The Rural – Urban Nexus: Establishing a nutrient loop to improve city region food system resilience (RUNRES) is an eight-year development and research endeavor seeking to develop and scale innovations capable of supporting resilient and sustainable city region food systems. Operating in four regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, Bukavu, DRC, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Kamonyi, Rwanda, Msunduzi, South Africa, the project was designed with two distinct phases. In phase I, the project team conducted a comprehensive transdisciplinary process that prioritizes authentic stakeholder participation to identify, implement, and assess innovations for their capacity to achieve the desired project impacts. RUNRES Phase I is now in its final stages, with the project team having conducted rigorous economic, quality assurance, and agronomic assessments of these innovations. Compiling these data into a multi- criteria visualization assessment, the project team and steering committee, together with the donor, evaluated the innovations for scaling potential.

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