1. EPSO assistance for sustainable crop production in Africa Jean Christophe Glaszmann CIRAD Montpellier AGAP

2. EPSO assistance for sustainable crop production in Africa EPSO, plant sciences in Europe …….

16. EPSO assistance for sustainable crop production in Africa EPSO, plant sciences FAO, policies and programmes

17. Importance of agriculture, Increasing constraints Research for Development –the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) –the G20 Conference on Agricultural Research for Development –European coordination mechanisms for ARD

18. Plant improvement in the developing world –the CGIAR system –private/public corporations –regional organizations –national systems the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB)

19. Plant breeding transforming genetic diversity into adaptation within agricultural systems germplasm diversity crop varieties agro-eco-systems

20. germplasm diversity °C H 2 O CO 2 durability services performance utilization food & non-food quality efficiency productivity ideotypes Evolution Domestication competitiveness model plants Economics Ecology Agronomy Biology Anthropology Evolution Plant breeding, at the heart of multiple fields of science and innovation crop varieties agro-eco-systems

21. Diverse crops grain fruit stalk root … diploid vs polyploid autogamous vs allogamous annual vs perenial distribution of genetic resources foundation history of selection

22. Biological resources genotypingphenotyping @ partnership Mutualised and coordinated tools, capacities and resources germplasm diversity crop varieties agro-eco-systems

23. Game changers Genome at the core Diversity at the core Action at the core Partnerships, training, networks, platforms

24. SNPs depth/density monitoring throughput comparative candidates repertoire ploidy duplication redundancy subfunctionalization structural heterozygosity genome sequences genome-wide selection Genomes at the core evolution Musa /Musa

25. Concentrating on common materials with high genetic diversity, fine genetic resolution power, coverage of breeding history and representation of elite breeding materials enables relating phenotypes to genotypes and revealing key factors for traits for use in marker-assisted breeding molecular breeding biologists association analyses breeders pedigree analyses

26. History Linguistics Society Dynamics Selection Mutation Recombination Foundation/ Selection Breeding Diversity at the core (gene, genome, cultivar, society)

27. ideotype diversity/homogeneity bio-technology cooperation/alignment ABS/property Action at the core modes of genetic « improvement » subsistence crops industrial crops

28. Agronomic practices Food transformation Integrated pest management Improved Varieties Food technology Plant biology Biological interactions Agrobiodiversity Agronomy Innovation-bearing disciplinary interactions

29. Methodological options develop integrated projects with a specific focus including ecogeographic region(s), crop(s), production system(s), partners with proven capacities build on joint programming among all actors along the innovation chain, associating research, development and training actors, farmers organisations as well as political authorities build on complementarities of interest creating win-win situations that ensure true partnership address multidisciplinary challenges, linking various fields of biology, agronomy, ecology and social sciences identify commonalities between challenge initiatives, emphasizing abiotic constraints and key crops build on existing successful initiatives, networks of partners, communities of practice build on emerging funding/coordination schemes in order to consolidate critical mass, integration of efforts on exemplary situations and partnerships invest in capacity building and training of a new generation of breeders for plant improvement and make the best use of novel methods and tools ensure access to technology, resting on mutualised common facilities that serve a broad community, including a free access to large facilities in Europe build on & consolidate exchanges of technology and biological resources, supporting an open international system for plant genetic resources integrated phenotyping of representative genetic resources, covering diverse traditional and elite materials with high genetic resolution

30. Roadmap Long-term partnerships White paper Pilot projects / focus areas Low-hanging fruits