The document discusses the "food-system divide" that has led to most investments going to just three major crops - rice, wheat, and maize - despite the need for greater dietary diversity. It proposes focusing on "Smart Food" - foods that are nutritious, environmentally sustainable, and support farmers - such as millets and sorghum. The initiative aims to increase demand for and production of Smart Foods through scientific research, consumer awareness campaigns, supporting farmers, and filling knowledge gaps to help address issues like malnutrition, poverty, and climate change. The speaker seeks partners to help mainstream Smart Foods as staples globally.
Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. The poor households are more vulnerable to food insecurity whenever there is a problem of production or distribution of food crops. Food security depends on the Public Distribution System (PDS) and government vigilance and action at times, when this security is threatened.
Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. The poor households are more vulnerable to food insecurity whenever there is a problem of production or distribution of food crops. Food security depends on the Public Distribution System (PDS) and government vigilance and action at times, when this security is threatened.
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The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
Agricultural Innovation & Productivity for the 21st CenturyDuPont
In 2010, DuPont responded to the global food security challenge by convening a group of experts in global agriculture, development, science, policy and economics to form the Committee. Over the course of a year, the Committee met several times, beginning with a listening tour with farmers in Iowa, and including a week-long meeting in Africa with a di- verse group including farmers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government leaders, among others. The Committee explored complex issues around meeting global food demand to provide recommendations on potential solutions, including how DuPont can play a unique and catalytic role in addressing the challenge ahead.
The Committee explored the issues through the lens of both the developed and devel- oping world, with farmers as its focus. Specifically, the Committee examined issues of farmer productivity, including technology and innovation; capacity building; infrastruc- ture needs; education; policy and regulatory challenges relating to markets and trade; intellectual property (IP); and environmental, economic and social sustainability.
The Committee commends the leadership, engagement and support of DuPont and its team during this process and looks forward to the company’s more specific responses to these recommendations. Set forth below in this Report is a summary of the key issues and findings of the Committee, and its recommendations for the agricultural community.
This ppt is based on the chapter food security in India of class 9th economics cbse board. It will make it easier for the students to come up with the chapter. Hope You'll enjoy.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
Charles dushek says the agriculture is important…especially in inner city loc...Charles Dushek
Charles Dushek on: Why is agriculture important? The concept of 'food security' is fundamentally important, and for that reason, agriculture is important. The task of feeding its people has been perhaps the first priority of its rulers throughout history. As such, agriculture is considered to be the very basis of political and social stability of a nation since times immemorial.
A Smart Food initiative has been developed with the aim to mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This is to make a major breakthrough in overcoming malnutrition and rural poverty, and being more sustainable on the environment.Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities
are pulled out of poverty and hidden hunger- This will require a concerted effort working with rural health workers, connecting farmers to the value chain and advocacy for research and development and supporting policies.
What is your vision for the smart food initiative? & what led to the initiati...ICRISAT
I envision Smart Food becoming a part of regular diets and the food system. By building millets and sorghum as a major business and progressing from the Big 3 to create the Big 5 and later the Big 7, we will have a major impact on global issues of nutrition/health, environment, and farmer welfare. Millets are traditional foods of these areas, are super nutritious, survive with minimal water and are often
the last crop standing in times of drought. They are recognized as “Climate Smart” crops. They are also prone to very few pests and diseases and are often naturally organic and have a low carbon footprint.
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The role of university is not to train students to become farmers but agricultural scientists. Students are therefore taught the Art, Science and Business of Agriculture so that they can recreate opportunities for farmers and other participants in agricultural value chain.
Agricultural Innovation & Productivity for the 21st CenturyDuPont
In 2010, DuPont responded to the global food security challenge by convening a group of experts in global agriculture, development, science, policy and economics to form the Committee. Over the course of a year, the Committee met several times, beginning with a listening tour with farmers in Iowa, and including a week-long meeting in Africa with a di- verse group including farmers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government leaders, among others. The Committee explored complex issues around meeting global food demand to provide recommendations on potential solutions, including how DuPont can play a unique and catalytic role in addressing the challenge ahead.
