CGIAR is a global research partnership addressing agricultural challenges related to poverty, food insecurity, and environmental degradation through research conducted by 15 centers and hundreds of partners. Research products from CGIAR have transformed lives in sub-Saharan Africa, including new rice varieties that have lifted 8 million people out of poverty, drought-resistant sorghum and millet varieties that have increased yields and incomes, and provitamin A maize that provides key nutrients to households. Looking ahead, the second generation CGIAR strategy will focus research on food security, nutrition, health, and climate change through its portfolio of research programs.

1. Global research partnership efforts:
tackling food and environmental
challenges in sub-Saharan Africa
Dr Harold Roy-Macauley
Director General, AfricaRice
“Future of Food in Africa"
World Bank side event at TICAD VI
26 Aug 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

2. CGIAR is the only worldwide research partnership addressing agricultural
research for development, whose work contributes to the global efforts to
tackle poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, and environmental degradation.
CGIAR research is carried out by the 15 Centers with hundreds of partners,
including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations,
academia, development organizations and the private sector.
What is CGIAR?

3. NERICA varieties
• Cover an estimated area of 1.7 million ha in
2015 in Africa.
• Lifted about 8 million out of poverty in 16
countries (incl. Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Mali,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia...)
Sahel varieties
• Sahel varieties in Senegal increased yields
and incomes by an average of 872 kg per
ha and $227 per cropping season
respectively
• Present value of net benefits estimated at
U$ 24.6 million
Cutting edge research products:
transforming lives in SSA

4. AfricaRice WAAPP-Liberia project coordinator
showing to Liberian President the locally
produced aromatic rice (she bought all the rice
that was exhibited!)
Reviving rice sector in Liberia
and Sierra Leone, under World
Bank facilitated WAAPP
• Aromatic rice produced, processed
and packaged in Liberia ready for
market
• National scientists and extension
staff trained in breeding, land &
water management technologies,
seed production and data
management
• Five rice varieties released for lowland ecologies in Sierra Leone
• Improved rice seed made available to farmers to jump-start
agriculture after Ebola crisis

5. Provitamin A-enriched maize
• 1500 tons of seed of
provitamin A-enriched
certified seed produced per
year
• Number of households
growing pro-vitamin A maize
in Africa in 2013: 10,000
• Total number of pro-vitamin
A varieties released: 4 in
Malawi, 3 in Zambia and 1in
Zimbabwe

6. Developing the seed industry
in Malawi
4,500 tons or 54% of seed: Contribution to the Farm Input Subsidy
Program (FISP) of the government in 2013, translated to:
• US$ 5.7 million per annum from seed and grain sales
• US$ 3.3 million worth of consumed legumes and grain in
households
• 10-fold increase (42 tons in 2008 to 400 tons in 2014) in
groundnut foundation seed production
• 8308 tons of improved groundnut and pigeonpea seed sold by the
private sector local seed companies through the FISP

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Combining policy, technology,
institutions and market
research solutions:
• More milk, higher quality
milk
• More jobs in milk
production and marketing
In Kenya: benefits for small-‐scale
producers, traders and consumers
over USD33 million a year.
Baseline over 1997-2039
NPV: USD 230 million; IRR 55%
Impact on smallholder dairy production in SSA
Meeting demand through importation
is bad news
- For foreign exchange bill
- For employment
- And livelihoods

8. Different models for scaling
• Nigeria: AgResults farmers to
produce 260,000 tons of Aflasafe
maize; Public-private partnership
model
• Senegal: Area-wide treatment in
2013 and 2014 with 16 tons; 20
tons use projected in 2015; private
sector led model
• Kenya: Government buy-in; about
230 tons procured; excellent
support; public model
• Africa-wide: >500K ha by 2018
Senegal
Kenya
Fighting aflatoxins: Aflasafe

9. IFPRI, 2012
FAO, 2012
Altchenko and Villholth, 2014
Resource potential (e.g., groundwater) Production
and
Livelihood
Potential
(e.g., from
motorized
pumps)
AgWater solutions: investing in increased
access and sustainable business models
SSA: motor pumps
• 185 million potential rural beneficiaries
• Net revenues up to US$22 billion/yr.

10. Managing banana disease in East and Central Africa
The ‘single diseased stem removal’ technique is reducing Banana
Xanthomonas Wilt incidence from 90% to less than 1% in 6-10
months
Before After

11. Advisory support to SSA on agroforestry
Where to plant – trees suitable for your area
Which to plant – sources of tree seeds
How to plant – good tree nursery practices
What to plant – trees suitable for your purposes
How to engage communities and scale up

12. The “second generation” CGIAR strategy 2016–2030
• Guides the development and implementation of an ambitious portfolio of
“second-generation” CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs)
• Focuses on selected grand challenges, and is articulated in 3 strategic goals,
or System Level Outcomes (SLOs), which by 2030 will contribute significantly
to the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Highlights a return on investment evaluated at US$17 for every US$1 put into
CGIAR over its lifetime

13. Dryland Cereals and Legumes systems
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3 Platforms
Genetic Gains Big data & ICTGenebanks
Fish agri-food systems
Forest and Agroforestry landscapes
Livestock agri-food systems
Maize agri-food systems
Rice agri-food systems
Roots, tubers and bananas agri-food systems
Wheat agri-food systems
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Portfolio of 2nd generation CGIAR research programs

14. For more information, visit www.CGIAR.org
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future
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