The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation has published a book of the most effective interventions impacting smallholder farmers across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, including the work of PMIL partner Meds and Food for Kids (MFK).
“CTA Top 20 Innovations” is available online for free (click here) or in print form soon. 
Technical experts and farmers’ organisations used a scorecard and certain criteria to identify the best of more than 250 submissions for the list. This collection relays innovation stories, along with promotional material used to inform farmers.
For its part, MFK told about its work to improve Haitian groundnuts, which are an important part of the diet, but may also contain cancer-causing aflatoxin produced by naturally occurring mold.
Through a combination of collaborative research, farmer education and market incentives, MFK was able to purchase 140,636 kg of aflatoxin-free groundnuts from Haitian farmers between 2008 and 2010, supporting economic development in local communities and lowering their overall aflatoxin exposure.
Other innovations that made the top 20 list include improving poultry production with new varieties in Ghana, a steam-powered dryer for cassava in Sierra Leone, organizing coffee growers into co-op networks in Uganda.
CTA is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). Its mission is to advance food and nutritional security, increase prosperity and encourage sound natural resource management in ACP countries. It provides access to information and knowledge, facilitates policy dialogue and strengthens the capacity of agricultural and rural development institutions and communities.
CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.