuttings present a profitable innovation for agribusinesses in the yam value chain by offering a cost-effective and scalable method to produce seed yam. Instead of using heavy, transport-expensive tubers, businesses can generate dozens of clean planting materials from a single vine, meeting the rising demand for certified seed yam while significantly cutting production and logistics costs. This creates a new market opportunity for seed entrepreneurs to supply farmers, NGOs, and institutional buyers while increasing profitability and sustainability. Investing in this technology can give businesses a competitive edge in the growing yam sector.
Knowledge, resources, and tools for plant health! This Library offers agribusinesses practical crop health solutions and up-to-date technical content to improve customer support, product alignment, and staff training. By linking products and services to trusted agricultural knowledge, it helps businesses build credibility, respond faster to farmer needs, and stay competitive in sustainable farming markets.
An economically sustainable integrated cassava seed system! The cassava seed sector has long been dominated by informal practices—non-certified stem reuse, low yields, and high disease prevalence. The BASICS model addresses this by creating a viable commercial seed system for cassava, opening up investment and revenue streams in seed production, distribution, diagnostics, and digital tools. The model has been tested and refined in Nigeria with strong market demand and regulatory support, providing a scalable framework for agribusiness expansion in cassava-producing countries.
Virus diagnostic tool for cassava seed health certification by seed producers and seed certifiers. Cassava virus indexing uses PCR and LAMP diagnostic methods to detect and eliminate virus-infected cassava planting materials. It ensures virus-free plants for seed production, improving seed quality, crop resilience, and food security. Key costs include lab setup (USD 20,000) and sample testing (USD 3/sample). Training for staff and collaboration with research and seed certification bodies are crucial for successful implementation.
Transforming Cassava Farming Through Entrepreneurial Innovation! Cassava is a key staple crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, critical for both food security and income generation. Yet, the traditional cassava seed system has been fragmented and unsustainable, primarily relying on informal farmer-to-farmer sharing and ad hoc free distributions from governments and NGOs. This system has contributed to the widespread use of low-quality, disease-prone seeds, significantly limiting productivity and the adoption of improved varieties. The Cassava Seed Entrepreneur (CSE) Business Model presents a scalable, market-driven solution to modernize the cassava seed system. It empowers rural men, women, and youth by transforming them into certified seed entrepreneurs, enabling them to produce and distribute high-quality, certified cassava planting materials. The model integrates training, digital tools, and strategic partnerships to ensure a consistent supply of clean seeds. As a result, it not only boosts cassava yields but also creates new business opportunities and enhances rural livelihoods, providing an attractive investment opportunity for the private sector.
From planting to certification—seed production made simple. The Cassava Seed Field Multiplication Protocol is a standardized agricultural method that enables the field-based production of high-quality cassava planting material. It combines clean seed sources, agronomic best practices, regulatory compliance, and digital tools to support certified cassava seed production by seed companies, farmers, and institutions.
Breeder & Foundation Cassava Seeds—Always Within Reach This technology enables seed companies and certified producers to multiply and supply breeder and foundation cassava seeds directly from research centers. It follows national seed certification standards, uses both in-house and outgrower schemes, and ensures that farmers and seed entrepreneurs get access to clean, high-quality planting material. Registration with seed authorities and proper field inspection are required for participation.
Enhancing cassava productivity through healthy planting material Cassava Seed Quality Management is a business-enabling system that provides a pathway for seed entrepreneurs to produce and market certified, high-quality cassava planting material. This system ensures disease control, increases farmer confidence, and supports a differentiated market for improved cassava seed with higher returns.
Optimizing Pesticide Application for Sustainable Agriculture The CABI Crop Sprayer app offers agribusinesses and agro-input dealers a tool to ensure precise pesticide dosing, enhancing product efficacy and customer satisfaction. By minimizing waste and optimizing application, it supports sustainable business practices.
