TL III Genetic Gains_Program improvement Plan_ICRISAT_Groundnut_ESA

1. POST – BPAT Program
Assessment
Accelerating CGIAR & national system breeding program outcomes
TL III Genetic Gains Workshop:
Team ICRISAT ESA

2. Action plan
1. Upgrade infrastructure address to meet gaps and
opportunities
• Move to 3 generations beyond current level 3
• Forward breeding for early generation phenotyping
(F2) at seedling level
• Expand phenotyping capacity for output traits (mineral
and organic compound)
• Equipment upgrade- procurement
2. HR reprograming of staff portfolios for focus and
efficiency
3. Target population environment

3. Action plan
Investment area
1. Upgrade infrastructure
address to meet gaps and
opportunities
• Move to 3 generations
beyond current level 3
• Forward breeding for early
generation phenotyping
(F2) at seedling level
• Expand phenotyping
capacity for output traits
(mineral and organic
compound)
• Equipment upgrade-
procurement
2. HR reprograming
3. Target population
environment
Implications/Time
1. Upgrade
infrastructure
• Phased Investment
• HR + Phaseed
investment
• Phased Investment
• Phased Investment
2. HR reprograming +
recruitment
3. Joint Icr/NARS review
meeting + planning
Viability/plan
• Viable no extra costs
• Need new
investments- Budget
and staff
• Need new
investments- Budget
and staff
• Need new
investments- Budget
and staff
• Joint preplanning
with NARS

4. Ongoing investments
1. Infrastructure upgrade
a). Invest in a rainout shelter and a lead
Physiologist for drought studies
• Rain- out shelter rehabilitated
• Leverage system agronomist and
physiology
b). Harness winter production for rapid
generation advance
• Strategic partnerships winter production of
seed (contracting on going)
• Continue to harness governments farms
for winter generation advance
• Explore Shuttle breeding to bridge seasons

5. Ongoing investments
c). Specialized laboratory equipment is needed
for Fe & Zn analyses, proteins.
• Gas chromotography installed (nutrients
and organic compounds)
• Spectrophotometer‎ procurement
requested (Mineral nutrients)
• Seed testing lab installed to handle high
throughput and seed movement
• Improve throughput for nutrient
phenotyoing - NIR spectrophotometry
c). Mechanization
• Tractor and equipment ordered
• Drip irrigation to support robot based field
sampling (procurement in place- FB support)

6. Ongoing investments
2. Human resource rationalization
• Rationalized use to support breeding
• Non-Resident
• Physiologist- India, West Africa
• Forward Breeding- Nairobi and India
• Breeding: WCA, India
• Research associates &Technical staff
• Aligned via product lines and competences
• New recruitments
• Post doc- Breeding recruitment on going
• FB. Research associate assigned ( Support from
India – training and capital investments ongoing)

7. Ongoing investments
2. Reprogrammed HR deployment
Product life cycle management
Breeding, selection and evaluation
Discovery
Proof of
concept
Early
Developm
ent
Late
developm
ent
Pre-
release
Release
&
develop
ment
Discontin
ue
Product lines programming
1. Virginia
2. Spanish
3. Valencia
4. line conversions input traits (biotic and
abiotic stresses)
5. Output traits
1. Confectionery
2. High oil groundnuts
3. Nutrient dense products
Forward Breeding
1. Build capacity
2. Deploy FB
starting in 2016
Preparing for release
Product line managers
• Draft application
Seed systems team
• Market positioning
• Deployment plans
• Seed forecast production
plans
• Pre-basic seed production
Product Scale-up
Product line managers +
Agronomy + MEL + Socio
econ team
• Expansion into
additional/extended TPE.
• Managing genetic & trait
purity,
• Validating yield.
• Monitoring performance
vs old/ farmer preferred
varieties

8. Ongoing investments
3. Target environments
• Mega environments and unique environments
• Rust- Southern. Tanzania
• GRD- Malawi, Uganda main sites (all countries)
ELS- All locations- innoculum management
• LLS- Uganda
• Aflatoxin- ICRISAT- Malawi
• Drought- S. Tanzania, Shire valley-Malawi
• High potential areas
• Unique sites- Zimbabwe appears best

9. Ongoing investments
4. Breeding program and performance
trialing
• Variety tracking already started
• GIS mapping for adoption
• Seed systems- distributions and access
• Investments-Barcoding and QR for seed
tracking
• Trained para inspectors to support
• Variety performance at farm level
• Genotyping (TLIII) released varieties- support
tracking and assesment
• Para inspectors to support tracking
• Beneficiary tracking surveys (pilot Malawi)

10. Other areas of improvement
• Limited control over land a key asset:
• Hosted by Government and land and subjected change with
limited control.
• Mechanization is inadequate.
• Drying capacity needs to be doubled to increase the performance
trial capacity.
• A new tractor is on order,
• Need soil handling equipment and a plot planter, threshers and
cleaning equipment is needed.

11. Thank You