Barbara Wells, Martin Kropff, and Johan Swinnen SPECIAL EVENT CGIAR Research and Innovation for a Decade of Action An official Side Event of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue OCT 22, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:00 AM EDT

1. Research and Innovation
for a Decade of Action
One CGIAR’s
New Research Portfolio
Barbara Wells, Martin Kropff, and Johan Swinnen
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Five Impact Areas
Nutrition, health and food security
Healthy diets for 3 billion people
Poverty reduction livelihoods and jobs
500 million people out of poverty
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Close gender gaps for 500 million women
Environmental health and biodiversity
Stay within planetary boundaries
Climate adaption and mitigation
Net carbon sink by 2050

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Bundling Innovation
A coherent portfolio for research and innovation
Climate Adaptation
& Mitigation
Environmental
Health & Biodiversity
Gender Equality,
Youth & Social
Inclusion
Nutrition, Health &
Food Security
Poverty Reduction,
Livelihoods & Jobs
IMPACT AREAS
Systems
Transformation
(ST) Initiatives
Genetic
Innovation (GI)
Initiatives
Resilient Agri-
Food (RAFS)
Initiatives

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“Research Initiatives” as building blocks of the portfolio
Operationalized through triangulation

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Systems Transformation
Policy & Institutional
Solutions
Sustainable
Healthy Diets
Vegetables and
Fruits for Better
Nutrition
National Transformation
Strategies
Foresight
Cliimate
Resilience
Water-Energy-
Food Nexus
Fragility, conflict
and migration
Gender and
Social Inclusion
Carbon Source
to Sink
Agro-Ecology
Digital
Transformation
Rethinking Markets
Climate Adaptation
& Mitigation
Environmental
Health & Biodiversity
Gender Equality,
Youth & Social
Inclusion
Nutrition, Health &
Food Security
Poverty Reduction,
Livelihoods & Jobs

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Genebanks
Conservation and
use of genetic
resources
Plant Breeding
Accelerated
Breeding
Enabling Tools,
technology and
services
Precision Genetic
Technologies
Genetic Innovation | Delivering gains in farmers’ fields
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Market
Intelligence
More equitable and
impactful genetic
innovation
Seed Systems
Delivering genetic
gains in farmers’
fields
Climate Adaptation
& Mitigation
Environmental
Health & Biodiversity
Gender Equality,
Youth & Social
Inclusion
Nutrition, Health &
Food Security
Poverty Reduction,
Livelihoods & Jobs

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Accelerated Breeding
Based on insights from Market Intelligence, focus breeding pipelines on most relevant market
segments.
WP1
Re-Focused Products
Establish coordinated trait discovery, trait deployment, population improvement, and variety
validation. Define and implement clear stage gates and handover criteria.
WP2
Re-Focused organization
Establish CGIAR-NARES-SME genetic gains delivery systems. Increase funding flowing to NARES
as well as their level of ownership/accountability.
WP3
Transforming NARES and
SMEs
Identify novel sources and haplotypes for highly valuable and demanded traits, guided by product
profiles.
WP4
Trait discovery and
deployment
Optimize breeding pipelines (genetic tools, traits, environments, and safety), throughout CGIAR-
NARES-SME, leveraging tools and services developed by Breeding Services.
WP5
Population improvement and
variety validation

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Livestock & Aquatic
Foods Systems
Sustainable Animal
Productivity for Livelihoods,
Nutrition and Gender
inclusion (SAPLING)
Protecting human health
through a One Health
approach
Resilient Aquatic
Food Systems for
Healthy People and Planet
Cropping Systems
Plant Health and Rapid
Response to protect Food and
Livelihood Security
Excellence in Agronomy:
Solutions for Agricultural
Transformation with a
Climate Change Focus (EiA)
Nature-Positive Solutions:
Enhancing productivity and
resilience, while safeguarding
and promoting inclusive
growth within communities
Resilient Agri-Food Systems
Improving Production Systems
Farming Systems
Merged ASPIRE and
ANIMALS: Climate resilient
livestock farming systems
(name to be determined)
Sustainable Intensification of
Mixed Farming Systems
Resilient Cities through
Sustainable Urban and Peri-
urban Agri-Food Systems
Climate Resilient Cropping
Systems in Sustainable
Landscapes
Climate Adaptation
& Mitigation
Environmental
Health & Biodiversity
Gender Equality,
Youth & Social
Inclusion
Nutrition, Health &
Food Security
Poverty Reduction,
Livelihoods & Jobs

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Framework for Regionally Integrated Initiatives
linked to Global Initiatives
Genetic Innovation
Resilient Agri-Food Systems
Systems Transformation
Regional
Integrated
Initiatives

10. Initiative
Work
Packages
OneCGIAR Impact
Areas
Nutrition, health and
food security
Climate adaptation
and mitigation
Gender Equality, Youth
and Social Inclusion
Poverty Reduction,
Livelihoods and Jobs
Environmental health,
water security, and
biodiversity
Restore and conserve
(shared vision, cascaded targets,
coordination and co-implementation)
Empower and engage
(youth, women, capacity)
Incubate and accelerate
(SMEs, markets, inclusive
finance, MSDs)
Diversify
(from maize-mixed to
diversified systems for
nutritious diets)
Science-
based
Innovation
Policy Support,
Collaborative
Governance &
Communication
Capacity
Strengthening
Tentative Example -Ukama Ustawi (U2) Water Secure and Climate Resilient Ag Livelihoods in ESA
Highlights Embed OneCGIAR
(legal/business
models)
Interns/mentorships
/change agent
identification
Strategic Alliances,
PPPs, MSPs,
Incubators
De-risk
(CIS, digital)
Regional Scaling Hub
Policy & Investment
Management

11. CGIAR has a track record of collaborating with
partners to deliver impacts for more than 50 years,
lifting hundreds of millions of people out of hunger
and poverty and supporting low-income producers
and consumers.
We are embarking on a new era of interconnected
and partnership-driven research towards achieving
the SDGs.