Excellent natural protection for a wide range of crops, manufactured in France Yukon is an innovative, sustainable fungicide designed to prevent and manage fungal and bacterial diseases in crops. It combines tribasic copper sulfate in its brochantite form, which gradually releases copper ions for consistent and persistent action, with Xanthane, a natural adjuvant derived from fermentation, ensuring excellent leaf coverage and rainfastness. This advanced formulation works at the cellular level to inhibit fungal development stages, including spore germination and mycelium growth, while also limiting bacterial growth. Yukon minimizes environmental impact by using less copper per hectare and is compatible with organic farming practices. Widely adopted in European agriculture, it enhances crop quality and yield, promotes resistance management, and supports eco-friendly farming practices, making it a valuable tool for sustainable agricultural development.
Boost efficiency in animal sample extraction and improve target amplification Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Animal Health technology suite offers a range of advanced diagnostic tools designed for precise pathogen detection, with a focus on avian diseases like avian influenza. Key components include Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Kits, which provide highly sensitive detection for early disease identification; VetMAX Master Mixes for accurate PCR amplification; MagMAX Core Extraction Kits that streamline DNA/RNA extraction from diverse samples; and the QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System for high-throughput, rapid diagnostics. Supporting SDGs 3 (Good Health) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), this suite enhances disease management, minimizes losses, and promotes responsible production. Targeting veterinary labs, researchers, and farms, the technology can be distributed through resellers or direct partnerships with clinics and development agencies. With flexible pricing based on kit and sample volume, it offers high ROI potential from reduced animal losses and improved productivity. Thermo Fisher’s technology stands out for its speed, precision, and accessibility, making it ideal for regions in Africa to strengthen animal health and agricultural resilience.
Strong Against Disease, Hot on the Market. This group of long pepper varieties are high-yielding, disease-resistant pepper varieties developed for commercial success in tropical climates. It thrives in hot, disease-prone zones with stable yields and high market appeal (medium heat, rich in Vitamin C). With up to 345% ROI on a 1-hectare investment and suitability for fresh and processed markets, PS PEP 1 offers strong business potential for seed companies, aggregators, processors, and input dealers seeking reliable returns and market growth.
Better yield, less disease, more income A market-oriented set of open-pollinated tomato varieties offering red fruits (round, oval, obovate, cordate types), high yields in cool season, and options with disease resistance to bacterial wilt and tomato yellow leaf curl virus (depending on the line). Several varieties show shelf life above 15 days, supporting fresh market distribution.
Mitigating Africa’s worst pest threat to food security by revolutionizing crop protection with a biological and sustainable weed control alternative. The Toothpick Project introduces an innovative biocontrol technology utilizing a specific strain of host-specific fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae, to combat Striga (witchweed), Africa's most severe pest threatening food security. Approximately 50 million hectares of croplands (around 40 million farms) in sub-Saharan Africa are infested with Striga, causing over $9 billion in crop losses annually. Striga plants produce over 50,000 seeds per season, easily spreading through wind, human and animal traffic, and farming tools, adding to the soil seed bank. This selective biological herbicide “Kichawi Kill”, applied by farmers as a seed coating, aims to restore crop yields by targeting Striga without harming maize. This game-changing agri-tech provides a safe, effective, and affordable alternative to traditional chemical herbicides.
long lasting banana nicknamed 'kiwangazi' by farmers. The KABANA 6H/NARITA7 is a high-yielding banana hybrid developed by IITA and NARO. It’s known for its tolerance to diseases like black Sigatoka and pests like weevils and nematodes, which increases the longevity of banana plantations. With a real-life yield of 57.7 kg per bunch and a potential yield of 60 tons/ha/year, it offers significant economic return. This variety was introduced to combat the decreased lifespan and yield decline in Uganda’s banana plantations.
Ecopticide Agri, your 3-in-1 bio product against insect, fungi and nematode Ecopticide Agri emerged as a groundbreaking environmental solution designed to combat the escalating challenges faced by farmers in pest management. Conventional approaches led to harvest losses, reduced production yield, and environmental concerns such as soil depletion and biodiversity loss. Pests developed resistance to existing control products, rendering them less effective. In response, Ecopticide Agri was developed to provide a multifunctional, preventive solution, reducing the risk of pest invasions and enhancing crop protection.
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