2. 1b people on less than US$1.25 per day
800m acutely or chronically undernourished
2b suffer from under-nutrition
Drought or floods affects 150m people a year
Women are disproportionately affected
3.5b Ha of degraded underproductive land
Agriculture and foods systems contribute 29% of GHG emissions
To feed 9-10 billion by 2050, food availability
needs to increase by 60% globally and up to
100% in developing countries
THE GLOBAL IMPERATIVE
Rice Science for a Better World
5. Rice Science for a Better World
2015 global rice consumption
Additional rice needed:
96 million tons by 2040
Million tons milled rice
GLOBAL RICE DEMAND
2016 Estimate
6. Rice Science for a Better World
Aligned with UN SDGs
OUR GLOBAL MISSION
Assure global rice
supplies
Reduce poverty
and hunger
Improve the health
of rice farmers and
consumers
Ensure
environmental
sustainability
1
2
3
4
Rice Science for a Better World
7. Rice Science for a Better World
Rice
144 million small
rice farms
≈ 700 million ton
rice grain/year
Feeds 3 billion
people…
8. Harvested Area
(M ha)
Production rough rice
(M t)
Yield rough rice
(t/ha)
World 154 672 4.4
Asia 137 607 4.5
Latin America 6 25 4.5
Africa (SS) 9 23 2.5
Rest of World 3 17 6.7
9. ‒ 90% of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in Asia
‒ Over 70% of the world’s poor are in Asia
Poverty still the highest in rice
producing countries
Poverty
Each dot represents 250,000 people
living on less than $1.25 a day, 2005
Rice Consumption
Annual consumption per capita
<12kg 12-36 36-72 72-120 >120kg
10. Rice Science for a Better World
In 2013, 1 in 4 children under 5 worldwide
had stunted growth. Half of the stunted
children live in Asia and one third in Africa
GLOBAL NUTRITION CHALLENGES
Nearly half of all death in children
under 5 are attributable to malnutrition,
3 million lives lost per year
Many developing countries
confronting malnutrition in rural
populations and yet under- and
over-nutrition in urban populations
11. Rice Science for a Better World
Reducing our footprint and
dealing with climate change
EXTREME EVENTS
SEA LEVEL RISE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CHANGES IN RAINFALL
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
12. IRRI’S GLOBAL PRESENCE
Philippines
Los Banos HQ
Myanmar
Burundi
India
Bangladesh
4 Major Hubs
Nepal
South
KoreaChina
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Indonesia
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Mozambique
Tanzania
Kenya
Iran
Pakistan
Singapore
15 Country Offices
~1200 Staff, 36 Nationalities
13. Rice Science for a Better World
Demand Side
• Population growth
• Economic Transition
• Inequality
• Urbanization
• Rice Trade Increases
Supply Side
• Land Use
• Input Scarcity/Cost
• Labor Availability
• Inequality
• Ecosystem
Degradation
• Climate Change
DRIVERS OF CHANGE
14. Rice Science for a Better World
SLO1 2021-2 2030
Help rice consumers and producers exit poverty 1 17 million 28 million
Households adopting new rice varieties or practices 1 22 million 56 million
Reduction in the price of rice compared to 2014-15
baseline level
1 2-10% 6-28%
Assist people out of hunger 2 30 million 82 million
Increase in global rice production (milled) compared to
475 million tone in 2015
2 32 MMT 60 MMT
Genetic Gain in rice yields 2 1.5% /year 2 %/year
Decrease disability adjusted life years from zinc
deficiency
2 13,500 384,000
Increase in water and nutrient use efficiency in rice-
based farming systems
3 5% 20%
Reduced GHG emissions 3 5% 15%
PROJECTED IMPACTS
15. Rice Science for a Better World
IRRI’S DIFFERENTIATING ROLES
Global Influence &
Convening Power
Rice Capacity
Building Role
Differentiating
Traits, Germplasm
& Technologies
Custodianship of Unique
Genetic Resources
Internationally
Acclaimed Mission
Track Record of
Delivery & Impact
17. Strengthening the Global Rice Science
Partnership
Programmatic Issues
• synergies
• reducing duplication
• interfacing with other CRPs
Collective Action
• CGIAR processes
• Fundraising
• Policy and influencing
• Working with the private sector
Sharing best practice
• Benchmarking
• Cross-learning
• Exchanging information
• Staff exchanges