Prioritizing countries and crops for H+ LAC Salomón Pérez S. Carolina González Washington DC, October 18th-19th, 2012

Crops released in AgroSalud CountryCrop/released yearNutrition data NicaraguaMaize QPM (2007)Nutrader (Tript = 0.072%, Prot = 9.8%) Mazorca de oro (Tript = 0.072%, Prot = 10%) NB6 ((Tript = 0.063%, Prot = 9%) H-INTA991 (Tript = 0.063%, Prot = 6.3%) BeansINTA Nutritivo (Fe: 80 ppm, Zinc: 37 ppm) INTA Rojo (Fe: 48 ppm, Zinc: 22 ppm) RiceL8(Fe: 3 ppm, Zinc: 10.5ppm) L9 (Fe: 3.5 ppm, Zinc: 14.2 ppm) INTA Chinandega (Fe: 3.3 ppm, Zinc: 14.5 ppm) El SalvadorMaize (2008)Oro Blanco (Tript = 0.103%, Prot = 10.78%) Protemás(Tript = 0.11%, Prot = 11.2%) Oro Platino ((Tript = 0.092%, Prot = 9.5%) H-59 (Tript = 0.04%, Prot = 10.23%) BeansFerromas (Fe= 75-80ppm, Zinc= 35) ColombiaMaize (2010)FNC-32AC(Tript = 0.086%, Prot = ?) FNC-31AC(Tript = 0.072%, Prot = ?) ICA V354((Tript = 0.058%, Prot = ?) ICA V305 (Tript = 0.048%, Prot = ?) MaizeSweet PotatoCassavaRiceBean ZincBetaTrypLysineFeZINCBeta FeZincFeZinc HarvestPlus-50% Target 7, Agrosalud

Crops released in AgroSalud CountryCrop/released yearNutrition data GuatemalaMaize QPM (2009)ICTA Maya (Fe: 0.8 ppm, Zinc: 0.8 ppm) Beans (2010)ICTA Peten(Fe: 76 ppm, Zinc: ? ppm) PanamáMaize (2008)IDIAP – MQ-02 IDIAP – MQ – 07 IDIAP – MQ-12 IDIAP-MQ-14 Rice (2010)IDIAP GAB2(Fe: 4.13 mg/kg, Zinc: 15.5 mg/kg) IDIAP GAB6(Fe: 3.55 mg/kg, Zinc: mg/kg) IDIAP GAB8(Fe: 3.8 mg/kg, Zinc: mg/kg) IDIAP GAB11(Fe: 3.83 mg/kg, Zinc: mg/kg) BoliviaBeans (2009)Fortaleza(Fe: 83 mg/kg, Zinc: 40 mg/kg) Negro sequia o SEN (Fe: ? mg/kg, Zinc: ? mg/kg) Rice (2009)Azucena (Fe: 3.4 mg/kg, Zinc: mg/kg) Saavedra27 (Fe: 3.52mg/kg, Zinc: 11.2 mg/kg) HondurasMaize (2009)Dicta – Q-10 Sintetico 03 (olancho UNA) MaizeSweet PotatoCassavaRiceBean ZincBetaTrypLysineFeZINCBeta FeZincFeZinc HarvestPlus-50% Target 7, Agrosalud

What was done in AgroSalud? DALYs: Iron and zinc for Nicaragua, Honduras, México, Colombia and northeast Brazil. Vitamin A. Colombia, Honduras, México, Haiti and Nicaragua

What was done in AgroSalud? Acceptance studies: El Salvador: Maize QPM “Acceptance of maize QPM cultivars: Platino, Oro blanco and Protemás in El Salvador” Published in Agricultura Técnica in México. Sample size: 133.

What was done in AgroSalud? Acceptance studies: Nicaragua: Potential acceptance of quality protein maize (Nutrader, Nutrinta Amarillo and Mazorca de Oro by farmer families in Northern Nicaragua. Published in Agronomia Mesoamericana. Sample size 142.

What was done in AgroSalud? Acceptance studies (suspended): Cuba: Acceptance analysis of black bean cultivar with higher iron content Cubana 23 in Cuba. Has been suspended. Sample size 100. Bolivia. Acceptance analysis of rice cultivars with higher content of iron and zinc, Azucena y Saavedra 27 in Bolivia. Sample size 195.

Main constraints in AgroSalud I Limited budged ( US$ 50,000 for three years) Limited time: most of the cultivars were released at the end of the project. 30% Salomón Pérez time during the first year and 50% the following two No records about seeds distribution NAR´s innestability Lack of information (cultivars to be released, where, when, etc)

Crops and countries selection Criteria: 1. National production (per capita) 2.Consumption (per capita) 3.Iron, Zinc or Vitamin A deficiency as a level of public health problem 4.Income (per capita) 5.Poverty (<1.25 US/day) Information sources: Production and consumption: FAO (2009). Iron deficiency: Worldwide prevalence of anaemia WHO Zinc deficiency: Assessment of the Risk of Zinc Deficiency in Populations and Options for Its Control. IZING. Vitamin A: Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995–2005. WHO Income and Poverty: World Bank

Priorized countries and crops for H+ LAC in Central America and the Caribbean Micronutrient - CropCountries Beans IronHaiti, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua Beans ZincNicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras Cassava – Vitamin AHaiti, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Brazil, Peru and Colombia Rice IronHaiti, Peru, Bolivia, Belize, Cuba, Ecuador and Panama Rice ZincCuba, Belize, Haiti, Bolivia, Nicaragua Sweet Potato – Vitamin AHaiti, Cuba, Bolivia, Paraguay and Honduras Maize ZincHonduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba and Haiti Maize Vitamin AParaguay, Haiti, Bolivia, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua

Potential Socioeconomic Studies First year: -Diagnostic per selected countries to identify diffusion strategies (main actors, geographic zones, target populating) -Baseline construction for at least two countries where biofortifed cultivars are close to be released (Nicaragua-Bolivia). -Adoption analysis for bean cultivar ICTA PETEN in Guatemala - Panama –Beans: Base Line Second year: -Consumer and producer acceptance analysis for different crops recently released in two different countries