Sharing the harvest:

partnerships for
food security

V. Bruce J. Tolentino

Deputy Director-General
International Rice Research Institute
October 2015

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Rockefeller Foundations, and
Philippines;

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Korea

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Bangladesh
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Thailand
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Sri Lanka

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nationalities

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organization, with international
status by treaty;
IRRI is unique!

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Green revolution 1.0

1960s-70
s
yields
~1.5 tons/
ha.

Today
yields 4+
tons/ of
ha.all
Half

rice areas in Asia are

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planted to IRRI-sourced
varieties.

Impact of IRRI
Research

IRRI delivered
benefits of US$1.46
billion per year and
boosted rice yields
by
an average
of
Average
benefits
11.2%.
(per ha., per year):
Philippines: US
$52/ha.
Indonesia: US
$76/ha.
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Vietnam
: US$76/

scheduled castes are

likely to be a major
beneficiary from the spread
of Swarna-Sub1 in India.

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Population by 2040?

10b!

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1 billion hungry people

Rice
price
crisis!

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Million tons milled rice

Addi$onal rice needed:

112 million tons by 2040

600

550

500

450

400

2013 global rice consump4on

350

300

Asia

Africa

Americas

Rest
of World
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IRRIs mission
Reduce poverty and
hunger, improve health,
ensure environmental
sustainability through
rice science.

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Global Rice Science Partnership

WestCentral
Asia (1%)
JIRCAS

CIRAD
IRD
IRRI
CIAT

Asia
(89%)

AfricaRice

South
America
(2%)
Africa
(2%)

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Global Rice Science Partnership

(GRiSP)

GRiSP: more
than 900 R&D
partners
worldwide.

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1. Farmers;
2. Consumers;
3. Local Governments;
4. State Colleges and Universities;
5. National ministries and agencies:
agriculture, environment, agrarian
reform, others;
6. Input suppliers: germplasm,
nutrition, protection, farm tools
and equipment;
7. Output traders/ wholesalers/
retailers;
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8. Development and humanitarian

NGOs: OXFAM, Greenpeace,
MASIPAG, Pakisama, etc.;
9. Regional and international
agricultural RDE organizations:
IRRI and other CGIAR centers;
10.Intergovernmental organizations,
i.e. ASEAN, APEC, FAO, WFP, etc.
11.Development agencies and
donors: USAID, ACIAR, WB, ADB,
UNDP, EC, DFID, etc.

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Public
Private
Discovery

Application/
Innovation

Commercialization

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Discovery to adoption:
basic to applied science
Sustainable
intensification

Gene%c
Diversity
Phenotypic
Diversity

Breeding
tools
Trait
Discovery

Post harvest
traits

Variety
Improvement
Breeding
methods

Scaling
out

Agronomic
methods

Seed
Systems

Value Chain,
Systems, etc
processing

Targeting, evaluation, and prioritization

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IRRI Research Consortia

C4: C4 Rice Project

CURE: Consortium on Unfavorable Rice
Environments
IRRC: Irrigated Rice Research Consortium/
CORIGAP: Closing Rice Yields in Asia with Reduced
Environmental Footprint
HRDC: Hybrid Rice Research Consortium
INGER: International Network for Genetic
Evaluation of Rice
SRP: Sustainable Rice Platform
STRASA: Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa & So. Asia
TRRC: Temperate Rice Research Consortium
Etc.
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C4 Rice Project: Redesigning

rice photosynthesis
C3

C4

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CURE
DAR
NGO, GO
NAFRI
NAFReC
Projects
NGOs
Farmer
groups
NRRC
URRC
PRRC
SRRC
Universities
CARDI
IFAD
investment
proj, NGO,
GO

Partnerships
CLRRI
NOMAFSI
DARD
CCAFS
Other govt
agencies
PhilRice
USM
Local govts,
NGOs, IFAD
investment proj,
private entities
ICRR
IAARD
AIAT
Local govt
units
Universities