The Committee explored the issues through the lens of both the developed and devel- oping world, with farmers as its focus. Specifically, the Committee examined issues of farmer productivity, including technology and innovation; capacity building; infrastruc- ture needs; education; policy and regulatory challenges relating to markets and trade; intellectual property (IP); and environmental, economic and social sustainability.
The Committee commends the leadership, engagement and support of DuPont and its team during this process and looks forward to the company’s more specific responses to these recommendations. Set forth below in this Report is a summary of the key issues and findings of the Committee, and its recommendations for the agricultural community.
This ppt is based on the chapter food security in India of class 9th economics cbse board. It will make it easier for the students to come up with the chapter. Hope You'll enjoy.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
Charles dushek says the agriculture is important…especially in inner city loc...Charles Dushek
Charles Dushek on: Why is agriculture important? The concept of 'food security' is fundamentally important, and for that reason, agriculture is important. The task of feeding its people has been perhaps the first priority of its rulers throughout history. As such, agriculture is considered to be the very basis of political and social stability of a nation since times immemorial.
A Smart Food initiative has been developed with the aim to mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This is to make a major breakthrough in overcoming malnutrition and rural poverty, and being more sustainable on the environment.Ensuring smallholder farmers and rural communities
are pulled out of poverty and hidden hunger- This will require a concerted effort working with rural health workers, connecting farmers to the value chain and advocacy for research and development and supporting policies.
What is your vision for the smart food initiative? & what led to the initiati...ICRISAT
I envision Smart Food becoming a part of regular diets and the food system. By building millets and sorghum as a major business and progressing from the Big 3 to create the Big 5 and later the Big 7, we will have a major impact on global issues of nutrition/health, environment, and farmer welfare. Millets are traditional foods of these areas, are super nutritious, survive with minimal water and are often
the last crop standing in times of drought. They are recognized as “Climate Smart” crops. They are also prone to very few pests and diseases and are often naturally organic and have a low carbon footprint.
I sette principi per un’agricoltura sostenibile descritti nel rapporto di Greenpeace sono:
1. restituire il controllo sulla filiera alimentare a chi produce e chi consuma, strappandolo alle multinazionali dell’agrochimica;
2. sovranità alimentare. L'agricoltura sostenibile contribuisce allo sviluppo rurale e alla lotta contro la fame e la povertà, garantendo alle comunità rurali la disponibilità di alimenti sani, sicuri ed economicamente sostenibili;
3. produrre e consumare meglio: è possibile già oggi, senza impattare sull’ambiente e la salute, garantire sicurezza alimentare e, contemporaneamente, lottare contro gli sprechi alimentari. Occorre diminuire il nostro consumo di carne e minimizzare il consumo di suolo
per la produzione di agro-energia. Dobbiamo anche riuscire ad aumentare le rese dove è necessario, ma con pratiche sostenibili;
4. incoraggiare la (bio)diversità lungo tutta la filiera, dal seme al piatto con interventi a tutto campo, dalla produzione sementiera all’educazione al consumo;
5. proteggere e aumentare la fertilità del suolo, promuovendo le pratiche colturali idonee ed eliminando quelle che invece consumano o avvelenano il suolo stesso;
6. consentire agli agricoltori di tenere sotto controllo parassiti e piante infestanti, affermando e promuovendo quelle pratiche (già esistenti) che garantiscono protezione e rese senza l'impiego di costosi pesticidi chimici che possono danneggiare il suolo, l'acqua,
gli ecosistemi e la salute di agricoltori e consumatori;
7. rafforzare la nostra agricoltura, perché si adatti in maniera efficace il sistema di produzione del cibo in un contesto di cambiamenti climatici e di instabilità economica.
Per contribuire alla crescita dell’agricoltura sostenibile, Greenpeace collabora con agricoltori e comunità rurali.
