2020 Soybean Innovation Lab Activities and Impacts Report

Private Partnerships in Action THE SECRET SAUCE: HOW SIL SCALES INNOVATIONS THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACHIEVE IMPACT • We are demand driven by our clients – we listen to client needs first • We design our technologies through co-creation • We engage the private sector as scaling partners • Our timelines are short because client needs are immediate and real • Our ultimate metric of success is autonomous uptake and deployment of our technologies • The private sector is essential to successful scaling as they have systems in place to bring new technologies to market through large and organized networks of farmers and input providers