OutcomeObjectivesResearch questionsOutputs Activities Smallholder families adopt technology packages that improve food, nutrition and income security 1.To identify and deploy efficient gender sensitive pathways/networks and approaches for delivery of validated technologies for adoption across different biophysical and socio- economic contexts. 2.To enhance learning among scaling actors for necessary adaptation across the delivery pathways 1.1. Based on existent farm typologies, what are the associated adoption constraints to and opportunities for adoption by different household members? 1.2. What are the existent policies that inhibit or enhance delivery of technologies to end users? 1.3. How can linkages and partnerships with the national authorities be made more efficient to support and facilitate delivery pathways, registration and release of validated technology packages? 1.4. What would be a feasible approach to pilot and test delivery pathways? 1.5. How can modelling and geospatial analysis help in assessment of technology suitability beyond AR intervention sites in order to inform on identify further scaling areas? 1.6. Which support tools do farmers (women, youth, men) need to make informed decisions about the risks and opportunities associated with validated technologies? 2.1. How can we track and monitor progress on uptake of validated technologies by women, youth, men over time among direct and indirect project beneficiaries? 2.2. How can we harness generated knowledge on scaling approaches to enhance learning, improve technology delivery mechanisms and foster better adoption? 1.1. Improved understanding of the social, economic and institutional constraints and opportunities to technology adoption from different farm typologies 1.2. Improved mechanisms for effective linkages and strategic partnerships with public, private and other initiatives for release, diffusion and adoption of validated technologies 1.3. Gender sensitive decision support tools for farmers to assess technology-associated risk and opportunity developed, tested, and launched A technology adoption, monitoring and evaluation framework developed and released for use by the project team and scaling partners 2.2. Knowledge sharing centers and learning alliances within existent local and regional institutions including development actors established Conduct cost benefit and gender analysis coupled other socio-economic analyses to identify and quantify adoption constraints and opportunities for different farmer contexts Map and assess relevant stakeholders to establish dialogue for exploration of mutual synergies for scaling delivery of validated technologies Leverage/link and integrate (engagement and outreach) with existent initiatives including existing government extension systems to support and spur the delivery of Africa RISING research outputs Evaluate existent and new delivery pathways for technology delivery Identify and communicate opportunities, tradeoffs and risks associated with adoption of certain technologies in the context of different farm typologies Conduct comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of technology adoption, dis-adoption and modification to track progress towards scaling