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ANNUAL
REPORT
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One in three people in the world, two billion or more, do
not get enough vitamins and mineralssuch as vitamin A,
zinc, and ironin their diet. This is known as hidden hunger
because those suffering from the condition may seem healthy,
but they are more likely to fall prey to illness and infections.
In severe cases, hidden hunger can leave children blinded,
stunted, or with a reduced IQ, and increase a womans risk of
dying during childbirth.
What Is Hidden Hunger?Iron Deficiency Impairs mental development and learning capacity Increases weakness and fatigue May increase risk of women dying in childbirth
Iron Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target Countries*
Democratic Republic of Congo:71% of children under 5and 53% of womenIndia:70% of children under 5 and 55% of womenRwanda:38% of children under 5 and 17% of women
Uganda:49% of children under 5 and 23% of women
*anemia used as an indicator
Vitamin A Deficiency Impairs growth Causes eye damage leading to blindness Increases risk of infections such as diarrheal disease
Vitamin A Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target
Countries
Democratic Republic of Congo: 61% of children under 5Nigeria: 30% of children under 5Uganda: 33% of children under 5Zambia: 54% of children under 5
Zinc Deficiency Causes stunting Lowers immunity Increases risk of diarrheal disease and respiratory
infections
Zinc Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target Countries*
Bangladesh: 41% of children under 5
India: 48% of children under 5Pakistan:37% of children under 5
*stunting used as an indicator
A diverse diet that includes enough fruits, vegetables, and/or animal products usually provides enough vitamins andminerals. However, millions of people, mostly in poorercountries, rely upon staple foods such as cassava or rice thatfill up their stomachs but do not provide enough vitaminsand minerals for good health. More nutritious foods are oftenexpensive or simply unavailable. Through a strategy calledbiofortification, HarvestPlus and its partners are tacklinghidden hunger using familiar foods that people eat everyday. Using conventional breeding methods, scientists havedeveloped new varieties of productive staple food cropsthat contain higher amounts of vitamin A, iron, and zinc toimprove diets and nutrition.
These nutrient-rich crops have several advantages:
Targeted:They can reach rural communities often missedby other nutrition interventions such as supplementationand fortification.
Cost-effective: Breeding the nutrient into a crop varietytakes just one upfront investment. Once the trait is in thecrop, it stays and through further breeding at low cost, thecrops can be adapted to thrive in a range of agroecologicalzones.
Sustainable: This strategy is centered on staple foods thatpeople already eat regularly. Farmers can save the seeds orcuttings to replant, and share them freely with their neighbors.
Changing the Game
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2013 Highlights
By the end of 2013, more than a million
farmers had planted biofortified
nutritious crops in their fields, fromvitamin A cassava in Nigeria to theworlds first zinc rice in Bangladesh. Allseven crops in our initial portfolio arenow in the hands of farmers. We arediving into delivery to pave the way formore nutritious varieties to come. Ourstrategy is to release the crops in waves,with each wave being more nutritiousand productive than the previous ones.
The nutrition evidence on the benefits
of these crops, published in peer-
reviewed journals, continues to grow.
The question now is not whether
farmers should grow biofortified
crops, but why they arent growing
them yet. In 2013, we shared this
evidence widely, from the International
Congress on Hidden Hunger at the
University of Hohenheim in Germany
to the 20th International Congress of
Nutrition in Granada, Spain. We also
translate the science so consumers
can understand the life-or-death
difference that a nutrient like vitamin Acan make to a child.
Biofortified nutritious crops alsocaptured the attention and commitmentof key partners. Vitamin A orange sweetpotato (OSP) made it into USAIDs listof the five most innovative approachesto feeding the planet. The Governmentof the United Kingdom hosted the
first international Nutrition for Growthsummit in July and committed to
supporting the development anddelivery of six biofortified nutritiouscrops to reach millions of farminghouseholds in Africa and Asia.
Support for biofortification alsocontinues to grow outside ofHarvestPlus direct operations. Inits 2013 budget, for instance, theGovernment of India allocated funds topilot nutri-farms in 200 districts wherefoods such as iron pearl millet and zincrice will be grown. Similarly, severalAfrican countries, including Nigeria,Rwanda, and Zambia, incorporatedbiofortified nutritious foods into theirnational policies and programs, withthe support of their ministries of bothhealth and agriculture.
On World Food Day, HarvestPluslaunched an interactive tool called theBiofortification Prioritization Indexthat governments and other decisionmakers can use to help them determine
which biofortified crops they can investin so as to have the greatest impactin reducing hidden hunger throughimproved diets.HarvestPlus is also working withinCodex Alimentariusinternational foodstandards commission established bythe Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations and the World
Health Organizationto propose acommon, internationally accepted
definition of biofortification. To thisend, we presented a discussion paperto the Codex Committee on Nutritionand Foods of Special Dietary Use at itsNovember 2013 session.Our partnerships with nationalbiofortification programs in Brazil,China, and India continue. In LatinAmerica, our teams organizedbiofortification national committees inPanama, Guatemala, and Nicaragua,and developed work plans and pilotprojects to expand biofortification inthis region, building upon the workof AgroSalud, which became part ofHarvestPlus in 2012.
