Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Elcio Guimarães Latin America and the Caribbean Region CIAT Board Meeting #63 Nairobi, Kenya 12 May 2011

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges 02/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Host country Host country (1/9) 03/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor MADR-Corpoica-CIAT agreement (US$4 million) o Research o Validation o Carimagua o Biotechnology o Follow up Work plan for /31 Host country Host country (2/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Research (joint agenda) Rice, forage, fruits, soils, climate change Capacity building, knowledge management Maize (CIMMYT) Research (Corpoica) Soybean, rubber, bio-energy crops, livestock 05/31 Host country Host country (3/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Facilitator role Agreement Corpoica-Embrapa Genetic resources, technologies, capacity building…. 06/31 Host country Host country (4/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Bogota office (located at Corpoica) Diana Toscano o Agronomic Engineering (EARTH Int. Univ. of Costa Rica) o MBA business administration o Strong links with public and private sectors o Knowledge of and experience with donors o Experience in writing proposals 07/31 Host country Host country (5/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Fedearroz (Colombian rice federation) o Orinoquia o Linkages with Embrapa o Strengthening joint activities  Capacity strengthening – young scientists  Data base and analysis  Pilot test and technology transfer  Climate change 08/31 Host country Host country (6/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Boyaca State o International Research Center for the High Tropics o Agro-industrial production systems o CIAT y FUNDACIAT support o Tropical fruit program 09/31 Host country Host country (7/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor UNAL-Palmira o Course on “Participatory Research” o Proposal on participatory research o International seminars – CIAT visitors 10/31 Host country Host country (8/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Tropical Fruit o Corpoica, UNAL-Palmira, ICA, Corp. Biotech o Three project proposals 11/31 Host country Host country (9/9)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor 12/31 Content CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Agronatura and FUNDACIAT 13/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Biodiversity and Competitiveness. Colombia’s National Bio-trade Fund through a PPP create the Valle del Cauca’s Regional Committee for Biodiversity and Competitiveness Agri-Business Incubator. Started developing an innovative model of a science and technology park, with support from Agri-Science ICRISAT 14/31 Agronatura and FUNDACIAT

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor 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. 15/31 Agronatura and FUNDACIAT

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor 16/31 Content CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor South America (1/6) Embrapa o CNPMF  Public-Private partnership – cassava breeding  Tropical fruit o CNPGC  Capacity Building o Acre  CIM position 17/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Embrapa o Cecat  Capacity building  REDD course o CNPAF  Rice breeding  Bean breeding 18/31 South America (2/6)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor IICA o Procitropicos network – AI o IICA-ISU-CIAT (US$15 million - seed proposal) Catie o Amazon region o Course LFM Public-Private partnership – forage breeding 19/31 South America (3/6)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor INTA-Argentina o Visit CIAT o Areas of common interest INIAs o Amazon Initiative (AI)  Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela  ICRAF, CIFOR, Bioversity International 20/31 South America (4/6)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Research o Seeds o Wood quality o Genetic resources 21/31 South America (5/6)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Knowledge management o Mapping environment and population o Amazon dialogues o Amazon policy briefs 22/31 South America (6/6)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor 23/31 Content CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Red SICTA, UNA, Farmers’ Assoociation, ITC, CIAT Red SICTA, UNA, Farmers’ Assoociation, ITC, CIAT Central America and the Caribbean (1/5) Regional Strategy o LFM 24/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Environmental niches for high cuality coffee Climate change adaptability 25/31 Central America and the Caribbean (2/5)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Nicaraguan national food security plan Biofortification 26/31 Central America and the Caribbean (3/5)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Transformation of upland to irrigate agriculture through water harvesting 27/31 Central America and the Caribbean (4/5)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor High demand for capacity building NARIs with limited capacity Small countries Region still has donors’ support CIAT has high reputation 28/31 Central America and the Caribbean (5/5)

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor 29/31 Content CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Challenges (1/2) Continue/strengthen relationship with host country Move more aggressively outside the host country Find better ways to relate to: o International Organizations o Regional networks o Identify and relate to new donors 30/31

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Strengthen links with National Programs Link CRPs to LAC research (ex. CRP7) 31/31 Challenges (2/2)