Millions Fed: Proven successes in agricultural development
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This document discusses efforts since the late 1950s to boost global agricultural production and reduce hunger. It analyzes several case studies of successes that together fed millions more people. Key factors in these successes included applying modern science, making complementary investments, incentivizing farmers, and international cooperation. However, one billion people still experience hunger today due to new challenges like climate change. Continued investment in agriculture is needed to make further progress on food security.
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Millions Fed: Proven successes in agricultural development
- 2. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Late 1950s: 1 billion people go hungry every day Late 1950s: 1 billion people go hungry every day Scientists, policymakers, and farmers initiate push to boost agricultural production and productivity • Global availability of food is Global availability of food is increased • Access to food improved p • Quality of food enhanced IRRI 2009: 1 billion people go hungry every day
- 3. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Why this initiative? Why this initiative? • Identify and examine successes Identify and examine successes • Assess the evidence on what works • Draw out the lessons they offer
- 4. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed How did we proceed? How did we proceed? • Throwing the net out Throwing the net out • Sorting the catch g • Selecting the most appropriate cases • Synthesizing the evidence
- 6. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Intensifying I if i staple food production Improving food Integrating quality and people and the human environment nutrition Reforming Expanding the y economy‐wide role of markets l f k t policies Diversifying y g out of major cereals
- 7. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Fighting a “Shifty Enemy” Fighting a “Shifty Enemy” The international NOS collaboration to contain ll b i i Jeremy Horner/PAN wheat rusts • Challenge: Stem and leaf rust destroying wheat fields around the ld world • Innovation: Global effort leveraging modern science to breed rust‐ i t t i ti resistant varieties • Impact: 117 million hectares of land protected from wheat rust; Food security for 60 120 million rural households Food security for 60‐120 million rural households Author: H. J. Dubin and John P. Brennan
- 8. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed vices Resisting Viruses and Bugs Resisting Viruses and Bugs /Catholic Relief Serv Cassava in Sub‐Saharan Africa Debbie DeVoe/ • Challenge: Spread of mosaic virus disease and mealybug pest generating major losses for cassava, a staple food crop • Innovation: Breeding of disease‐resistant cassava varieties, and introduction of a parasitic wasp to destroy mealybug • Impact: Breeding increased yields by 40%; Pest control prevented yield losses of 2.5 tons/hectare; 29 million additional people fed 29 million additional people fed Author: Felix Nweke
- 9. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Crossing the River While Crossing the River While Feeling the Rocks OS Land‐tenure reform in China L dt f i Chi Qilai Shen/PANO • Challenge: Widespread food shortages after more than 30 years of collective agriculture ll ti i lt • Innovation: Policy reforms reintroducing household farming, returning more than 95% of farmland to 160 million rural households more than 95% of farmland to 160 million rural households • Impact: 1978‐84: increase in grain production by 34%; increase in rural incomes by 137%; reduction in rural poverty by 22% rural incomes by 137%; reduction in rural poverty by 22% Author: John W. Bruce and Zongmin Li
- 10. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Diversifying into Healthy Diets Diversifying into Healthy Diets ational Homestead food production in Helen Keller Interna Bangladesh H • Challenge: Micronutrient deficiencies, such as Vitamin A, resulting in night blindness • Innovation: Home gardening of micronutrient‐rich vegetables, small livestock production, and nutrition education • Impact: Tripling in vegetable production; 73% of gardens managed by women; improved food security for 5 million people Authors: Lora Iannotti, Kenda Cunningham, and Marie Ruel
- 11. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed Why did it work? • Science and technology • Complementary investments immons, University of Arizona • Private incentives • Cooperation and collaboration • Timing and planning Timing and planning Kevin Fitzsi • Experimentation and evolution NDDB One Acre Fund • Community involvement • Leadership and dedication IRRI
- 12. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed What can we learn? • Success is not unambiguous Success is not unambiguous • Success is a process • Success is not a substitute for strategy • Success is recognizable
- 13. www.ifpri.org/millionsfed More successes are needed • Persistence of hunger g A billion people still go hungry today • New stresses New stresses Climate change M k Market volatility l ili Demographic changes • Keep food security and agriculture high on the global agenda