India, July 1 -- CGIAR's Scaling for Impact Program shows that the bottleneck in food systems is not a lack of technology but weak scaling capacity.

By validating proven tools, linking them to major investments and public delivery systems, and planning for long-term uptake, the programme illustrates how disciplined scaling can turn pilots into durable outcomes.

The world's food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, and unequal access to markets. Research has produced practical solutions to each of these that could benefit hundreds of millions of people. Too few are moved into widespread use.

For years, the development sector has flattered itself with pilots.

A new too...