CONSULTATIVE PARTNERS

GHI MEMBER COMPANIES

GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL IMPERATIVE

VOLATILE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS CYCLES

RISING CONFLICTCHANGING CLIMATE

GROWING DEMAND VULNERABLE HEALTH

With the right policies, investments

and science-based

technologies and practices, WE CAN…

Managing Through the Booms and Busts

AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS CYCLES

PRODUCTIVITY IS THE KEY

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Satisfies human needs

Enhances environmental quality and the natural resource base

Sustains the economic viability of agriculture

Improves the quality of life for everyone in the ag value chain and society as a whole

STRATEGIES FOR PRODUCING MORE

Expanding Land

Intensifying Inputs

Extending Irrigation

Increasing Efficiency with Total

Factor Productivity (TFP)

TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY (TFP)

SOURCES OF TFP GROWTH-GLOBAL

SOURCES OF TFP GROWTH-HIGH INCOME

SOURCES OF TFP GROWTH-LOW INCOME

AFRICA’S FOOD DEMAND GAP IS GROWING

LATIN AMERICA’S POTENTIAL

Can Agriculture

Feed the World

and Mitigate

Climate Change?Credit: UN FAO Niger

A CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POWERHOUSE

GROWING MORE, SAVING FORESTS, EMITTING LESS

What is the

Business Case

for Climate

Leadership?Credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer

GHI’S FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES

INVEST IN PUBLIC AG R&D AND EXTENSION

EVERYPUBLIC DOLLARinvested in agricultural

research in the U.S. providesat least $10 in economic

benefits to society.

On average, the Latin America and Caribbean

region has met the UN recommendation to

ALLOCATE 1%OF AG GDP

to research and development.

U.S. AG R&D: PUBLIC & PRIVATE, 1970-2012

NATIONAL AG R&D EXPENDITURES: 1990-2010

TAKING IT TO THE FARMER

Republic of GeorgiaCredit: Givi Pirtskhalava/World Bank

Ghana and KenyaCredit: Technoserve

TanzaniaCredit: Winifrida Mayilla

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCHTO IMPROVE DRYLANDS AGRICULTURE

• Sorghum & millet thrive in drylands, are resistant to drought and can be used for human and animal consumption

• Public-private partnerships are improving the nutritional quality of sorghum and millet and strengthening the seed systems for these crops

EMBRACE, CUSTOMIZE & DISSEMINATESCIENCE-BASED & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

GMO crop technologyon average

reduced pesticide use 37%, increased yields 22% and

increased farmer profit 68%

SMART, SCIENCE-BASED REGULATORY SYSTEMS

Promote innovation, entrepreneurship and competitiveness

Protect natural resources and the environment

Ensure consumer health and safety, and build trust

SMART, SCIENCE-BASED REGULATORY SYSTEMS

Shared Responsibilities

Farmers Input Suppliers, Processors

and Retailers

Government Media Consumers

HEALTHY PEOPLE=HEALTHY ANIMALS=HEALTHY PLANET

ONE HEALTH PRECISION CONSERVATION BIO-INNOVATIONSource: The BioAg Alliance

BIOFORTIFICATION FOR BETTER NUTRITION• Micronutrient malnutrition impacts

2 billion people every year, resulting in stunted growth, low resistance to disease, chronic illness and reduced cognitive development

• Biofortification of crops such as sorghum and millet, allow people to grow fortified foods for themselvesAFRICAN BIOFORTIFIED

SORGHUM PROJECT

ENHANCE PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

In low- and middle-income countries, 78% OF AG INVESTMENTS

are capital investments MADE BY FARMERS THEMSELVES.

There is a$1 TRILLION

INVESTMENT GAPFOR INFRASTRUCTURE

in low- and middle-income countries.

SECURING THE INDESPENSIBLE INPUTS

Land Tenure

Credit: Kelly Winquist/John Deere

Improved Seeds, Fertilizer and Crop Protection

Credit: Ann Steensland/GHI

Water, Irrigation and Mechanization

Credit: The Mosaic Company

SHARING RISK – EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY

Project Ownership Transfer of U.S. Farmland (2014-2019)

Credit: Charlie Baucom

Infrastructure and Finance

Credit: Graham Crouch/World Bank

A ROLE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR

Urban and Informal Food SystemsValue Chain Development

Credit: GAIN

Cultivate Partnerships for Sustainable Agricultural Growth and Improved Nutrition

U.S. government has leveraged

$100 BILLIONIN PRIVATE SECTOR

INVESTMENTSto address poverty, agricultural

development and food security.

Agricultural yields would

INCREASE BY 30%IF WOMEN HAD EQUAL ACCESS

to productive inputs.

The 4Ps: Public-Private-Producer PartnershipsWhy include producers?

To gain knowledge of local agroecological conditions and address community concerns and goals

To build local ownership by making producers full partners in the project design, management, monitoring and evaluation

To improve project sustainability through leadership capacity building

Credit: SoilCares Foundation

Women Farmer Cooperatives

WOMEN ARE THE KEY

Partners in Improving Nutrition

Credit: ICARDA

Off the Farm and Out of the Kitchen

Credit: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling

EXPAND REGIONAL AND GLOBAL TRADE AND HARMONIZE STANDARDS

Reducing the COST OF GLOBAL TRADE BY

1 PERCENTincreases

GLOBAL INCOME BY

$40 BILLION

In Southern and Eastern Africa

ONLY 1-IN-4 SMALL-SCALE FARMERS

have access to QUALITY IMPROVED SEEDS

MAKING TRADE WORK NOW…AND IN THE FUTURE

Keeping Labor and the Environment in Focus

Building Capacity for Ensuring Food Safety

Credit: IICA

Investing in Trade Infrastructure

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH PULSES