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International rural R&D

International rural R&D. Beth Woods Member, Australian Rural R&D Council. Context: Increasing concern about food insecurity. Contributing forces Growing global population Changing food consumption patterns Biofuels & other non-food industries Current global financial crisis

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International rural R&D

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  1. International rural R&D Beth Woods Member, Australian Rural R&D Council

  2. Context: Increasing concern about food insecurity • Contributing forces • Growing global population • Changing food consumption patterns • Biofuels & other non-food industries • Current global financial crisis + future risk of climate change impacts • Impacts • Increasing numbers of hungry people – currently about 1 billion • Increasing risk of recurring food crises • Loss of some MDG gains in health & education • Risks to national & international security

  3. Role of international R&D for agriculture? • To stimulate development of the agriculture sector & wider economic growth • To work in parallel with other policy interventions & investments

  4. World Bank typology of agriculture in economic development • Agriculture based economies • Transforming economies • Urbanised economies Reference: The World Bank (2008) Agriculture for Development: World development report 2008

  5. International centres of the CGIAR

  6. Important current features: International agricultural R4D

  7. Emerging issues • Slowing investment in R&D & slowing increase in productivity • Declining recruitment of scientists • Ageing infrastructure • Institutional issues • New sources of international funding - BMGF • Fragmentation & high transaction costs (donors & providers) • Ageing institutional arrangements (& reforms e.g. CGIAR)

  8. Official development assistance to agriculture 1995-2006

  9. Emerging issues • Growing emphasis on climate change adaptation research • Increasing focus on the gender dimension – in agriculture & R&D • Synchronising other investments & policy development with opportunities flowing from research • priority of removing trade barriers

  10. Emerging issues in common with Australia • Slowing investment in R&D & slowing increase in productivity • Declining recruitment of scientists • Ageing infrastructure • Institutional issues • fragmentation (donor and provider) • ageing institutional arrangements (reforms?) • Growing emphasis on climate change adaptation research • Increasing focus on the gender dimension – in agriculture & R&D • Synchronising other investments & policy development with opportunities flowing from research; priority of removing trade barriers

  11. Interfaces with international R&D: where to from here? • Accessing outputs of international R&D vs Australian R&D for unique conditions • A case by case approach • Led by whom and with what currency • Maintaining the quality & competitiveness of Australian R&D • Increasing opportunities & removing barriers • Contributing to international R&D needs • ACIAR • AusAID • Sharing costs and/or exploiting IP

  12. A CASE STUDY: 2030/2050 Opportunities & challenges for Queensland + other tropical locations Assumptions • Demand & supply (↑pop + ↑av diet qual = X 2 Σfood) from (less land + less water under CC) • Changing markets New urban/ rural balance as well as tropical/ temperate • Multiple product streams From (A or B or C) to (A + B + C…)sus with longer supply chains

  13. ↑ demand for protein ↑ Sweetener High value biproducts esp health Bioenergy C4 Bio industrials C-economy/ systems mgt …AQUACULTURE Genetics/ IP Genetics/ vaccines SUGARE Bio-processing technols BEEFE ENVIRONMENT Virtual mgmt/ sensors …FORESTRY RESILIENT HORTD..E Governance systems/ biosecurity Lifestyle/ landscape hort for trop cities ↑ Veg & trop fruit Genetics/ IP IPM systems Functional foods/ health Trop food ingredients 2030/2050 Opportunities & challenges (for Queensland +)

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