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Overview of IFPRI's Millions Fed Initiative Published on November 12, 2009
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- 2. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Late 1950s: 1 billion people go hungry every day Late 1950s: 1 billion people go hungry every day Scientists, policymakers, and farmers initiate push to boost agricultural production and productivity • Global availability of food is Global availability of food is increased • Access to food improved p • Quality of food enhanced IRRI 2009: 1 billion people go hungry every day
- 3. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Why this initiative? Why this initiative? • Identify and examine successes Identify and examine successes • Assess the evidence on what works • Draw out the lessons they offer
- 4. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed How did we proceed? How did we proceed? • Throwing the net out Throwing the net out • Sorting the catch g • Selecting the most appropriate cases • Synthesizing the evidence
- 6. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Intensifying I if i staple food production Improving food Integrating quality and people and the human environment nutrition Reforming Expanding the y economy‐wide role of markets l f k t policies Diversifying y g out of major cereals
- 7. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Fighting a “Shifty Enemy” Fighting a “Shifty Enemy” The international NOS collaboration to contain ll b i i Jeremy Horner/PAN wheat rusts • Challenge: Stem and leaf rust destroying wheat fields around the ld world • Innovation: Global effort leveraging modern science to breed rust‐ i t t i ti resistant varieties • Impact: 117 million hectares of land protected from wheat rust; Food security for 60 120 million rural households Food security for 60‐120 million rural households Author: H. J. Dubin and John P. Brennan
- 8. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed vices Resisting Viruses and Bugs Resisting Viruses and Bugs /Catholic Relief Serv Cassava in Sub‐Saharan Africa Debbie DeVoe/ • Challenge: Spread of mosaic virus disease and mealybug pest generating major losses for cassava, a staple food crop • Innovation: Breeding of disease‐resistant cassava varieties, and introduction of a parasitic wasp to destroy mealybug • Impact: Breeding increased yields by 40%; Pest control prevented yield losses of 2.5 tons/hectare; 29 million additional people fed 29 million additional people fed Author: Felix Nweke
- 9. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Crossing the River While Crossing the River While Feeling the Rocks OS Land‐tenure reform in China L dt f i Chi Qilai Shen/PANO • Challenge: Widespread food shortages after more than 30 years of collective agriculture ll ti i lt • Innovation: Policy reforms reintroducing household farming, returning more than 95% of farmland to 160 million rural households more than 95% of farmland to 160 million rural households • Impact: 1978‐84: increase in grain production by 34%; increase in rural incomes by 137%; reduction in rural poverty by 22% rural incomes by 137%; reduction in rural poverty by 22% Author: John W. Bruce and Zongmin Li
- 10. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Diversifying into Healthy Diets Diversifying into Healthy Diets ational Homestead food production in Helen Keller Interna Bangladesh H • Challenge: Micronutrient deficiencies, such as Vitamin A, resulting in night blindness • Innovation: Home gardening of micronutrient‐rich vegetables, small livestock production, and nutrition education • Impact: Tripling in vegetable production; 73% of gardens managed by women; improved food security for 5 million people Authors: Lora Iannotti, Kenda Cunningham, and Marie Ruel
- 11. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Why did it work? • Science and technology • Complementary investments immons, University of Arizona • Private incentives • Cooperation and collaboration • Timing and planning Timing and planning Kevin Fitzsi • Experimentation and evolution NDDB One Acre Fund • Community involvement • Leadership and dedication IRRI
- 12. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed What can we learn? • Success is not unambiguous Success is not unambiguous • Success is a process • Success is not a substitute for strategy • Success is recognizable
- 13. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed More successes are needed • Persistence of hunger g A billion people still go hungry today • New stresses New stresses Climate change M k Market volatility l ili Demographic changes • Keep food security and agriculture high on the global agenda