Soybean Innovation Lab

Feed the Future Innovation Labs, funded by USAID, draw on the expertise of top U.S. universities and developing country research institutions to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food security. The Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL), located at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, works to improve food security and nutrition through the advancement of soybean production and utilization in Sub-Saharan Africa. SIL is made up of more than 100 technical soybean experts from across 24 countries, representing a variety of institutions, including national agricultural research systems, universities, the private sector, and development agencies with expertise across the soybean value chain, ranging from breeding and genetics to agronomics, pest and disease management, to mechanization, economics, food science and more. Together with our international partners, we provide evidence-based innovations, tools, and technologies across the value chain to enable sustainable livelihoods through profitable soybean production and utilization across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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