Smartfood- Good for you - the planet - the farmer by Joanna Kane-Potaka, Assi...ICRISAT
This was brought together in a holistic approach with a recommended focus on Smart Food – food that is defined as good for you (nutritious and healthy), good for the planet (environmentally sustainable) and good for the farmer. It was highly recommended to learn from all the interventions suggested but to not implement these in silos. Instead to find solutions that fulfil all the criteria of Smart Food. This was presented by Joanna Kane-Potaka, Assistant Director General, External Relations, ICRISAT. She explained how development had focused on food security when stopping mass starvation was needed, later with the recognition of hidden hunger, nutrition security was added and now the UN talks about sustainable diets – diets sustainable on the environment. The recommendation is that the focus now needs to be on Smart Food – food that fulfils all criteria of being good for you, the plant and the farmer.
Smart Food is food that fulfills all the criteria of being-GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD...ICRISAT
Smart Food crops are highly nutritious and targeting some of the largest micro nutrient deficiencies and needs, especially of women and children. Pearl millet has very high levels and bioavailability studies have shown that they will provide the average person’s daily requirement of iron and zinc. Smart Food allows us to have Sustainable Diets ie diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security.
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Smart Food Kenya- Good For You - The Planet - The FarmerICRISAT
Smart Food is a global initiative coordinated by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). In Kenya, with the support of Feed the Future and USAID, ICRISAT has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health to promote production and utilization of Smart Food which is good for consumers, the planet and the farmers.Smart Food helps solve a number of our biggest issues n unison: rural poverty, malnutrition and adaptation to climate change and environmental degradation. A major impact can be made if we not only popularize but also mainstream Smart Food – bringing diversity in diets and on the farm. This must be undertaken, ensuring rural communities benefit through better health and livelihood improvements. Other global benefits will be new market development and growth and more sustainable diets.
Transforming Agri-food Systems to Achieve Healthy Diets for AllCGIAR
Challenges: Why Agri-Food Systems Need to Be Transformed
Opportunities: What Science Can Offer to Address these Challenges
The CGIAR partnership: Our Contribution to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Targets
On account of International Year of Lets Millet, ICRISAT smartfoods initiative provides the better use of millet and its effect on climate change and mitigating the challenge of Malnutrition
Future of food - Insights from Discussions Building on an initial perspecti...Future Agenda
Insights from Discussions Building on an Initial Perspective by an initial perspective on the future of food by Prof. Wayne Bryden, Foundation Chair in Animal Science at the University of Queensland. This includes insights from events already completed adding to the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
To return the control of food to each local community is something essential to creating sustainable societies. Only installing this practice as habitual would change other systems a lot, amongst them the economy, soil regeneration & ecosystem & human health.
We explore the importance of food sovereignty & how it works in practice. Included in this class is an exploration in some detail in the various organic food-growing styles that can be used, in small & large scale, with examples of good practice in different areas of the planet.
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory registers with FAO’s International Network on Ferti...ICRISAT
The Charles Renard Analytical Laboratory at ICRISAT has been officially registered with the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis – a network created in December 2020, to build and strengthen the capacity of laboratories in fertilizer analysis and harmonize fertilizer quality standards. Dr Pushpajeet L Choudhari, Manager of the soil laboratory, said that testing serves as a preventive measure to avoid the misuse of fertilizers leading to better soil management.
Uzbek delegation explores climate-resilient crop options for arid, degraded e...ICRISAT
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited ICRISAT headquarters in India in search of a short-duration second crop suited to arid ecologies that mature before winter. The visit aligns with the Government of Uzbekistan’s efforts to increase agricultural production through double cropping. The visitors were briefed on dryland crop options and expressed interest in academic exchanges and internships based on the Institute’s expertise in genomic technologies and dryland agri-food systems.
Indian Ambassador to Niger explores opportunities for South-South cooperationICRISAT
The Ambassador of India to Niger, His Excellency Mr Prem K Nair, visited ICRISAT’s research station at Sadore, to explore opportunities for South-South collaboration. He said that the objective of his visit was to learn about ICRISAT’s activities in Niger and to identify possible areas of cooperation for implementing agri-development initiatives introduced by India.
