Overview on Biofortification
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HarvestPlus works to develop staple food crops through conventional breeding that are naturally enriched with vitamins and minerals. They have released biofortified cassava, beans, maize, sweet potato, pearl millet, and rice in over 30 countries in Africa and Asia. Studies show these biofortified crops can reduce micronutrient deficiencies, decrease the incidence and duration of diarrhea in children, and reverse iron deficiency. HarvestPlus partners with seed companies, NGOs, governments, financial institutions, and international agencies to mainstream these crops and generate demand, with a goal of reaching one billion people with biofortified foods by 2030.
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Overview on Biofortification
- 1. HarvestPlus c/o IFPRI 2033 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Tel: +1 202-862-5600 • Fax: +1 202-467-4439 HarvestPlus@cgiar.org • www.HarvestPlus.org Biofortification: Delivering Naturally Enriched Food Crops Going the Last Mile: Accelerating Progress in Food Security and Nutrition Brussels, 14 June 2016 Howarth E. Bouis, PhD Director, HarvestPlus
- 2. Copyright: Micronutrient Initiative Why are Mineral and Vitamin Deficiencies Such A Significant Public Health Problem? Dietary Diversity
- 3. How Biofortification Works • Using conventional breeding, researchers develop new varieties with high yields and greater nutrient density, then transfer them to countries’agricultural research services. • Testing in different terrain, soils, climates; release of best varieties by varietal release committees. • Deliver to farmers. • Value proposition to mothers – same price but protect family from nutrient deficiencies.
- 4. Biofortification: the Evidence • Conventional crop breeding increases nutrient levels without reducing yields. • Extra nutrients in crops, even after processing and cooking, improve micronutrient status. • Farmers are growing and eating biofortified crops, and consumers are buying them. • Biofortification is cost-effective: centralized investment; niche is reaching rural poor
- 5. Cassava Vitamin A Nigeria DR Congo Beans Iron (Zinc) Rwanda DR Congo Maize Vitamin A Nigeria Zambia Crops Released: Africa Crops are high-yielding & resistant to pests, disease, climate Sweet Potato Vitamin A Uganda 2007 2011 2012 2012
- 6. Pearl Millet Iron (Zinc) India Rice Zinc Bangladesh India Wheat Zinc India Pakistan(2016) 2012 2013 2013 Crops Released: Asia Crops are high-yielding & resistant to pests, disease, climate
- 7. Biofortification: Global Momentum Biofortified crops released in 30 countries; in testing in 54 countries
- 8. Vitamin A OSP Reduces Diarrhea • Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death in children < 5 in developing countries. • Eating orange sweet potato (OSP) reduces the incidence and duration of diarrhea in children. – For children < 3 likelihood of developing diarrhea was reduced by more than 50% and duration of diarrhea reduced by more than 25%. – For children < 5 likelihood of developing diarrhea was reduced by more than 40% and duration of diarrhea reduced by more than 10%.
- 9. • Lack of iron impairs mental development and learning capacity, and increases weakness and fatigue. • A new study found that iron pearl millet was able to reverse iron deficiency in children aged 12-16 years in India within six months. Iron Pearl Millet Reverses Iron Deficiency
- 10. Partners Throughout the Value Chain
- 11. • Seed companies (Nirmal in India) • International NGOs (World Vision) • Regional frameworks (African Union) • National governments (Brazil, China, India) • International financial institutions (World Bank, IFAD) • Multi-lateral agencies (World Food Program, Codex) Mainstreaming Through Key Stakeholders Two Ways of Working Nine Target Countries Partnership Countries
- 13. The 3rd Global Conference on Biofortification • New Delhi, India: 10-12 April 2017 • 400+ leaders from many countries and sectors • Purpose: Reaching One Billion: Galvanize collective responsibility by the global community to scale up biofortification by 2030 to help reach SDG 2 Identify key challenges to mainstreaming biofortified foods and opportunities to address them; develop action plan 13
- 14. Thank you for your support! 14
Editor's Notes
- I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this important briefing and to share the field experience of HarvestPlus in scaling up iron beans in Rwanda to reach smallholder farmers.
- Other approaches used when dietary diversity is out of the reach of the poor…
- While it took some number of years to develop the current line of primary crops, they are now being released (through official national regulatory channels) in a growing number of countries…both in Africa… BE SURE TO GET HOWDY TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE RELEASE ONLY IN HARVESTPLUS’ TARGET COUNTRIES – MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE NOW TESTED/RELEASED!
- And in Asia… Note again that all crops are competitive in terms of yield and other desirable agronomic traits, such as the drought tolerance of pearl millet – increasingly important given climate change…
- NOTE HERE THAT THERE IS A MUCH FULLER RANGE OF BIOFORTIFIED STAPLE FOODS, INCLUDING SORGHUM, COWPEA, LENTILS, AND MORE – AND THESE CROPS HELP FILL GAPS AS THE PRICE OF NON-STAPLES KEEPS MANY FAMILIES FROM GETTING THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED.