1. THE WAY FORWARD
Pamela Anderson, International Potato Center
First Global Biofortification Conference
11 November 2010

2. Challenges
• INTEGRATION of Agriculture & Nutrition
• Shorten the Timeline
• Build the Body of Evidence for Advocacy

3. Challenges
• INTEGRATION of Agriculture & Nutrition
Evolving from “linking ag & nutrition” to
integrated systems research
• Shorten the Timeline
• Build the Body of Evidence for Advocacy

4. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

6. Age: 2 yr 9 mo
BW: 10.7 kg
Height: 78.3 cm
Age: 2 yr 6 mo
BW: 11.6 kg
Height: 86.4 cm
Girls from ANDAHUAYLAS
(Photograph: Courtesy of UNICEF)

7. Prevalence estimates of stunting, wasting and
overweight using the new WHO Child Growth
Standard
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
A
rgentina,2006B
olivia,2003
B
razil,1996C
olom
bia,2005
D
om
inican
R
epublic,2002Ecuador,2002
ElSalvador,2003
G
uatem
ala,2002
H
aiti,2005
H
onduras,2005
N
icaragua,2001
Peru,2004-2006
Percentage
Stunting Wasting Overweight

8. Prevalence of Stunting in under 5
years by departments, Peru 2000
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Huancavelica
Cusco
Apurimac
Cajamarca
Huanuco
Amazonas
Ancash
Ayacucho
Ucayali
Loreto
Junin
Puno
LaLibertad
Pasco
PERU
Piura
Lambayeque
SanMartin
MadredeDios
Tumbes
Arequipa
Ica
Moquegua
Lima
Tacna
%ofstunting
NCHS
WHO
Source: CENAN sobre datos de ENDES 2000

9. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

10. Olluco
Kañihua
Quinua
Oca
Potato
Barley
Ullucos tuberosus
Chenopodium quínoa
Oxalis tuberosa
Ssp. Andigena
(Carbohidrate)
(Carbohidrates)
97 / 2.1 / 0.5
61 / 1.0 / 1.6
62 / 1.1 / 1.1
376 / 11.5 / 4.2
Nutritional properties
(quality and quantity of aminoacids
(Metabolismo de colorantes sanguíneos)
Energ.
K/Cal
Protein
g.
Hierro
Mg.
Energ.
K/Cal
Proteinas
g.
Hierro
Mg.
Energ.
K/Cal
Protein
g.
Hierro
Mg. Energ.
K/Cal
Protein
g.
Hierro
Mg.
Mutton
Dairy

11. Needs and Opportunity Assessments
• Nutritional Profile/Disease Burden
• Dietary System
• Cropping System/Livelihood System
• Health Services
• Gender – women’s status
• Institutional Landscape
• Policy Environment

12. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

13. Integrated Systems Research
• Nutrition-disease interactions
• Dietary systems (synergies; inhibitions)
• Cropping systems (Zn; complementary crops)
• Gender studies
• Delivery – Implementation research
• Partnership research
• Screening methodologies
• Impact assessment methodologies

14. 1 2
43
20
27
17
13
27
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Bean
(200g)
OFSP
(50g)
Bean
(150g)
OFSP
(50g) +
bean
(150g)
Bean
(200g)
OFSP
(50g)
Bean
(150g)
OFSP
(50g) +
bean
(150g)
%RDA
RDA
(5% biav.)
RDA
(10% biav.)
RDA
(5% biav.)
RDA
(5% biav.)
RDA
(10% biav.)
RDA
(10% biav.)
RDA
(10% biav.)
RDA
(5% biav.)
Considering the base line Considering the base line + PI
Contribution of bean and OFSP and the mixture of them to the RDA

15. Percentual contribution of determinant factors to
malnutrition
Food
26.1%
Health
19.3%
Women Status
11.6%
Female Education
43.0%
Source: Smith L. and Haddad L. Overcoming child malnutrition in developing countries, past
achievements and future choices. International Food Policy Research Institute. Washington DC 2000.MSGC

16. Agricultural Knowledge and Information System
(AKIS) for potato in Uganda

17. Challenges
How will we educate the next generation of
research and development professionals
for integrated systems research ?

18. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

19. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

20. Challenges
• INTEGRATION of Agriculture & Nutrition
• Shorten the Timeline
• Build the Body of Evidence for Advocacy

21. Pro-poor research
and development cycle
Target areas
Scaling Up for
Impact
Impact
assessment
Research
Needs and
opportunity
assessment

22. Challenges
• INTEGRATION of Agriculture & Nutrition
• Shorten the Timeline
• Build the Body of Evidence for Advocacy

23. Photo: Jean-Louis Gonterre 2008