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Innovation Platforms – Plant Breeding for Sustainable Farming Systems

This presentation discusses the role of plant breeding in addressing food insecurity, poverty reduction, and sustainable farming systems. It emphasizes the need for research in development, innovation platforms, and the utilization of technology to improve food production and secure food for a growing population. The presentation also highlights the importance of conserving natural resources, biodiversity, and promoting healthy food.

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Innovation Platforms – Plant Breeding for Sustainable Farming Systems

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  1. Innovation Platforms – Plant Breeding for Sustainable Farming Systems International Food Security Symposium - University of Illinois, February 10, 2015 Martin O. Bohn Crop Sciences University of Illinois

  2. Poverty induces Food Insecurity

  3. Would there be food insecurity, malnutrition, and hunger without poverty? Do we need to focus on production increase or poverty reduction? • Research and technology development for securing/increasing production are important but not sufficient to reduce food insecurity. • Shift to “Research in Development” to address challenges together with rural people, rather than for them. • We learn together what the issues are and tap into problem solving ability from different angles • Innovation platforms rather than technology dissemination Food Insecurity

  4. Conserve natural resources Cheap food Secure food production for a growing population Healthy food Our Research Agenda Conserve biodiversity Can Plant Breeding and Genetics help to solve these conflicts?

  5. Root development and architecture • Performance under biotic and abiotic stresses • Plant × Environment interactions • Plant × Insects • Plant × Soil microbiome • Plant × Production community • Grain processing • Impact on nutritional quality Research Areas • High throughput phenotyping tools and devices • Study of complex systems • Genomic selection • Doubled Haploids

  6. EMAMP • Nparents = 12 offPVPs • NEMAMP = 1650 RILs • GEM, CIMMYT • Inbred development • Illinois WCR Synthetic • EMAMP Subpopulation Research Areas - Germplasm

  7. Realize field-scale, high-throughput, and “open” phenotypingtechnology for plant breeding. • Complementary skillsets (“Synergies”) required: • Instrumentation • Algorithms for trait extraction, e.g., from images • Statistical tools, e.g., new experimental designs, genetic interpretation Research – Vision [HTP]

  8. How to connect our Research Interests, Expertise, and Capacitates with the actual Needs and Local assets (incl. knowledge) (“Research in Development”)? • How do we develop relevant innovations? • How do we create impact? The Value Chain Model Consumer Breeder Retailer Farmer Agribusiness Processor Agronomist Extension Service Government Universities NGOs

  9. Agenda for Agricultural Development • Policies Goals Constrains Options International / National Breeding for Resilience Breeding for Climate Smart Agriculture Innovation Platforms • Specific problems are addressed. • What works, what doesn’t? Regional / Local Research in Development Deeper engagement of communities

  10. Innovation Platforms are a promising tool to • Identify problems • Find solutions or seek partnerships to develop solutions • Implement and monitor solutions/ innovations Extension Global Good Practice: Innovation Platforms, www.g-fras.org/en/ggp-notes/innovation-platforms.html Innovation Platforms - Examples • “Ghana Oil Platform” • Stakeholder group, which sets agenda for experiments • Experimentation group • NSF – Industry/University Cooperative Research Program

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