Kathy Kahn, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1. An
Effec(ve
Pla-orm
for
Global
Coordina(on
The
Borlaug
Global
Rust
Ini(a(ve
2009-­‐2014:
Sarah
Davidson
Evanega
(snd2@cornell.edu)
Linda.McCandless@cornell.edu

2. What’s working, and
how do we keep improving?

3. Focus
on
the
farmer

4. 2005

5. The
global
BGRI
partnership
today

7. Globally
Coordinated
Surveillance
Community

9. Strengthening
surveillance

10. Interna(onal
Screening
Nurseries

11. CGIAR
wheat
breeding
-­‐
readiness
and
commitment
to
deliver

12. Embracing
our
future
Photo: CIMMYT

13. Embracing
our
future

14. Leadership

15. Leadership

16. Advocacy
Na(onal
ini(a(ves
for
local
and
global
progress
Photos: Les Szabo

17. Communica(on

18. GeOng
the
message
out

23. Take
it
to
the
farmer

24. Success
is
possible
!

25. Gene
stewardship

26. Gene
stewardship
starts
with
knowing
what
you’ve
got!

27. Name
those
genes:
Nice
poster
examples
this
week
#92

28. Dr
Malaker
et
al
#80

29. BGRI
mee(ng
in
2009

30. BGRI
in
2009

31. “I
am
but
one
member
of
a
vast
team
made
up
of
many
organiza5ons,
officials,
thousands
of
scien5sts,
and
millions
of
farmers
-­‐
mostly
small
and
humble
-­‐
who
for
many
years
have
been
figh5ng
a
…
war
on
the
food
produc5on
front.”

32. Our
fight
against
hunger
con(nues….

33. Take
it
to
the
farmer:
We
s(ll
have
work
to
do!

34. Thank
YOU!