WFP, ICRISAT to partner on climate-resilience, food security, nutrition and l...ICRISAT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will partner on programs and research to improve food, nutrition security and livelihoods in India against the impacts of climate change. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Mr. Bishow Parajuli, WFP India Representative and Country Director, and Dr. Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT.
Visit by Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to ICRISAT opens opportunities f...ICRISAT
Dr Doraiswamy Venkateshwaran, Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner stationed in Chennai, recently visited the ICRISAT campus in Hyderabad to learn more about the Institute’s science-backed research for dryland agriculture. Along with his team, he visited the genebank and toured the pigeonpea and finger millet field plots, where Dr Prakash Gangashetty and Dr Sobhan Sajja explained to him the research focus and various traits of hybrids and varieties developed by ICRISAT.
UK Ambassador to Niger discusses climate change adaptation and humanitarian i...ICRISAT
Niger needs support for the implementation of climate change adaptation measures,” said Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Ms Catherine Inglehearn while on a recent visit to ICRISAT-Niger. She spoke about the ongoing discussion with the government regarding Niger’s participation at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) meeting in November 2021 in Glasgow.
New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ wayICRISAT
Three new chickpea varieties, with enhanced drought tolerance, disease resistance and increased yield, are set to become available to the Indian farmers. These have been notified to be available for cultivation by the Central Varietal Release Committee. Calling for the deployment of ‘fast-forward breeding’, a newly conceived framework that promises faster delivery of varieties to farmers, Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director – Accelerated Crop Improvement, ICRISAT, who coordinated the integration of genomics-assisted breeding activities for developing these varieties
Deputy Collector gets training on agriculture research at ICRISAT HyderabadICRISAT
Mrs Bikumalla Santoshi, Deputy Collector of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana, India, visited ICRISAT, Hyderabad recently as part of her orientation and training in agricultural research. Mrs Santoshi toured the campus and learnt about the research done on dryland cereals and legumes at ICRISAT’s centers in India as well as Africa.
Cereal-legume value chain stakeholders in WCA meet to develop demand-driven a...ICRISAT
ICRISAT’s Gender Research Program recently brought together breeders, value chain stakeholders and social scientists from Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria to define priority traits of cultivars of sorghum, millet and groundnut during a 4-day workshop. Prior to the workshop, studies were carried out with the national agricultural research systems (NARS) partners in the above countries, to examine and assess the trait preferences of key stakeholders, especially taking into account the specificity of traits with respect to gender-related needs. The results of these studies were presented during the workshop. The expected output is priority trait demands translated into new market-driven and gender-responsive product profiles for the breeding programs at ICRISAT and NARS.
ICRISAT to share expertise on sorghum production with farmers in SomaliaICRISAT
ICRISAT is collaborating with the Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG) to provide technical support for sorghum production in Somalia. The expertise provided includes identification of sorghum varieties suitable for Somalia, provision of breeder seed of the identified varieties and training of SATG staff and their partners in sorghum seed production.
4CAST: New digital tool to enhance farmers’ access to modern varietiesICRISAT
To improve smallholder farmers’ access to new improved varieties, a digital variety catalog tool created by ICRISAT in partnership with public and private institutions was recently launched. Called 4CAST, the tool is a user-friendly data driven platform that gives information about new improved varieties, quality and availability of seeds nationally and regionally. 4CAST, which stands for Digital Tools 4 Cataloguing and Adopting Improved Seed Technologies, also provides stakeholders in seed value chains a digital workflow, decentralized access, real-time tracking of progress, private catalogues as well as seed roadmaps.
New ‘one-stop shop’ team formed to take ICRISAT’S plant breeding program in W...ICRISAT
ICRISAT West and Central Africa has reorganized all disciplines of agronomic research (agronomy, breeding, biotechnology/ genomics, integrated crop management, physiology, sociology, agroeconomics, etc.) under one umbrella called the Crop Improvement Operations Team (CIOT). A “one-stop shop” for all crop improvement operations, the CIOT was launched on Tuesday 24 August 2021 at ICRISAT’s Samanko research station in Mali.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, a CGIAR Research Center, is a non-profit, non-political public international research organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.
