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- 1. Fighting Malnutrition with Better Corn
- 2. María Cruz de Gutierrez CFO Mother of 2 Guatemala
- 5. Fuente: INCAP, FANTA 360, (2014, 2019); Semilla Nueva, 2019 Gold line represents daily requirements of zinc Black beans 5.2% Gap 13.8% Other 6.8% Black beans 3.9% Supplements 4% Corn 65.5% Corn 57.8% Supplements 4% Other 15% Gap 18% Corn 39.5% Supplements 15.5% Other 24.2% Eggs 4.8% Black beans 3.7% Gap 9.6% Pregnant Women Lactating Women Children (13-23 months) Dietary zinc source and impact modeling
- 6. Biofortified Seed • 39% more zinc • 16% more iron • 30-80% more protein quality • Bigger harvests, more income
- 7. Fuente: INCAP, FANTA 360, (2014, 2019); Semilla Nueva, 2019 Gold line represents daily requirements of zinc Black beans 5.2% Gap 13.8% Other 6.8% Black beans 3.9% Supplements 4% Corn 65.5% Supplements 4% Black beans 3.9% Other 6.8% Corn 57.8% Supplements 4% Other 15% Gap 18% Corn 39.5% Supplements 15.5% Other 24.2% Eggs 4.8% Black beans 3.7% Gap 9.6% Pregnant Women Lactating Women Children (13-23 months) Nutritious Corn 113% Supplements 4% Black beans 5.2% Other 15% Nutritious Corn 99.7% Supplements 15.5% Nutritious Corn 68.2% Eggs 4.8% Black beans 3.7% Other 24.2% Dietary zinc source and impact modeling
- 8. $15 of seed -> $100+ of corn Food for a year Nutrition for a year
- 9. Theory of change One decision—which seed to use, can improve the nutrition of an entire family for a year It also improves the nutrition of the consumers who eat their crop! Semilla Nueva makes the decision easy We sell competitively yielding seeds at a low price, incentivizing farming families to adopt, improve their nutrition, and improve national nutrition levels
- 10. We Produce Promote Sell seed with local farmers seed directly to farmers through distributors and retailers throughout Guatemala
- 11. 2018 4,082 families planted 245 million nutritious tortillas 5,439 families planted 444 million nutritious tortillas 2020 9,936 families planted 902 million nutritious tortillas Semilla Nueva Progress 2021 12,663 families planted 1.27 billion nutritious tortillas ( 2019
- 12. We drive adoption through economic impact Current seed (F3, 2019-2021) Low segment commercial farmers • 6-13% increased income Subsistence farmers • 98%-132% increased income Next seed (F5, 2022) Low segment commercial farmers • 61% potential increased income Subsistence farmers • 146% potential increased income
- 13. If we scale adoption, we improve national nutrition Planting 18,000 hectares Planting 65,000 hectares Planting 130,000 hectares 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Zinc deficient population Improve zinc intake 7.7m people 200K eliminate zinc deficiency Improve zinc intake 8.1m people 700k eliminate zinc deficiency Improve zinc intake 9m people 1.4m eliminate zinc deficiency 42% reduction in national deficiency Currently 5,424 hectares of biofortified maize planted in 2021 Out of 850,000 hectares of maize planted in Guatemala
- 14. What we’re proud of • Guatemalan government is replicating our program -> reached 29,000 families in 2021 • Guatemala’s biggest national seed company is now selling our biofortified corn seed • A new project is purchasing one million pounds of biofortified corn a year for 66,000 school kids • We started our own seed breeding program; new seeds will potentially double farmer´s income • We’re looking to expand to Africa Where we need help • Funding • Breeding and impact evaluation partnerships 2036: 3 million families 100 million consumers
- 15. 2021 2022 2023 2024 Farmers planting 12,663 20,200 31,200 44,500 Consumers eating biofortified maize 295,600 519,720 807,120 7,700,000 Percentage of Guatemala's zinc deficiency eliminated 3.2% 5.8% 8.9% 12.3% Budget ($1,000,000's) 1.94M 2.3M 2.5M 2.6M
- 16. Thank you!
- 17. Thank you to our committed partners and donors for your support.