RAMP - Research and Market Pathways

26 June 2026. The RAMP (Research and Market Pathways) webinar held served as the Demo Day and culmination of the six-month RAMP-Accelerate programme, an initiative of the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP). The webinar showcased how scientific innovations developed within CGIAR and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT can move beyond traditional research projects into financially sustainable, market-driven solutions with large-scale impact. Rather than focusing solely on technology transfer, the event emphasized entrepreneurial thinking, customer validation, business model development and strategic partnerships that enable research outputs to reach farmers, agribusinesses and food system actors.

The webinar featured nine multidisciplinary innovation teams pitching their market-ready solutions to investors, development partners and agrifood industry representatives after completing intensive mentoring, coaching and market validation.

1. Cacao of Excellence: certification program for cacao - presented by Andrew Meter
2. AquaSmart: modular irrigation for smallholders - presented by Gresia Dalal Ramos
3. Croppie: coffee yield estimation - presented by Christian Bunn
4. Climate Resilience Platform: supply chain risk visualization - presented by Thuy Thanh Nguyen
5. MyFarmTrees: community tree restoration platform - presented by Fidel Chiriboga
6. Tumaini: AI disease detection for banana and bean farmers - presented by Juan Mora
7. Tatu (ex Artemis): AI-powered breeding tools - presented by Hana Gajdosova
8. Scaling Resilient Finance: climate-linked credit for livestock producers - presented by Carlos Navarro
9. Sample Earth: deforestation monitoring - presented by Phuong Minh

Each team demonstrated how scientific research had been transformed into scalable products or services with clear value propositions and pathways for adoption by public and private sector partners.

More broadly, the webinar highlighted CGIAR's evolving approach to achieving impact by combining excellent science with innovation, entrepreneurship and strategic partnerships. Speakers emphasized that research should not end with publications but should generate practical solutions capable of attracting investment, supporting start-ups and social enterprises, informing policy and reaching millions of beneficiaries. 

RAMP was presented as a structured learning pipeline—from Discover to Launch and finally Accelerate—that equips researchers with commercialisation skills while maintaining CGIAR's public-good mission. The Demo Day also illustrated how collaboration with innovation partners such as Kindling Ventures, investors and agrifood companies can help bridge the gap between scientific discovery and sustainable impact at scale.