CDAIS is a global partnership on capacity development for agricultural innovation systems was launched in 2015 until 2019 with the main goal of making agricultural innovation systems more sustainable and efficient in fulfilling the demands of farmers, agri-business and consumers to improve their food security. CDAIS operates in eight pilot countries, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. CDAIS will strengthen the global mechanism launched by the G20 to facilitate capacity development in agricultural innovation in the tropics, called the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP).CDAIS is a partnership between Agrinatura and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Results for example in Ethiopia show positive from CDAIS activities, proving the benefits of integrating functional capacity strengthening across individual, partnership, organisational and national levels.