Rooting for strong partnerships and participatory extension in Nigeria for ro...ICRISAT
To enhance partnerships and make the extension systems for cereals and legumes production technologies in Nigeria more participatory, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and ICRISAT recently organized a workshop for agencies implementing the Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project.
Understanding consumption preferences for sorghum and millets globallyICRISAT
In support of the objectives of the International Year of Millets (2023), a global study, “Prioritizing Regular Intake of Sorghum and Millets (PRISM)”, is being conducted to understand the potential drivers of sorghum and millets consumption. PRISM is a collaborative effort of researchers in the Markets, Institutions and Policy team at ICRISAT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) to understand the choices that drive the consumption of these nutricereals and to explore their increased inclusion in diets globally for the good of dryland farmers, human health and the environment.
ICRISAT introduces an invigorated research structure (The research structure ...ICRISAT
A robust, more efficient research structure is part of the reorganization initiative at ICRISAT that aims at building a cohesive and interconnected body of work in agricultural research. The revitalized framework is expected to seamlessly integrate and deliver agricultural research outputs across the drylands of Asia and Africa. The strength of this framework is the deeply interlinked global and regional programs working towards common and interdependent goals.
Training on science communication to engage funders and stakeholdersICRISAT
Communicating research findings to policy makers, peers and civil society is crucial for research uptake and development. To meet this goal, a one-day training session on messaging through newsletters and journal articles was held for participants of the International Training Programme on Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) at ICRISAT, Mali.
Virtual training in the use of remote sensing for the agriculture sector in P...ICRISAT
A virtual hands-on training program on developing geospatial maps for supporting insurance products using Google Earth Engine and semi-automatic techniques was conducted for participants in Pakistan as part of the project “Strengthening Post-COVID-19 Food Security and Locust Attacks”. The nine participants were from the PARC Agrotech company (PATCO) technical team and crop reporting service teams from Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. They were introduced to remote sensing and its applications in agriculture. Hands-on training using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Image Processing Software – ERDAS 2015 and various automatic classification techniques was provided along with several applications for using these modern tools.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus to collaborate on mainstreaming nutrition research an...ICRISAT
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus signed an agreement for scientific and technical collaboration between the two global organizations. Mr Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus, and Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, signed the Memorandum of Understanding, which is made and entered into by IFPRI on behalf of its HarvestPlus Program. On the occasion, Dr Hughes said, After 17 years of fruitful collaboration on biofortification research, we have now decided to elevate this partnership. ICRISAT and HarvestPlus will work together more closely, making available micronutrient-rich varieties, high-quality seed and related technologies to the farming communities and consumers. This will contribute to eliminating micronutrient malnutrition in the drylands.
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A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
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Autonomous Action
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Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
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Solidarity Zone
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Memorial
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OVD-Info
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RosUznik
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Uznik Online
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Russian Reader
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ABC Irkutsk
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ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
2. 58 Reshaping agriculture for better nutrition: The agriculture, food, nutrition, health nexus
This paper has been prepared from a transcript and the illustrative slides of the presentation.
Breaking the food-system divide with Smart
Food: good for you, the planet and the farmer
Joanna Kane-Potaka
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
& ‘Smart Food’
Abstract
The ‘food-system divide’ – which is rarely talked about,
let alone challenged – is one of the biggest hindrances
to achieving a healthy population and sustainable and
viable agricultural systems in developing countries.
For decades, the majority of investments, whether on
R&D, or big company investment, or policy support, or
product development or even development aid, have
been funnelled into just three major crops: rice, wheat
and maize. These ‘Big 3’ crops provide 50% of the world’s
calories and protein. As a result, their value chains are well developed and
supported, making it very difficult to ‘mainstream’ other foods. The need
for greater diversity in diets and on-farm is well known. Meeting that need
will require mainstreaming and ensuring the viability of more foods. This
should not be tackled with just any food but with food that is ‘good for you
(nutritious and healthy), good for the planet (environmentally sustainable)
and good for the farmer (viable and climate smart)’; that is our definition
of Smart Food. The Smart Food initiative aims to learn from the successes
of the ‘Big 3’ and create the ‘Big 5’ and eventually the ‘Big 7’, and so on.
