Using Prize Competitions to Create Sustainable Agricultural Markets

Our Unique Approach

AgResults is a $152 million multilateral initiative that uses Pay-for-Results prize competitions to incentivize, or “pull”, the private sector to overcome agricultural market barriers by investing in innovative research and delivery solutions that improve the lives of smallholder farmers. At our core we are an experiential learning initiative, continuously building evidence on what works, and what does not, in using prize competitions to spur sustainable market change.

Our Portfolio of Innovative Projects

Tanzania Climate-Smart Dairy Prize Competition

SUMMARY The AgResults Tanzania Climate-Smart Dairy Prize Competition is a two-year $US2.8 million prize competition that aims to…

In ProgressTanzania Climate-Smart Dairy

three rice farmers in a field

Vietnam Emissions Reduction Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Vietnam GHG Emissions Reduction Challenge Project was a four-year, US$8 million prize competition that aimed to…

Completed

woman carrying a storage bag of crops

Kenya On-Farm Storage Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Kenya On-Farm Storage Challenge Project was a four-year, US$12 million program that used a Pay-for-Results…

Completed

legumes

Uganda Legume Seeds Challenge Project

SUMMARY AgResults’ Uganda Legume Seed Challenge Project was designed as a six-year project using Pay-for-Results prizes to incentivize…

Completed

female farmers in a field

Nigeria Aflasafe™ Challenge Project

SUMMARY The Nigeria Aflasafe™ Challenge Project was a five-year, US $12.68 million Pay-for-Results prize competition that incentivized private…

Completed

festival for growing biofortified maize

Zambia Biofortified Maize Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Zambia Biofortified Maize Challenge Project was intended as a five-year, US$7 million Pay-for-Results prize competition…

Completed

woman with a goat

Brucellosis Vaccine Challenge Project

SUMMARY An effective Brucellosis vaccine would have significant health and economic benefits for smallholder farmers in developing countries.…

In Progress

man injecting a cow with FMD vaccine

Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Challenge Project is an eight-year, US$17.34 million prize competition that…

In Progress

a warehouse for crop storage

Senegal Crop Storage Finance Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Senegal Crop Storage Finance Challenge Project was a five-year US$6.8 million prize competition that aimed…

Completed

man in a net harvesting fish in an aquaculture pond

Indonesia Aquaculture Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Indonesia Aquaculture Challenge Project was a five-year, US$3.7 million prize competition that aimed to strengthen…

Completed

Photo of Tanzania project dairy cows

Tanzania Dairy Productivity Challenge Project

SUMMARY The AgResults Tanzania Dairy Productivity Challenge Project was a four-year, US$4.9 million prize competition that aimed to…

Completed

AgResults by the Numbers

133

Competitors

454,750

Smallholder Farmers Reached

10

Current and Past Projects

$14.5m

Prize Funds Awarded (approx)

News and Blog

Cross-Sector Leaders at Climate Week NYC Examine How to Scale Livestock Methane Solutions

September 24, 2026

At the September 23 panel event about livestock methane reduction practices, our Parasto Hamidi shared lessons from the…

AgResults Joins Climate Week NYC Panel on Scaling Market Mechanisms for Livestock Methane Mitigation

September 16, 2026

Cutting methane is one of the fastest ways to slow near-term warming, and livestock is one of its…

New AgResults Prize Competition to Advance Climate-Smart Dairy Development Launches in Tanzania

September 10, 2026

The September 9 launch event was an opportunity for key stakeholders to gather and recognize the prize competition’s…

Graphic that shows a sequence of icons to walk users through different Pay-for-Results resources

AgResults Launches New Pay-for-Results Basics Page

September 8, 2026

Design briefs. Project one-pagers. Evaluation reports. Lessons learned articles. Over more than a decade of work on Pay-for-Results…