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Network of networks
GOs and NGOs
National programs
Local government
RARS-AAU
units
Universities
CRRI
IFAD investment
CLRRI
projects
Private entities ICIMOD
Farmers
Extension
workers
Development
partners

SPGs
Agrovet

NDUAT
AIAT
ICFORD
IAERI

NARC
BINA
NAFReC

WUPAP
CRURRS
KVK
Aadarsh Path

NRRC
PRRC
URRC

Branch stations
DA-RFO
FSSP

ATI-DA
PMP
NIA
FSSP

CPWF
DAE
IC
Solidarity
Zibika
UDDYOG
NDP
CWB
RIB
Thikana
Songstha
INCIDIN
NAZIR
SWAPAL
MRDS
Bethany Society
FEDA
NERCORMP
CARE
NCA
World Vision

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CURE: Multi-Institutional
Partnerships
IRRI, PhilRice

Project Leader

Co-Project Leader
(Lead, Component 2)

(Lead, Component 1)

Co-Project Leader
(Lead, Component 3&4)

Coordina%on with IRRI Na%onal Program Rela%ons

IRRI IRS & NRS

DA offices
University
researchers/
stakeholders

IRRI resource persons involved in

specic ac%vi%es: Components 1, 2, 3, 4

Benguet State
University (BSU)

Ifugao State
University (IFSU)

DA-Bureau of Plant Industry

(Community Registry)

Kalinga Agricultural
State College (KASC)

UP Los Baos/DA
(Biodiversity & conserva%on)

Commission on
Na%onal
Mt. Province State

Indigenous People (NCIP)

Polytechnic College (MPSPC)

DA-Regional Field Oces (RFOs)

(Kalinga, Benguet, Mt. Province,
Ifugao, North Cotabato)

University of Southern Mindanao

(USM)

DA-ATI Regional Center Director

LGUs
Provincial

Municipal LGUs

Barangay LGUs

NGOs in CAR: RICE, Inc

NGOs in Region XII

Self-help Groups

Rice Terraces Farmers Coopera%ves

(RTFC)

Arakan Community Seed Bank

Organiza%on (ACSBO), CSB groups

Other stakeholders

Private Partners

Restaurateurs, Chefs

Kelloggs

Other stakeholders

Implementation
Partners
Local Govt.
Units (LGUs)
NGOs

Others

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Securing Stable Global Rice Supply

by Building a New Generation of
ASEAN Rice Scientists
IRRI, AMAF and ATWGARD
12 September 2015

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Training

Extension

Short courses
Internships
M.S./Ph.D. scholarships
Resident scientists

Professional training
Rice knowledge banks
Rice crop forecasting

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APEC network for crosscountry mechanization,

technology verification
and transfer
Iloilo, 28 September 2015
International Rice Research Institute

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UP/UPLB, DA/PhilRice, and

IRRI: current engagements

1.FSSP project funding;

2.Post-doctoral fellows;
3.Student assistantships and
internships;
4.International degree scholarships;
5.Specialized non-degree training
and scholarships (reserved slots);
6.Dissertation and theses support;

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UP/UPLB, DA/PhilRice, and

IRRI: current engagements

7. IRRI researchers as UP faculty;

8. Collaboration on events and
conferences;
9. Access to labs and library;
10.Access to PREGINET via IRRI;
11.Use of machinery, equipment,
and
12.Use of datasets.
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Publications worldwide
vs. publications in the Philippines
and IRRI

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Collaborative research:
best partnership platform
1.Joint research, toward shared
goals and publications;
2.Involves not only scientists and
researchers, but also faculty and
graduate students, and
3.Joint investment for shared benefit
(i.e. clear, shared IP rights).

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Steps to re-energized, deeper

collaborative research agenda
1. Institutional agreement on
research collaboration;
2. Annual joint research conference:

Share research agendas;

Identify collaboration opportunities;
Share resources, co-finance;
Implement, and
Jointly monitor, assess
performance.
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