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AgResults Initiative

United States Designing and implementing agricultural Pay-for-Results prize competitions AgResults

AgResults is a $152 million collaborative program between the governments of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that funds agricultural Pay-for-Results prize competitions. AgResults uses these competitions to incentivize the private sector to overcome specific market barriers and invest in high-impact agricultural innovations. Since 2013, AgResults has designed and implemented these prize competitions, which are one type of Pay-for-Results pull mechanism, to develop solutions to food security and agriculture challenges that disproportionately affect people living in poverty.

Verification and Project Management is the fifth phase in AgResults' prize design process.

Impactful Design at a Glance: Verification and Project Management for a Prize Competition

The last steps to design an effective Pay-for-Results prize competition are to create a thorough verification plan and a detailed project management approach. So what does that look like?

AgResults Initiative

Aug 10, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

Structuring prizes is the third phase of AgResults' design process to create Pay-for-Results prize competitions.

Impactful Design at a Glance: Structuring Prizes for a Pay-for-Results Competition

Designing a Pay-for-Results prize competition and curious how to structure an effective and motivating prize? This AgResults design brief — the third in a series — walks you through the...

AgResults Initiative

Aug 02, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

Impactful Design at a Glance: Right-Sizing Prizes for a Pay-for-Results Competition

Are you designing a Pay-for-Results prize competition and trying to make a prize that is not too big, not too small, but just right? This AgResults design brief shows you...

AgResults Initiative

Jul 19, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

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Impactful Design at a Glance: Analyzing Feasibility of a Pay-for-Results Competition

Have an idea for a pay-for-results prize competition but looking for a proven way to gauge its viability? AgResults' design brief on analyzing feasibility — the second in a series...

AgResults Initiative

Jun 30, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

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Impactful Design at a Glance: Concept Sourcing

Interested in applying pay-for-results prizes to your program but are unsure where to begin? AgResults' design brief on concept sourcing is a helpful place to start.

AgResults Initiative

Jun 10, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

Five phases of AgResults prize design

Reflections on Impactful Design: Introducing the AgResults Pay-for-Results Prize Competition Toolkit

Pay-for-results prize competitions may be the answer to involving the private sector in solving the world's biggest market challenges. A new interactive toolkit from AgResults shows you how.

AgResults Initiative

Mar 25, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Resilience