crops for the future research centre foodplus roundtable
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Professor Sayed Azam-Ali CEO, CFFRC Chair in Global Food Security University of Nottingham
Crops For the Future Research Centre FoodPlus Roundtable 30 April, 2013
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The Problem We depend on too few species
• Risk, volatility, monopolies
• Lifestyle diseases
• Fit for climates of the future?
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The Solution
Broaden the world’s agricultural biodiversity
• Identify, improve and use more species
• Use expertise gained on major crops
• Predict for new locations and climates
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Crops for the Future Research Centre Research excellence on underutilised crops
University of
Nottingham
Government of Malaysia
• World class research on underutilised crops for:
Health, nutrition, energy, biomaterials
• Horizon scanning for future agricultures
• Innovative structures (research, research/industry)
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CFFRC HQ Summer 2014
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CFFRC: Developing global research links
dfds Malaysia: MARDI, FRIM, MPOB, UPM, USM, UMS, UniMAP, UNIMAS
ASEAN: Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam
Global: India, Botswana, South Africa, Qatar, Italy, UK
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CFFRC – Research Strategy
Knowledge Systems
Nutritional Security
High Value Crops
Enhancing community nutrition and health by diversifying crop products
Accessing digital technologies across value chain
Moving `up the value chain’ through novel products
Core investment in research on underutilised crops
CropBase
SocioBase
BamYield
MilletYield
BiomassPlus
PlantationPlus
FishPlus
FoodPlus
Research Value Spectrum
CFFRC exemplar programmes that span the `Research Value Spectrum’
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Second Global Food Security Forum Nutritional Security: Challenges and Solutions Kuala Lumpur 20-22 March, 2014
FoodPlus: The next steps
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Proximate composition
Harvest Sort Pack Store Transport Market
Genotype +
Environment
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FoodPlus FishPlus FeedPlus
Bioavailability
Soil nutrients
FoodPlus Approach: Whole Value Chain Micronutrient Traceability Standard
Cooking
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