CGIAR Research Centers

SRF

17 Sustainable Development Goals with emphasis on sustainable and equitable food systems

Agri-Food Systems

Germplasm banks

Pre Breeding

Breeding

Sustainable Intensification and Systems

Value Chain and Markets

Policies

Germplasm distribution

Improved food and nutrition security

Global wheat impact study 2014

• 24 - 65 million tons annual production increase due to global wheat improvement 1994 - 2014

• 35% of this value can be ascribed to CGIAR wheat improvement, US$ 2.1 - 5.7 billion, annually

• Annual investment in CGIAR wheat breeding: US$ 30 million

Current investments: accelerate climate change adaptation (2C = 0.6% p.a. lost); nutritional value; resistance to pandemic diseases

Wheat provides 18% of all calories and 20% of all protein in the human diet

The CGIAR with partners can respond directly to shocks:Maize Lethal Necrosis, Africa

2011 First reports in Kenya, > 95% of all varieties affected2014 MLN in 7 countries; 23% of Kenya’s maize production lost2014 First resistant variety releasedHow? Highly effective CGIAR – NARS – Private sector collaboration, rapid donor

investments, precision phenotyping

Current investments: diverse (not just a few) resistant varieties, scale out

Multiple wins for several SGDs and SLOs from Agri-Food Systems based approaches

Genetic gains to meet future demands: e.g. Rice

Traits & Genetic

Diversity

Policies & Partnerships

Breeding Speed & Efficacy

To Meet The Challenge

Swarna-sub1

CropImprovement

& seed

BananaPlantain

Cassava Potato Sweetpotato Yam Other R&T

• 400 million farmers depend on RTB crops

• Four are among the top 10 staples, potato 3rd most important

• Especially important sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana 48% calories 1450 kcalories

per capita per day

• Mostly women’s crops but gender barriers depress productivity

• Similar research challenges for seed, breeding and post harvest

• Buffering role in food systems: Critical role in rotations

Getting through hungry periods

Adding value through intensification

Little traded in commodity markets, less vulnerable to price shocks

Roots Tubers and Bananas

Vitamin A Rich Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato

Conclusive Evidence for Bio-fortified Crops

Rich in pro-vitamin A -50 g/day of OFSP meets young child needs

Nutrition education is essential to incorporating OFSP into mother’s and young children’s diets

To date, the livelihoods of 1.9million households have been impacted in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Angola, Kenya and Rwanda

WHY LEGUMES?

CLIMATE-HARDY, MICRONUTRIENT-DENSE CEREALS

Revolving Seed Fund

Boundarypartners

Leadfarmers

Broadercommunity

Built a large network of delivery partners capable of identifying and equipping lead farmers …

… who rapidly mobilized others in their community to adopt new varieties, thereby motivating seed companies to produce, promote and distribute improved varieties

Science of Delivery and Adoption

Lead farmers are influential and trusted, and can take risk with testing new technologies

Boundary partners with aligned goals

Participatory Variety Selection – asking the farm family what they want in a new variety

Swarna-sub1

CropImprovement

& seed

Five new varieties including ICGV-SM 03517 now called Wamusanga

Impact of Research Investment in Resilient Production Systems in Marginal Drylands

Integrated Livestock/Rangeland/Crops Production System for Marginal Lands through the Dryland Systems & Livestock CRPs

Improved livestock nutrition & forage and barley production Rangeland management Community livestock breeding work for Smallholders Unraveling genetic base for livestock heat tolerance Providing market access for women

Livestock and equitable livelihoods

Women in livestock raising, processing, trading – gender transformative approaches

Inclusive dairy development: Target: 60 million smallholdersin East Africa Increasedeconomic value $260 millionper annum

Insuring the never-before insured against

catastrophic drought in the Horn

Improved food and nutrition security for

health

Improved natural resource systems and ecosystem

servicesReduced poverty