FOOD SECURITY

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FOOD SECURITY
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Food Security

• Goal Generate new technologies, better policies
  and stronger institutions to improve the lives
  and livelihoods of small scale farm families
  bypassed by the Green Revolution.
• Approach Hands-on field level research that
  encourages farmer innovation, is supported by
  modern science and appropriate policies, and
  builds partnerships at all levels.

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Food Security - Targets
More resilient crops for Africa
Restore soil fertility in Africa
Drought tolerant rice and maize for Asia
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Food Security Staff
7 Officers - Director - 3 Senior
Scientists, Kenya - 1 Senior Scientist,
Zimbabwe - 1 Senior Scientist, Thailand -
1 Senior Scientist, Mexico
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Food Security 2000 Grants by Region
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Insecure Farm
3
2
Potential harvest (tons/ha)
Survival line
1
2
3
1
4
Months
7
Improved soil fertility AND resilient crops
Weeds
3
Insects diseases
Drought
2
Potential harvest (tons/ha)
Survival line
1
2
3
1
4
Months
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Sub-themes

• Enabling farmer participation (20 of budget)
• Better ways of generating agricultural
  innovations
• Better ways of delivering research results
• Applying Science and Technology (50)
• Better crop varieties
• More productive soils
• Strengthening policies and institutions (30)
• More capable people
• Institutions that work for poor farmers
• Policies favoring poor farmers
• Revitalized public sector

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APPLYING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Resilient Crops for Less-Favored Environments
• Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for
  Africa
• Restoring and Improving African Soil Fertility
  through Integrated Nutrient Management

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Food Security 2000 Grants by Sub-Theme
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Partnerships Work
FARMERS Testing Selection Analysis Problem ide
ntification Problem solving
Advanced Labs
IARCS.
NARS
PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTORS
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PARTICIPATION
PHILIPPINES THAILAND MEXICO
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INDIA THAILAND W. AFRICA
KENYA ZIMBABWE MALAWI UGANDA
CHINA
USA EUROPE
POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS
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INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
Participation
COMMUNITY
Science technology
HOUSEHOLD
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Farmer Participation
Inst. Perma.- 191,670 U of Malawi-
59,125 MoA Malawi-35,000
 
Science and Technology
CIMMYT-SoilFertNet- 1,276,200 MoA-Zimbabwe -
59,000 MoA-Malawi- 187,621 TSBF-
82,800
Restore Soil Fertility In Southern Africa
Strengthening Policies and Institutions
FAP to strengthen IDEAA- 111,000
MoA-Zimbabwe-DRSS-90,000 U of Malawi-
25,000 U of Zim-
38,000
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Soils
Crops
 
Participation

Participation
Restored Soil Fertility and More
Resilient Crops
ST
ST
Policies Institutions
Policies Institutions
16
Improved soil fertility AND resilient crops
Weeds
3
Insects diseases
Drought
2
Potential harvest (tons/ha)
Survival line
1
2
3
1
4
Months