LOSE LESS, FEED MORE Working together to help 5 million farmers lose less and feed more

LOSE LESS, FEED MOREwww.plantwise.org

Working together

to help 5 million

farmers lose less and

feed more

Food Security faces the Perfect Storm

Over 1 billion people are already going hungry

A growing population – 9 billion by 2050

Water and energy scarcity

Climate change

Increased trade and travel

Current fight against pest and diseases“Insect vectors, pests and diseases are moving extremely fast and we have frankly no grip whatsoever over what they might do in the next 20/30 years.”

Janice Jiggins,Wageningen University

Agriculture is key to development

Those most at risk from food insecurity are often smallholder farmers - producers of food

40% of the food grown is lost to pests and diseases

For every 1% reduction in losses we feed 25 million more people

The key to success in knowledge

By 2015 five million more farmers will have access to the knowledge they need to feed their families and lift themselves out of poverty

Our vision

Works to solve problems in agriculture and the environment

100 years of experience

46 member countries

88 countries in which we have projects

360 staff across the world

100 scientific papers

9 million abstracts

CABI bridges the gap between research and the farmer

CABI

Plantwise is a unique system that delivers knowledge into the hands of smallholder farmers to help them protect their crops and increase their yields

Our solution

Demand drivenFree of chargeLocalFully trained plant doctorsOn the spot diagnosisPractical, affordable, treatment recommendationBack-up diagnostic service

Plantwise clinics

PlantwiseDiagnostic labsNational and regional governmentsExtension servicesInput suppliers

Integrated plant health system

Accurate and up-to-date knowledge to the farmers

Work with local partners to recruit plant doctorsProvide initial and on-going high quality trainingAccess to a knowledge bank

constantly updatedfact sheetspest distribution data

Improving lives in Bangladesh

95% of the farmers earned extra income by adopting the Plantwise recommendations

Farmers spent the additional money on:

Children's education (25%) Home improvement (21%)Buying a cow (13%)Planting (9%)Buying land (9%)Growing a crop (7%)Agriculture (5%)Other (11%)

Where are we now?

Over 147 Plantwise clinics in 11 countriesPilot clinics in 4 more countriesFully working prototype of a knowledge bank, containing:

Pest distribution mapsDiagnostic facilityTreatment support

Over 100,000 smallholder farmers and their families60 local partners 7 international partners$11 million initial funding from our donors DFID and SDC

$50 million over next four years$5 million in next six months

150+ new clinicsFully active knowledge bank500,000+ smallholder farmers and their families

Our goal

Help farmers and their familieslose less and feed more

Thank you

Caroline McNamaraExecutive Director, Commercial

E: c.mcnamara@cabi.org

LOSE LESS, FEED MOREwww.plantwise.org