Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research

EXPO2015 „Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”Dr. Viktor Korzun

KWS LOCHOW GMBH, Einbeck, Germany

World population

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Population growth and food security

• The global population will increase to 9 – 10 billion people by 2050

• Cultivation area per capita decreases to 0,2 ha

World population growth (Prognosis until 2050)

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Stimulating innovation: Innovation is not self-evident

Increasing complexity- Themes- Regulatory requirements- IP landscape

Enormous development in technology

Long time lines

- high financial intensity

- framework to stimulate sustainable

innovation

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Stimulating innovation: Collaboration - PPP

Economy

Basic ‚model‘ research & technology development

Basic research (e.g. on crop plants)

Applied projects"Proof of Concept"

Product

Policy Academia

Transfer of research results to the economic area

Publications

contact to qualified young academics

multi disciplinary networks (national and international)

Creation of synergies

Input Output

Plant research needs efficient pipelines from inventions to innovations,

- driven by collaborations between Business and Science

- supported by secured political and legal frameworks

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Support of wheat research in Germany

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Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

(BMBF)

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

(BMEL)

Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

German Research Foundation (DFG)

Support of wheat research in Germany

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Source: http://www.pflanzenforschung.de/de/plant-2030

Support of wheat research in Germany

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Part of the national research strategy „BioÖkonomie 2030“ with focus on global food security and sustainable agricultural production

Duration of initiative: 10 years

Project cycle: 3-5 years

Evaluation: 11 projects including 37 sub projects

Budget 16,6 Mio € (Funding 12 Mio €)

Start of projects: 2014

Major players in wheat research/breeding in Germany

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Source: Prof. F. Ordon, JKI

Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany

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www.proWeizen.de

Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany

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proWeizen was recently founded and is funded by the German Wheat breeders in November 2012

The structure in Germany is unique due to the variety in company size ranging from small family run enterprises to multi-national companies.

All German wheat breeding companies are united in the proWeizen alliance

The German Alliance for Wheat Research and Breeding

Increasing and public and private funders‘ support for wheat research in Germany

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Aim to politically influence for a long-term wheat programme

Actively mobilising for public funding opportunities in wheat research and breeding

Arrangement of partnering events

Support with project design and project execution

Direct result transfer into breeding

Increasing prospects for project funding

www.proWeizen.de

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