Smart Food will focus especially on foods that can be eaten as staples. This
way, we will have a major impact on some of the leading global issues. As
Smart Food is good for you and the planet and the farmer, these three
qualities can in unison contribute to healthy people and sustainable and
viable agriculture.
This talk presents just one solution, but it is a solution that can have a huge
impact. As Jessica Fanzo said ealier, we need ‘business not as usual’, and that is
an idea that is relevant to both lower- and higher-income countries.
In the development world, decades ago, the main focus was on food security
– about just having enough food to eat to stop starvation. Then came the
awareness of ‘hidden hunger’ – adding nutrition security to food security.
Nowadays, the UN talks about ‘sustainable diets’ – diets that are more
sustainable on the environment. At ICRISAT we are saying that there should be a
further step: that we should pull all those foci together into a new focus on what
we call ‘Smart Food’.
We define ‘Smart Food’ as: good for you, with high nutrition and health benefits;
good for the planet, being environmentally sustainable; and good for the farmer.
There is a need to find solutions that focus on smart foods and develop the value
chains to support them. Our biggest challenge in that task is what I have termed
the ‘food-system divide’.
Session 3 Case study
3. Proceedings of the Crawford Fund 2018 Annual Conference 59
The ‘food-system divide’ and how to cross it
For decades the vast majority of investments have flowed to the ‘Big 3’ crops:
wheat, maize and rice. Whether it is R&D, private industry investment, policy
support, product development, or even development aid, the Big 3 have
received the lion’s share across the globe.
This is a problem because it has led to crops being grown in inappropriate
agroecologies. This can negatively impact on the natural resources, and increase
risk for farmers. It is also well known that globally we need more diversity
on-farm, we need more diversity in our diets and more nutritious diets. Yet, in
lower- and middle-income countries, typically 70% of people’s meals will consist
of just one staple*. Where that staple is rice, for example, 70% of the food on a
plate will be white refined rice, repeated for three meals a day.
Rice and wheat became big, industrialised and well supported foods during the
Green Revolution when there was a dedicated focus on these crops. We need
to learn from this – learn how such a radical change in the agricultural systems
and consumer diets happened. We need to learn how revolutionary change can
happen, and use this to make another revolutionary change to create the ‘Big 5’,
and eventually the ‘Big 7’.
Key to the Smart Food movement is its focus on staples. The diversifying of diets
is a big focus for most development agencies, but very few people are focusing
on diversifying staples. Vegetables, for example, have a big focus and are
extremely healthy, but they are not staple food and so typically form less than
30% of the food on the plate; possibly only 10%. This means it is more difficult
for them to have a major impact on the nutritional intake.
We have to change peoples’ habits of eating mainly one food such as rice. If we
do not change habits then there are not going to be the changes in global diets
that are needed, both nutritionally and environmentally and for farmers’ sakes.
Therefore we have set up the Smart Food movement.
Smart Food movement
Under the Smart Food movement, ICRISAT has chosen a couple of smart foods
and dedicated resources to them, with the aim of converting the Big 3 into the
Big 5. The smart foods we chose are millets and sorghum, which used to be
traditional staple foods across many countries in Africa, and in India and some
areas in China and other Asian countries.
These dryland cereals, now termed ‘nutria-cereals’ in India, fit the criteria of a
Smart Food. For example, finger millet has three times the amount of calcium in
milk – a huge amount.
