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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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• 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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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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• Knowledge management

o Mapping environment and population

o Amazon dialogues

o Amazon policy briefs

South America (6/6)

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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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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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