IWMI and WFP to start new partnership for food, land and water security in fragile communities
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The partnership will support private-sector innovators who are scaling climate-smart solutions across food, land and water systems in fragile and conflict-affected communities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America, as part of the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM).
Partnerships with the private sector, civil society, development partners and research partners will be fostered to encourage the long-term sustainability of innovations. The accelerator will develop collective experience and knowledge in leveraging private sector resources in the design and scaling of innovations in FCAS and build the skills of local innovators.
A science-based methodology has been developed and validated under the World Bank-funded project called ‘Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa’ (AICCRA). Its agribusiness acceleration models have proven to be highly successful in supporting innovation scaling as well as agribusiness growth, so much so that IWMI has adapted the model for fragile and conflict-affected settings, now being implemented through the Fragility, Conflict and Migration Innovation Accelerator.
