Transforming agricultural research findings into action
ICARDA is a CGIAR Center delivering innovative, science-based solutions for dryland communities in 50 countries. For over 20 years, Scriptoria has supported ICARDA with a range of strategic and creative communications services.
Timeframe: 2021–Present
Highlighting Sierra Leone’s investment potential
Invest Salone is a £27 million UK international development-funded programme that works to encourage investment, generate exports, create jobs and diversify key sectors in Sierra Leone. As a trusted communications partner, we helped shape and deliver the programme’s communications strategy to support sustainable behaviour change in inclusive business practices.
Timeframe: 2019–Present
Editorial expertise for global reproductive health
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, currently operating in more than 150 countries. Since 2019, Scriptoria has provided expert writing, editing and proofreading services to ensure clarity and consistency across a wide range of publications, including the agency’s flagship annual State of World Population report.
Timeframe: 2019–Present
Aligning stakeholders for cooperative water management
CIWA assists riparian governments in sub-Saharan Africa in unlocking the potential for sustainable, climate-resilient growth by addressing constraints to cooperative water resources management and development. Scriptoria has been a trusted communications partner for this US$130 million World Bank-managed programme for the past decade.
Timeframe: 2015–Present
Forging partnerships for sustainable food systems
The JRT initiative, a US$9 million programme, brought together food producers, governments, businesses, investors, civil society and rural and Indigenous peoples to champion equitable, sustainable solutions to food systems challenges. Scriptoria partnered with JRT to provide strategic communications, campaign, policy and storytelling services.
Timeframe: 2022–2025
Influencing policy in global resource management
NEXUS Gains aimed to improve the integrated management of resources across the water–energy–food–environment (WEFE) nexus to achieve inclusive, sustainable development. It operated across five transboundary river basins with a value of US$20 million. Building on our work with the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, Scriptoria led communications for NEXUS Gains to drive engagement, amplify research and enhance policy influence.
Timeframe: 2022–2024
Building a knowledge legacy in Southern Africa
Originally funded by UK International Development, CRIDF was a £31 million programme that worked to provide long-term solutions to water issues affecting communities in Southern Africa. Scriptoria was the lead communications partner for CRIDF from its second phase onwards – developing, implementing and monitoring the programme’s communications strategy.
Timeframe: 2017–2023
Disseminating research on climate-resistant crops
The Tropical Legumes projects, a US$67 million series of initiatives, operating in 15 countries and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, helped to develop, produce and distribute high-yielding, climate-resilient food legume varieties to millions of farmers in drought-prone regions of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Scriptoria supported Tropical Legumes III in communicating 12 years of impact.
Timeframe: 2020–2021
