A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation Dr. David Bergvinson, DG, ICRISAT
SRF
17SustainableDevelopmentGoalswithemphasisonsustainableandequitablefoodsystems
Webelieveallpeoplehavearighttonutri1ousfoodandbe5erlivelihoods
ICRISATworksinthedrylandtropicsofsub-SaharanAfricaandAsiato:
Ourresearchac>vi>esarefocusedoncropsofimmensevaluetothenutri1onandeconomicsofthesemi-aridtropics–drylandcereals(sorghumandmillets)andgrainlegumes(chickpea,pigeonpeaandgroundnut).
ICRISAT-Our“Why”
WHYLEGUMES?
CLIMATE-HARDY,MICRONUTRIENT-DENSECEREALS
ICRISAT’sholis>capproachtotheagriculturalR4Dvaluechain
Cross-cuTngissues
Mainstreamingnutri>on
Empoweringwomen–womenareconsulted,
involvedandsupportedtolead
AUrac>ngyouthtoagriculture
ApproachforAdop>onPar>cipatoryapproachandpartnering–
workingsidebyside
Buildingcapacity–atana1onaland
locallevel
Integra>ngcommunica>ons-to
buildawarenessandshareknowledge
Monitoringandevalua>on–for
feedbackandadjustment
Policysupport–workcloselywith
governmenttoencouragethe
neededpolicies
Developingon-farm
prac1cesandtechnologies
Analyzingkeyproblems
andopportuni1es
Managingsoilandwater
CropImprovement&seedAccess
DiversifyingFarms
Introducingprocessing
Facilita1ngmarketaccess
Drivingmarketdevelopment
ManagingandSustainingCropCollec>ons(ICRISAT)
Morrisetal.,2013.PNAS110:453-458
Population genomic and genome-wide association studies of agroclimatic traits in sorghum – 971 accessions
UnleashingGenomicstoAccelerateGene>cGain
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Interna>onalPearlMilletGenomeSequencingConsor>um
India
RevolvingSeedFund
Boundarypartners
Leadfarmers
Broadercommunity
ICRISAThasbuiltalargenetworkofdeliverypartnerscapableofiden>fyingandequippingleadfarmers…
…whorapidlymobilizedothersintheircommunitytoadoptnewvarie>es,therebymo>va>ngseedcompaniestoproduce,promoteanddistributeimprovedvarie>es
ScienceofDeliveryandAdop>on
Leadfarmershaveinterestandcapacitytoassistothersincommunity,areinfluen1alandtrusted,andcantakeriskwithtes1ngnewtechnologies
BoundarypartnersarecommunitybasedNGOs&governmentextensionsystemwithalignedgoals
Par>cipatoryVarietySelec>on–askingthefarmfamilywhattheywantinanewvariety
Swarna-sub1
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CropImprovement&seed
Fivenewvarie1esincludingICGV-SM03517nowcalledWamusanga(werereleasedinSeptember2015.
SoilMappingasanentrypointunderBhoochetana:OurWatershedStory
Village1999
District2006
State2009
Na>on2015
• All37func1onalwells• Wateravailabilityyear• round
PartneringwithcorporatesinvariousdistrictsacrossdifferentstatesinIndia.
Benefi_ngover5millionsoffarmersacrossKarnata
Genesis:Kothapallyvillage,Telangana
ICRISATisworkingcloselywiththeGovernmentofIndiatoscaleupitslearnings
andwater
Managingsoilandwater
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