Three of the millets are very rich in iron and zinc, which are two of the three
micronutrients most widely lacked across the world. Anaemia, which is
* National Geographic Society defines staples as food that ‘makes up the dominant part
of a population’s diet. Food staples are eaten regularly – even daily – and supply a major
proportion of a person’s energy and nutritional needs’. https://www.nationalgeographic.
org/encyclopedia/food-staple/
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becoming increasingly prevalent, is counteracted by iron; iron is an important
micronutrient for pregnant women, and lack of iron affects the next generation.
These millets contain typically two to four times the amount of iron in meat.
Even though plant-based iron is not so easily absorbed as meat-based iron,
consumers can still receive as much iron from these millets as from meat.
The chosen cereals have other benefits, including low glycaemic index and twice
as much protein as milk. They need minimal pesticides and fertiliser; they have a
low carbon footprint. They survive with three times less water than wheat, and
ten times less water than rice – pearl millet is typically described as the last crop
standing in times of drought – and they are very hardy and withstand extremely
high temperatures as well. These cereals are going to be another important
solution to maintaining food supplies in the face of climate change. They have
multiple uses: as human food, as fodder, as biofuel, and in brewing.
Millets and sorghum also fit the key health-food trends in developed countries:
being gluten-free, a ‘superfood’, an ancient grain, low glycaemic index, rich in
antioxidants, high in fibre, and they even support weight loss.
Having identified these hidden resources, the next challenge is how to make
these cereals not merely popular but ‘mainstreamed’; not just staples in
developing countries but also major industrial crops in the developed world as
well.
Our methodology to achieve this has four parts, as outlined here.
(i) Scientific backing for the concept. The biggest criticism of superfoods was
that they were not quantified, so anybody can call something a ‘superfood’.
We are defining criteria for a Smart Food, and we will publish the scientific
case behind our claim that these millets and sorghum are ‘good for
you, good for the planet, good for the farmer’, while also developing a
certification scheme for Smart Food.
(ii) Driving demand from consumers. This needs to be undertaken at the
country level. We are creating consumer awareness; creating a ‘buzz’
around these foods. We aim to change the image of these cereals – and we
are working with food processors and the food service industry because
to satisfy consumer demand we must have convenient tasty products
available.
(iii) Ensuring that farmers benefit. When market demand for these smart foods
grows, it is important that the farmers receive a fair deal, especially the
smallholder farmers in the lower-income countries. We need to develop the
value chains so the farmers are engaged and maximise their benefits.
(iv) Filling knowledge gaps. There are a lot of knowledge gaps for these less
invested foods, and they need much R&D. We need to be a catalyst for
more R&D and ensure this information feeds into the system and solutions.
In conclusion, there are three huge advantages in this initiative. First, because
we are focusing on Smart Food, which is defined as being ‘good for you, good
for the planet, good for the farmer’, we can help solve several big global issues
in unison, such as rural poverty, hunger, malnutrition, environmental issues,
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and dealing with climate change. The second big advantage is that because we
aim to diversify staples, we can have a massive impact. The third big advantage
is that in both low-income countries and high-income countries we can develop
new large industries, benefiting farmers, food processors, traders, and the whole
value chain.
Looking for partners
I am here to find partners. We welcome anyone who would like to partner with
us to achieve our vision of Smart Food.
For more inspiration, please watch the short ‘trailer’ video (50 seconds; Figure 1)
of our Reality TV show, an initiative we have set up to drive consumer demand.
‘Reality TV for a cause’, as I call it, is a Smart Food reality TV show in Kenya. It
was supported by USAID funding in its first year. This initiative was so successful
in its first season that now it is self-sufficient through sponsorship.
Joanna is the Assistant Director General, External Relations,
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), and Executive Director of Smart Food. She began her career
as an agricultural economist with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural
and Resource Economics and later moved into market research in the
agribusiness area of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.
She has also worked in private industry and with four CGIAR agricultural
research centres in Sri Lanka, Italy, Malaysia and the Philippines
and is currently based in India. She also leads the global Smart Food
movement which was selected in 2017 by USAID and the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as one of the 10 winning
global food innovations.
Figure 1. A still from the Smart Food reality TV show in Kenya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-LB9DNgQM&feature=youtu.be
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