In 2013, we further expanded ourpartnerships. From participation in theCAADP Agriculture Nutrition CapacityDevelopment Initiative to developing aMemorandum of Understanding withWorld Vision International, we, alongwith numerous public and private
partners, are diving headfirst intodelivery as we seek to make biofortifiednutritious crops more widely available.
Howarth E. BouisHarvestPlus Director
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Beans are eaten every day in Rwanda.Ten new bean varieties that are richer iniron have been released in the countryover two phases since 2011 in order toimprove nutrition. By the end of 2013,some 700,000 farmers were growingthese iron beans.
We continued to experiment with apayback system in which farmers toopoor to buy iron bean seed received theseed free of charge and repaid in kindafter harvest. Iron beans are now almostas widely available as commonly grownbean varieties in some districts. Moreiron bean seed also started to appearin urban markets in Rwanda, and wasexported to neighboring countriessuch as Uganda, Burundi, and theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
With our governmental partner,Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), andothers, we continue to support thedevelopment of new iron bean varietiesto ensure that Rwandan farmers benefitfrom the most nutritious and best-performing varieties. Biofortificationenjoys the Government of Rwandasrecognition and support; the Ministryof Agricultures Nutrition Action Plan
the Institut National pour lEtude et laRecherche Agronomiques (INERA), wereleased five new iron bean varietiesin 2013. This second-wave releasebrought to nine the number of iron bean
varieties introduced in the DRC since2008. To ensure that Congolese farmerswidely adopt iron beans, we trained 275extension workers to support farmersin multiplying iron bean seed andmanaging their crop to maximize yields.
Farmers in neighboring Uganda arealso adopting iron beans. We aredisseminating these nutritious beansin 11 target districts alongside orangesweet potato. To better reach children,who are the most vulnerable to nutrientdeficiencies, we are targeting moremothers in our dissemination program.Sixty percent of the people whocomprised the 50,000 households weprovided with iron bean seed in 2013were women, resulting in over 90,000children getting more iron in their diets.
Iron Beans
includes the promotion of biofortifiedcrops as one important initiative toimprove nutrition in the country.
This governmental ownership ofbiofortification is critical to our missionto make iron beans accessible to asmany Rwandans as possible. Thesupport of other major food securityand nutrition actors, such as the UnitedNations World Food Programme(WFP) and the Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO), is also crucialfor iron beans and biofortificationssuccess. Indeed, in 2013 WFP purchased50 metric tons of biofortified ironbeans from farmers to distribute topopulations affected by emergencies.WFP has also committed to increasingits purchase of iron beans to 500 metrictons per season.
Across Rwandas border in the DRC,iron beans have been dubbed gorillabeans not only for their nutritionalpunch but also because the localgorillas have apparently developed ataste for them. In 2013, HarvestPlusand partners delivered these gorillabeans to 175,000 households in easternDRC. Through our partnership with
Where We Work
DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 45% of dailyiron needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, virus resistant,heat and drought tolerant
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With 100 million Nigerians60 percent
of the countrys populationeating
cassava daily, the market for yellow
cassava, which provides vitamin A, is
enormous.More than 100,000 Nigerianfarmers in more than 2,000 villagesplanted these vitamin A cassava stemsfor the first time in 2013. Some 650extension agents and rural facilitatorswere also trained on best agronomicpractices to assist farmers. Our partnersare multiplying cassava on at least 650hectares to feed the growing demand byfarmers. When you throw in more than350 broadcasts of vitamin A messages,several documentaries, radio jingles,and extensive coverage in the news, the
future of vitamin A cassava in Nigerialooks very bright indeed.
Three new varieties were released inJuly 2013, when Minister of Agricultureand Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi
Research published in the British Journal of Nutritionshows that humans canabsorb twice as much beta-carotene from vitamin A cassava than was previously
assumed. Since malnourished people absorb beta-carotene and transform it into
vitamin A faster than those who are not vitamin A deficient, biofortified cassava
could be exceedingly effective in reducing vitamin A deficiency. Another study
published in PLOS ONEfound that 70 percent of respondents in a taste testconducted in Kenya preferred vitamin Arich cassava to white cassava, citing its
attractive color, soft texture, and sweet taste.
Vitamin A Cassava
Adesina formally launched a nationaldissemination program for vitamin Acassava under the federal governmentsCassava Transformation Agenda.
The next step was developing new foodproducts from vitamin A cassava. Thestate government of Akwa Ibom, oneof our initial target states, funded theconstruction of a factory to processgariandfufu(traditional foods) madefrom vitamin A cassava. Privatesector partners in Oyo State are alsoprocessing and packaging vitamin Agariandfufufor local and internationalmarkets. Model demonstration villages,where the full value chain for cassava
can be observed, were set up in eachof the four original target states (AkwaIbom, Benue, Imo, and Oyo) and arefast becoming hubs for technologytransfer to neighboring villages.
