1. HarvestPlus c/o IFPRI 2033 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-1002 USA Tel: 202-862-5600 Fax: 202-467-4439 HarvestPlus@cgiar.org www.HarvestPlus.org Overview of Global HarvestPlus Activities Howarth Bouis

2. Hidden Hunger 2 billion+ affected Photo: C. Hotz

3. Iron Deficiency: Cognitive impairment Maternal mortality during childbirth Decreased work productivity 70% of children under 5 and 55% of non-pregnant women are anemic. In western India, where pearl millet is a staple food, an estimated 66% of children under 5 are anemic.

4. Zinc Deficiency : Growth failure Susceptibility to infections Diarrhea An estimated 44% of children under 5 are at risk of zinc deficiency.

5. Vitamin A Deficiency: Causes eye damage, ultimately blindness Higher Mortality 62% of children under 5 are deficient in vitamin A, leading to an annual 330,000 child deaths. Close to 20 million pregnant women in developing countries are also vitamin A deficient. Nearly one-half of these cases occur in India.

6. 0 50 100 150 200 250 India Pakistan Bangladesh Developing India Pakistan Bangladesh Developing World Developing % Changes in Cereal & Pulse Production & in Population Between 1965 & 1999 CerealsPulsesPopulation

7. Indices of Cereal, Milk, All Food Prices, Three Year Averages

8. Indices of Non-Staple Food Prices, Three Year Averages

9. Food Expenditures in Indian States With Very High Rice Consumption

10. After 50% Increase in All Food Prices Animal Staples Non-Food Staples Non-Food Before Share of Total Expenditures

11. Supplementation Commercial Fortification Agricultural Approaches Dietary Diversity (higher incomes; education)

12. Agricultural Approaches Biofortification Adding trace minerals to fertilizers Introducing single novel foods that are profitable and high in missing nutrients – cowpea in rice-wheat systems in India Homestead food gardens Re-introducing/expansion of traditional crops

13. Biofortification-breeding food crops that are more nutritious Photo: D. Marchand

14. Cost-effective: central one time investment Photo: ICRISAT

15. 75% of the poor 25%

16. Targeted: poor people eat staples Photo: IRRI

17. Sustainable for famers Photo: A.M. Ball

18. #1 Can Breeding increase nutrient to levels that improve nutrition? Photo: Wolfgang Pfeiffer

19. 2011 2 Cassava Vitamin A Nigeria DR Congo Beans Iron (Zinc) Rwanda DR Congo Maize Vitamin A Zambia 2012 Crops for Africa & Release Dates Crops are high-yielding and with other traits farmers want.

20. Pearl Millet Iron (Zinc) India Rice Zinc Bangladesh India Wheat Zinc India Pakistan Crops for Asia & Release Dates 20122 20132 Crops are high-yielding and with other traits farmers want.

21. Consumption of Staple Foods in India

22. #2 Are extra nutrients bioavailable at sufficient levels to improve micronutrient status?

23. Crop & Nutrient Countries of first release Status of Nutrition Studies Dietary Intake & Retention BioavailabiliyEfficacyEffectiveness Vitamin A Crops (released) Cassava Nigeria, DR Congo 2013-14 2013-15 MaizeNigeria, Zambia  2013-2015 OSP Uganda, Mozambique Iron Crops (released) BeanRwanda  Pearl MilletIndia 2013-2015 Zinc crops (under development—to be released in 2013) Rice Bangladesh, India 20132013-142014-2016 WheatIndia, Pakistan 2013-142014-2016

24. #3 Will Farmers adopt crops and consumers buy & eat these? Photos: Neil Palmer (CIAT)

25. Impact on vitamin A intakes

26. Seed package design

27. Seed production & distribution Seed production- TFL ( tons) Seed Packs- distribution 2012268.6678553 2013400

28. Phase 3: New roles for HarvestPlus staff

29. Private Sector Entities and Activities Demand by Health and Nutrition Community for Biofortification Global Supply of Biofortified Crops Global Markets Established for Biofortified Crops Global Demand by Consumers for Biofortfied Foods Mainstreaming of Biofortification by Public Agriculture Sector $ Vision for a Sustainable Biofortification System

30. Biofortification Research Biofortification Deployment Scale Up in Selected Target Countries Measure Cost- Effective Impact Additional Bioavailability and Efficacy Evidence Private Sector Entities and Activities Global Supply of Biofortified Crops Global Markets Established for Biofortified Crops Global Demand by Consumers for Biofortfied Foods Increase Breeding Effectiveness and Capacity Biofortification Advocacy $ Demand by Health and Nutrition Community for Biofortification Mainstreaming of Biofortification by Public Agriculture Sector