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Elcio Guimarães

Latin America and the Caribbean Region CIAT Board Meeting #63 Nairobi, Kenya 12 May 2011. Elcio Guimarães. Content. CIAT host country Agronatura and FUNDACIAT South America Central America and the Caribbean Challenges. 02/31. Host country (1/9). 03/31. Host country (2/9).

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Elcio Guimarães

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  1. Latin America and the Caribbean Region CIAT Board Meeting #63 Nairobi, Kenya12 May2011 Elcio Guimarães

  2. Content • CIAT host country • Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • South America • Central America and the Caribbean • Challenges 02/31

  3. Host country(1/9) 03/31

  4. Host country(2/9) • MADR-Corpoica-CIAT agreement (US$4 million) • Research • Validation • Carimagua • Biotechnology • Follow up • Work plan for 2012-14 04/31

  5. Host country(3/9) • Research (joint agenda) • Rice, forage, fruits, soils, climate change • Capacity building, knowledge management • Maize (CIMMYT) • Research (Corpoica) • Soybean, rubber, bio-energy crops, livestock 05/31

  6. Host country(4/9) • Facilitator role • Agreement Corpoica-Embrapa • Genetic resources, technologies, capacity building…. 06/31

  7. Host country(5/9) • Bogota office (located at Corpoica) • Diana Toscano • Agronomic Engineering • (EARTH Int. Univ. of Costa Rica) • MBA business administration • Strong links with public and private sectors • Knowledge of and experience with donors • Experience in writing proposals 07/31

  8. Host country(6/9) • Fedearroz (Colombian rice federation) • Orinoquia • Linkages with Embrapa • Strengthening joint activities • Capacity strengthening – young scientists • Data base and analysis • Pilot test and technology transfer • Climate change 08/31

  9. Host country(7/9) • Boyaca State • International Research Center for the High Tropics • Agro-industrial production systems • CIAT y FUNDACIAT support • Tropical fruit program 09/31

  10. Host country(8/9) • UNAL-Palmira • Course on “Participatory Research” • Proposal on participatory research • International seminars – CIAT visitors 10/31

  11. Host country(9/9) • Tropical Fruit • Corpoica, UNAL-Palmira, ICA, Corp. Biotech • Three project proposals 11/31

  12. Content • CIAT host country • Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • South America • Central America and the Caribbean • Challenges 12/31

  13. Agronatura and FUNDACIAT 13/31

  14. Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • Biodiversity and Competitiveness. Colombia’s National Bio-trade Fund through a PPP create the Valle del Cauca’s Regional Committee for Biodiversity and Competitiveness • Agri-Business Incubator. Started developing an innovative model of a science and technology park, with support from Agri-Science Park @ ICRISAT 14/31

  15. Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • CEVICACAO - The Virtual Center for Cacao Research creating a collaborative network among Colombian institutions • In vitro propagation of strawberry varieties - Colombian–Japanese company, FIS Ltd., is to improve the quality of strawberry varieties from Japan to increase their commercial and exporting potential. 15/31

  16. Content • CIAT host country • Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • South America • Central America and the Caribbean • Challenges 16/31

  17. South America (1/6) • Embrapa • CNPMF • Public-Private partnership – cassava breeding • Tropical fruit • CNPGC • Capacity Building • Acre • CIM position 17/31

  18. South America(2/6) • Embrapa • Cecat • Capacity building • REDD course • CNPAF • Rice breeding • Bean breeding 18/31

  19. South America(3/6) • IICA • Procitropicos network – AI • IICA-ISU-CIAT (US$15 million - seed proposal) • Catie • Amazon region • Course LFM • Public-Private partnership – forage breeding 19/31

  20. South America(4/6) • INTA-Argentina • Visit CIAT • Areas of common interest • INIAs • Amazon Initiative (AI) • Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela • ICRAF, CIFOR, Bioversity International 20/31

  21. South America(5/6) • Research • Seeds • Wood quality • Genetic resources 21/31

  22. South America(6/6) • Knowledge management • Mapping environment and population • Amazon dialogues • Amazon policy briefs 22/31

  23. Content • CIAT host country • Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • South America • Central America and the Caribbean • Challenges 23/31

  24. Central America and the Caribbean (1/5) • Regional Strategy • LFM Red SICTA, UNA, Farmers’ Assoociation, ITC, CIAT 24/31

  25. Central America and the Caribbean(2/5) Environmental niches for high cuality coffee Climate change adaptability 25/31

  26. Central America and the Caribbean(3/5) Nicaraguan national food security plan Biofortification 26/31

  27. Central America and the Caribbean(4/5) Transformation of upland to irrigate agriculture through water harvesting 27/31

  28. Central America and the Caribbean(5/5) • High demand for capacity building • NARIs with limited capacity • Small countries • Region still has donors’ support • CIAT has high reputation 28/31

  29. Content • CIAT host country • Agronatura and FUNDACIAT • South America • Central America and the Caribbean • Challenges 29/31

  30. Challenges(1/2) • Continue/strengthen relationship with host country • Move more aggressively outside the host country • Find better ways to relate to: • International Organizations • Regional networks • Identify and relate to new donors 30/31

  31. Challenges(2/2) • Strengthen links with National Programs • Link CRPs to LAC research (ex. CRP7) 31/31

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