wheat initiative presentation @ the 9th international wheat conference
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An international research partnership for wheat
improvement IWC, Sydney
Hélène Lucas, September 25, 2015
1. RATIONALE, ORGANISATION AND GOVERNANCE
An interna;onal research partnership for wheat improvement
v A framework to iden;fy synergies and facilitate collabora;ons for wheat improvement at the interna/onal level
v Created in 2011 following endorsement by G20 Agriculture Ministries to improve food security
v Vision: a vibrant global wheat research community sharing resources, capabili/es, data and ideas to improve wheat land produc/vity, quality and sustainable produc/on
v Mission: develop a global Strategic Research Agenda and support its implementa/on through coordinated ac;ons, knowledge and resource sharing and efficient investment
Wheat Ini;a;ve Vision and Mission
16 countries, 9 private companies, 2 CGIAR Centres
All countries and companies welcome!
Facilita;ng delivery by leveraging synergies and collabora;ons
Expert Working Groups Established
v Wheat Informa/on System v Gene/cs and genomics of
Durum wheat v Wheat breeding methods
and strategies v Wheat phenotyping to
support wheat improvement
v Wheat plant and crop modelling
Newly approved
v Control of wheat pathogens and pests
v Adapta/on of wheat to abio/c stress
v Global wheat germplasm conserva/on and use community
v Nutrient use efficiency v Improving wheat quality for
processing and health
Under development v Agronomy
The Wheat Ini;a;ve is • A science-‐led ini/a/ve • A way to bridge na/onal and
interna/onal programmes • A mechanism for the wheat
community to iden/fy gaps, and to define and update research priori/es
• An informa/on plaGorm for ins/tu/ons to establish investment priori/es
• An opportunity for public & private funders to support interna/onal programmes
• Self-‐funded through members
The Wheat Ini;a;ve is • Not a research programme • Not compe/ng with exis/ng na/onal
or interna/onal ini/a/ves • Not a funding en/ty
The Wheat Ini;a;ve in summary
2. FIRST ACHIEVEMENTS
v S/mula/ng debate and discussion § Na/onal strategies for wheat research
§ Funding calls dedicated to wheat § Na/onal wheat research networks
v Increasing communica/ons v Support for the wheat genome reference sequence
Building momentum
Access to wheat data
Wheat Informa;on System (hXp://whea;s.org/)
Bioinforma/cs experts from 7 countries & CIMMYT working together to develop the WheatIS
Innova;ons to boost yields
v Launch of the Interna/onal Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) in 2014
v 1 call for proposals in 2015
From an Vision Document to a Strategic Research Agenda
2013 2015
The Strategic Research Agenda
v Challenges and aspira/ons
v Research Needs v Priority ac/ons
3. WHAT’S NEXT
Implementa;on of the SRA v Help define ini/al global priori/es v Implementa/on plans for each priority v Mechanisms to facilitate delivery
§ Alignment of strategies § Joint funding mechanisms § Public-‐private coopera/on frameworks § Interna/onal calls
v Global wheat research database
Raising the profile of wheat and working together to add value for all
Farmers Industry
Consumers
Interna;onal consor;a
Na;onal research programs
WHEAT CRP
Research programmes
NARS
Extension Services
delivering
Delivery of research outcomes
Research providers
ARIs
NARS
Universi;es
Etc. Etc.
CGIAR
Na;onal funding agencies
Interna;onal funding agencies
Founda;ons
Aid agencies
Funders
Private Sector
www.whea;ni;a;ve.org Contact: [email protected]