megatrends, innovation, and irri's future business model

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Megatrends, Innovation, andIRRIs Future Business

Model

Achim Dobermann

IRRI SeminarJanuary 5, 2012


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Umesh

Singhs

5-year

vision

VisionReaching 7 million farmers (more than 5 millions ha of rice area) by theend of next 5 years with stress-tolerant rice varieties thereby ensuringmore than 5 million tons extra annual rice production in South Asia.

Work Plan Search for additional partners and resources Assist in release of new varieties by national systems, coordinate

seed multiplication and dissemination and capacity building. Next 5years plans for these activities are as follows:

Work Year1 2 3 4 5

New stress-tolerant

rice varietiesreleased

I: 4

B: 2

I: 2

B: 2N: 3

I: 2

B: 2N: 2

I: 3

B: 2N: 1

I: 4

B: 2N: 2Seed multiplication (t/ha) of newly released stress-tolerant rice varietiesFormal sector 6000 10000 20000 25000 30000Informal sector(farmer to farmer)

2000 20000 50000 125000 250000

Area coverage(Mha)

0.2 0.75 1.75 3.75 5.75

Farmers covered

(millions)

0.22 0.8 1.9 4.2 7.0

Training eventswith NARES

10 10 10 10 10

I = India; B = Bangladesh; N = Nepal

Facilitate the change in policy issues affecting varietal release, seedmultiplication and dissemination of varieties. Also promote regionalcooperation on these issues among India, Bangladesh & Nepal.


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The world we live in keepschanging


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Six megatrends in agriculture

Productivity increaseSkillful, precise agriculture

Integration of value chainsConnection to health

Multiple objectives

Interactive knowledge

R. Rabbinge, WUR


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Farmers Leave for the City, China Looks toNeighbors for Rice

Oryza News, August 8, 2011


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What can IRRI do best?


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Be a global innovation leader:

A-level science done by

A-level people


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Groundbreaking germplasm products

New rice systems and value chainsUnique information & decision tools

New ways of reaching out

People

What are our future innovations?


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2 in 1: Drought + submergence tolerance

Three drought yield QTLspyramided in Swarna sub1

BC4F2 population with three QTLs

under genotyping at IRRI Anjali, Savitri, TDK 1, Saro 5,

Supa, NSICRc 222, MR219,MRQ74 improvement underway

Swarna Swarna + DTY

- QTL + QTL - QTL


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QTLs work in different grain shapes and germplasm classes

IR 60/6461

Long, boldNot chalky

6993/6461Medium, chalky

93-11/6461Medium boldchalky

Teqing/6461Shortchalky

Markers delivered soon


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IRRI hybrid rice germplasm shared with partners

End ofADB

project

HRDCFormed

38 members

HRDC has 57 publicand private sectormembers

GRiSP P d 5 3 1 Gl b l i i i d f i


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GRiSP Product 5.3.1. Global rice monitoring and forecasting system

cyan late Dec to early Jan

blue mid-Jan

red & green still under land

preparation in mid-Jan

Regular observations throughout the season show how

much planting dates can vary over small distances

Color shows crop establishment

The mapping component provides

rice area estimates

planting dates

damage estimates (drought/flood)

crop growth status


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Additionalknowledge and

AppsAgriculture

AppsLab

Personalized,precision farming

for small-scalefarmers

CerealKnowledge

Bank

Apps for farmers

Best bet

farmingpractices

Suite of

servicesfor farmers

Monitoring


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Total number of scholars that came to IRRI 2007-2011(Completed + On-board)

Category 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011BS 0 0 7 15 13MS 37 41 42 36 46PhD 73 74 76 77 95On-the-Job Trainees 19 9 13 15 31Fellows 8 14 10 3 2Interns 57 54 30 63 46Total 194 192 178 209 233


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How are we going to develop

and distribute our innovationsin the future?

IRRI is a nonprofit independent organization that, through rice

research, aims to

reduce poverty and hunger,

improve the health of rice farmers and consumers,

ensure that rice production is environmentally sustainable.


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then and now

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Unrestricted

US$ million

Inflation adjusted IRRI funding (GDP deflator, 2005=100)

CRPs W1-3

Other SRF,Other income

70-80%100% 50-70% 30-40%


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IRRIs funding sources in 2011US$ 71.3 million from 80 different sources

70-80%100% 50-70% 30-40%

27

Private(3%)

3Foundations

(27%)

7

Intl. Org.(9%)

10Universities

(2%)

21Governments

(27%)

9Other CGIAR

(5%)

CGIAR W1+W227%


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then and now

IRRI Restricted grants 2005 2006 2008 2010 2011

No. of grants 73 103 143 139 122Total volume (US$ million) 20 25 117 151 132

Avg. size (US$ million) 0.28 0.24 0.82 1.09 1.08

No. of grants 1 million 4 5 21 26 19


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tomorrowConcentrate on core competencies

Focus on innovative products and big discoveries

Protect high-value IP

Brand and actively market IP, products and services

Generate revenue streams for supporting core programs

Use bilateral grants as strategic supplements

Outsource more

Choose donors and partners carefully

Be more efficient


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One more thing


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< 20%20-30%

30-40%40-50%> 50%

Why do we still have big yield gaps?


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Lets talk about nitrogen


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Higher yields with less nitrogen

Source: G.H. Wang, Zheijiang University

Jiaxing, Zheijiang province, China

Researcher

150 kg N/ha25% pre-plant30% ET35% PI10% booting

Farmer

300 kg N/ha30% pre-plant30% ET25% MT15% PI


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10-20% more yield

30-50% less N lossesLess fossil fuel

Less N2O emissionsLess water pollutionLess pestsAt least 10% more profit


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Maybe we dont know about our impact?


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U i i i ld i h


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Uruguay: increase in yields withthe same varieties

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El Paso 144 Tacuar Olimar Otras

VarietiesAverage rice yield, t/ha

Source: ACA and INIA statistics

FLAR/CFC/INIA Project


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The rice checks in Australia

Simple, objective to aid understanding & decisions

9 yield (crop management) checks

2 sustainability checks2 grain quality checks

Source: John Lacy


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Source: John Lacy


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Get out there, observe, measure, record, innovate

Source: John Lacy


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Lets start in

our ownbackyard


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http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/rice.htm


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2012 AgronomyChallengeBlock D7


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Varieties?

Water management?

Weed ecology and management?

Nutrient management?

Soil health?Pest management?

Machinery?

Energy and GWP?Economics?

......


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