Dr. Lumpkin’s presentation at the 40th Anniversary of the CGIAR and launch of the MAIZE CRP event in Washington DC on the 6th of July, 2011

1. The CGIAR at 40 Launch of the MAIZE Research Program Thomas A. Lumpkin Director General CIMMYT

2. Climate change heat, drought, extreme events Water water tables surface water Nutrients fertilizer cost imbalanced use Soils degradation hillside erosion Energy peak oil biofuel Demand population growth changing diets Converging Challenges to MAIZE

3. East African Drought ‘Worst in 60 Years’

4. The MAIZE CGIAR Research ProgramEnsure food security, improved income and a healthier environment for 900 million poor who rely on maize for their livelihood.

5. Targeting 64% of the maize area in less developed countries 900 million (>90%) maize-dependent poor 62 million (1/3 of all) stunted children Areas & farmers not targeted by the private research sector Only 5% of the private maize research investment goes to LDCs

6. Building on Strength and Focus CIMMYT: Sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty IITA: To enhance food security and improve livelihoods in Africa through research-for development.

7. Global Alliance of 350 Partners CIMMYT, IITASAGARPA - Mexico, KARI - Kenya, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture CIAT, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IFPRI, ILRI, IRRI 130 national agricultural research institutes. 18 regional and international organizations. 21 advanced agricultural research institutes. 75 universities. 46 private sector organizations. 42 NGOs and farmer associations. 11 countries that host MAIZE offices.

8. How to Manage so Many Partners? Oversight by R&D partners, all regions Primary Research partners: IITA SAGARPA, KARI, SFSA 90% of the decisions are made here in a highly collaborative manner

9. Action Agenda: ‘9 Strategic Initiatives’ Socioeconomics for targeting and supportive policies Sustainable intensification and income opportunities for the poor Smallholder precision agriculture Stress tolerant maize for the poorest Doubling maize productivity Integrating postharvest management More nutritious maize (with CRP4) Seeds of Discovery – open the black box of genetic diversity Modern tools and methods for NARS and SMEs

11. Farmers as experimenters

12. Agribusiness

13. ICT tools

14. CIMMYT – ICRISAT – ILRI – IFPRI – IRRISIMLESA MasAgro - TTF

15. What’s New? - Seeds of Discovery New technologies enable us to unlock the entire native genetic diversity of our 27,000 land races of maize Collaborators: Next generation sequencing: Joint venture between CIMMYT and DArTs P/L, CINESTAV or INIFAP, Cornell University Phenotypic characterization and marker-trait associations with researchers across the globe Informatics and web platforms: SCRI Scotland, DArTs P/L, Cornell University IP and Science Advisory Team

16. What’s New? – Maize Resilient to Climate Change We are able to develop drought tolerant maize The challenges To combine drought and heat tolerance To reach farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America ; > 80% of all maize is rainfed To get seed to the poorest Lobell et al 2011 Climate change impact on maize

17. What Will MAIZE Achieve? (*) Without impact from past research that is currently been deployed