Dr. Thomas Lumpkin, the Director General of CIMMYT, presented on the MAIZE CRP and its relevance for Asia. CIMMYT aims to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty. It has 160 researchers from 40 countries working in 19 offices worldwide. CIMMYT has developed a ten point action agenda to address challenges like climate change, water scarcity, and increasing food demand. The MAIZE CRP expects to increase productivity by 7% by 2020 and 33% by 2030, adding $2 billion and $8.8 billion in annual value respectively, while reaching millions of smallholder farmers.

1. 11th Asian Maize
Conference
Nanning, 2011
Dr. Thomas Lumpkin - CIMMYT
Director General
“MAIZE CRP and Relevance for
Asia”

2. Outline of Presentation
CIMMYT Background
Challenges for Food Security
CIMMYT’s Response

3. CIMMYT Mission Statement
To sustainably increase the productivity of
maize and wheat systems to ensure global
food security and reduce poverty.

4. CIMMYT Locations
160 researchers from 40 countries in 19 offices worldwide.
Partners include universities, private companies, advanced research
institutes, NGOs and farmer associations.
$100+ million budget.

5. Global Challenges

6. Climate Change
heat, drought, extreme events
Water Nutrients & Soils
groundwater fertilizer cost
surface water depleted soils
Energy Biodiversity
petroleum extinction
biofuels emerging pests
Demand
population growth, changing diets

7. Bangladesh, Cambodia, and the Philippines included in list of top
10 countries most vulnerable to climate change. (Maplecroft,
2012)

8. Pakistan Flooding
1.3 million hectares of crops destroyed
Worst flood in 80 years (2010)
Repeated flooding in 2011
“Pakistan’s agricultural industry – a pillar of the economy – could
take up to two years to start recovering” Asian Development
Bank.

9. Projected Temperature Increases
Up to 23% of South Asia’s maize crop could will be lost due to
higher temperatures by 2050.
Krechowicz, et. al., “Weeding Risk: Financial Impacts of Climate Change and Water Scarcity on
Asia’ Food and Beverage Sector”, World Resources Institute, 2010.

10. Biofuels

11. Demand
Table 1: Projected Trends in Total Maize Demand in Asian Regions.
IMPACT model projections under the Global Futures Project with IFPRI.
Asia East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia North Asia
Year
Base (thousand tonnes)
2000 198,642 144,612 16,164 24,222 10,774 2,870
2010 268,447 197,851 22,519 31,795 12,962 3,320
2020 331,463 239,682 31,344 40,139 16,727 3,570
2030 385,552 271,206 42,569 47,406 20,684 3,686
2040 443,874 302,112 57,952 55,732 24,358 3,720
2050 509,170 334,402 78,707 64,461 27,918 3,683

12. Changing Diets
Half of the world’s pork is eaten in China. Chicken
and beef are becoming important.

13. Dependence on Maize Imports
Indonesia imported 1.6 million tons in 2010. This year, Indonesia
will import an estimated 3.2 million tons.
At 16 million tons, Japan is the world’s largest importer of maize.
China became a new importer of maize last year for the first time
in 14 years.
By 2015, China is expected to import 15 million metric tons of
maize from the US alone.

15. Percentage of Annual Income
Used to Purchase Food + Malnutrition Rates

16. CIMMYT’s Response to the Challenges and
Opportunities Facing Maize

17. Ten Point Action Agenda for MAIZE
“Strategic Initiatives”
1. Socioeconomics and policies for
maize futures
2. Sustainable intensification and
income opportunities for the poor
3. Smallholder precision agriculture
4. Stress tolerant maize for the poorest
5. Towards doubling maize productivity
6. Integrated postharvest management
7. Nutritious maize (with CRP4)
8. Seeds of Discovery – tackling the
black box of genetic diversity
9. New tools and methods for NARS
and SMEs
1-9. Strengthening local capacities

18. MAIZE CRP Target Areas

19. Expected Impact
 Increased productivity of target populations by
7% in 2020 and 33% by 2030.
 An added annual value of $2.0 billion by 2020
and $8.8 billion in 2030.
 Reach 40 million smallholder farm family
members by 2020 and 175 million by 2030.
 Provide enough maize to meet the annual food
demand of an additional
– 135 million consumers in 2020
– 600 million by 2030.

20. Our Partners
 SAGARPA - Mexico
 KARI - Kenya, Syngenta Foundation
 Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable
Agriculture
 130 national agricultural research institutes
 18 regional and international organizations
 21 advanced agricultural research institutes
 75 universities

21. Another xample: BISA
Borlaug Institute for South Asia
 General Objective: Develop state-
of-the art research facilities to
support maize and wheat research
and development and capacity
building.
 Train partners in cutting-edge
biotechnology and bioinformatics
tools.
 Train agronomists in conservation
and precision agriculture.
 Develop wheat varieties which
increase yields up to 50%.
 Initiate a Second Green Revolution.

22. 谢谢
Thank you