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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Elcio P. Guimarães
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
CIAT Board Meeting #63Nairobi, Kenya10 May 2011
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Content
• Host country
• Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
• South America
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Challenges
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Host country (1/9)
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• MADR-Corpoica-CIAT agreement (US$4 million)o Researcho Validationo Carimaguao Biotechnologyo Follow up
• Work plan for 2012-14
Host country (2/9)
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• Research (joint agenda)
• Rice, forage, fruits, soils, climate change
• Capacity building, knowledge management
• Maize (CIMMYT)
• Research (Corpoica)
• Soybean, rubber, bio-energy crops, livestock
Host country (3/9)
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• Facilitator role
• Agreement Corpoica-Embrapa
• Genetic resources, technologies, capacity building….
Host country (4/9)
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• Bogota office (located at Corpoica)
• Diana Toscanoo Agronomic Engineering (EARTH Int. Univ. of Costa Rica)o MBA business administrationo Strong links with public and private sectorso Knowledge of and experience with donorso Experience in writing proposals
Host country (5/9)
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• Fedearroz (Colombian rice federation)o Orinoquiao Linkages with Embrapao Strengthening joint activities
Climate change – research Data base and analysis - research Pilot test and technology transfer Capacity strengthening – young scientists
Host country (6/9)
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• Boyaca Stateo International Research Center for the High Tropicso Agro-industrial production systemso CIAT y FUNDACIAT supporto Tropical fruit program
Host country (7/9)
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• UNAL-Palmirao Course on “Participatory Research”o Proposal on participatory researcho Teaching + Research o International seminars – CIAT visitors
Host country (8/9)
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• Tropical Fruito Corpoica, UNAL-Palmira, ICA, Corp. Biotecho Three research project proposalso Leading the preparation of a proposal to Colciencias
Host country (9/9)
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Content
• Host country
• Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
• South America
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Challenges
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Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
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• Biodiversity and Competitiveness - Colombia’s National Bio-trade Fund through a PPP create the Valle del Cauca’s Regional Committee for Biodiversity and Competitiveness
• Agri-Business Incubator - Started developing an innovative model of a science and technology park, with support from Agri-Science Park @ ICRISAT
Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
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• CEVICACAO - The Virtual Center for Cacao Research creating a collaborative network among Colombian institutions
• In vitro propagation of strawberry varieties - Colombian–Japanese company, FIS Ltd., is to improve the quality of strawberry varieties from Japan to increase their commercial and exporting potential.
Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Content
• Host country
• Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
• South America
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Challenges
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South America (1/6)
• Embrapao CNPMF
Public-Private partnership – cassava breeding
Joint research on tropical fruito CNPGC
Capacity Buildingo Acre
CIM position
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• Embrapao Cecat
Capacity building REDD+ course
o CNPAF Rice breeding Bean breeding
South America (2/6)
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• IICAo Procitropicos network – IAo IICA-ISU-CIAT (US$15 million - seed
proposal)
• Catieo Amazon region – research agendao Course LFM
• PPP – forage breeding• PPP – cassava breeding
South America (3/6)
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• INTA-Argentinao Visit CIATo Areas of common interest
• INIAso Amazon Initiative (IA)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela ICRAF, CIFOR, Bioversity International
South America (4/6)
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• Researcho Seeds
o Wood quality
o Genetic resources
South America (5/6)
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
• Knowledge management
o Mapping environment and population
o Amazon dialogues
o Amazon policy briefs
South America (6/6)
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Content
• Host country
• Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
• South America
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Challenges
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Red SICTA, UNA,Farmers’ Assoociation, ITC, CIAT
Central America and the Caribbean (1/5) • Regional Strategy
o LFM
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Environmental nichesfor high cuality coffee
Climate change adaptability
Central America and the Caribbean (2/5)
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Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor
Nicaraguan national food security plan Biofortification
Central America and the Caribbean (3/5)
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Transformation of upland to irrigate agriculture through water harvesting
http://ciatnews.cgiar.org/en/index.php/2011/05/just-add-water-food-production-transformed-in-drought-prone-nicaragua/
Central America and the Caribbean (4/5)
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• High demand for capacity building
• NARIs with limited capacity
• Small countries
• Region still has donors’ support (most for Development)
• CIAT has high reputation
Central America and the Caribbean (5/5)
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Content
• Host country
• Agronatura and FUNDACIAT
• South America
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Challenges
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Challenges (1/2)
• Continue/strengthen relationship with host country
• Move more aggressively outside the host country
• Find better ways to relate to:o International organizationso Regional networkso Identify and relate to new donors
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• Strengthen links with National Programs
• Link CRPs to LAC research (ex. CRP7)
• Balance between Development and Research
Challenges (2/2)
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