Where We Work
DRC, Nigeria
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 50% of dailyvitamin A needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, virus resistant
We have also begun disseminatingvitamin A cassava to farmers inAfricas second-largest and fourthmost populous countrythe DRC.By the end of 2013, we had provided25,000 farming households in western
DRC with vitamin A cassava cuttings.Through farmer field days and trainingof smallholder farmers and leaders ofagricultural cooperatives, we continue tocreate awareness of vitamin A cassavasnutritional and agronomic benefits. TheUN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) has been an early adopter ofvitamin A cassava, and has included itin a project to provide micronutrient-rich crops to households in KasaiOriental province. The project involvesmultiplying and delivering vitamin Acassava planting material, along withother crops such as legumes.
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Since its official release in 2012,
vitamin A orange maize has
reached more than 10,000 Zambian
households.We intensified efforts to
popularize orange maize, beginning
with children, who are especially
vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.More than 3,000 school children in
six different schools had a chance to
eat nshima(a traditional food) made
from orange maize at lunch during
a one-month trial. Eighty percent of
pupils, teachers, and parents approved
of it, convincing the UN World Food
Programme (WFP) and the Zambian
Ministry of Education to begin
life, highlights biofortified crops for
reducing micronutrient deficiencies
among at-risk populations.
By creating consumer demand for theorange maize, we are creating marketsfor farmers who grow orange maizenot only to feed their families butto generate extra income as well. Tothis end, HarvestPlus trained morethan 4,000 Zambian farmers on thenutritional benefits of vitamin A maizeand the diverse ways in which it canbe processed and cooked. Nearly10,000 farmers also learned aboutorange maize during farmer fielddays organized by non-governmentalorganizations and the Department ofAgriculture.
Maize is eaten in much of Africa,
including the northern part of Nigeria
where the government released two
open-pollinated varieties of vitamin
A maize in 2013. The International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
developed these varieties in partnership
with the Institute of AgriculturalResearch and Training and the Institute
for Agricultural Research. IITA is
bulking up seed quantities in order to
provide farmers in maize-growing areas
with seed by 2015. These new maize
varieties are also well-suited to the
tropical lowlands of many West African
countries, and we expect them to
spread beyond Nigerias borders.
Vitamin A Maize
integrating orange maize into school
feeding programs.
It was not just students who enjoyed
the orange maize; 170 members and
staff of the Zambian parliament also
savored a taste of the orange nshima,mobilizing support for orange maize
and biofortification among leaders
and policymakers. The Government
of Zambia officially recognizes
biofortification, which is included
in the National Food and Nutrition
Strategic Plan for Zambia 2011-2015.
The plan, which focuses attention on
the critical first 1,000 days of a childs
Where We Work
Nigeria, Zambia
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 25% of dailyvitamin A needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, disease and virus
resistant, drought tolerant
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Vitamin A Orange Sweet Potato
All it takes is one ice cream scoops
worth of orange sweet potato (OSP)
to provide a child with his or her full
daily dose of vitamin A.Since 2007,
HarvestPlus and its partners have been
spreading OSPs goodness in Uganda.
In 2013, we delivered OSP to more
than 50,000 farming households. In
total, 126,000 householdsmore than
three-quarters of a million Ugandans
are now eating OSP.
Across 13 districts, we trained nearly25,000 farmers in the best ways togrow OSP. Additionally, we trained 650community members on the agronomicpractices and nutritional benefits of
OSP. These community members, inturn, share their new knowledge withfarmers and caregivers in their owncommunities through educationalevents such as field days, dramas, andgroup meetings.
To ensure that OSP vines reach all
interested farmers, including those
who cannot afford to buy them,
we continued to run a payback
mechanism. Farmers who benefit from
this mechanism commit to pay back
after their first harvest by providing
vines to other poor farmers for free.
More than 28,000 households received
OSP vines through this payback system
in 2013.
Eighty percent of Ugandans listen
to the radio for information and
entertainment. So, in 2013, we
launched My Children, a new radio
drama series about OSP (see text
box). As a result, demand for OSP
vines outstripped the supply. We are
working hard to close that gap. During
2013, HarvestPlus Uganda establisheda system where clean, virus-free OSP
plantlets produced by a private lab
(BioCrops) were micro-propagated
and introduced to vine multipliers.
This has resulted in tremendous
increases in the yield of the different
OSP varieties and has greatly
increased adoption of varieties once
susceptible to viral diseases.
Where We Work
Uganda
Nutritional Benefts
Provide 50-100% of dailyvitamin A needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, virus resistant,drought tolerant
Love, Domestic Strife, and...Orange Sweet Potato
My Children,a radio dramaseries, was launched in
partnership with Farm Radio
International to educate Ugandan
farming families on vitamin A
deficiency and the benefits of
orange sweet potato (OSP).
The 30-episode drama aired on
10 stations in six languages. It
used an entertaining plot of
love, domestic strife, money,
and power to draw in listeners
and educate them on the many
benefits of OSP. After each
five-minute episode, listeners in350,000 households across 13
districts were invited to send text
messages to answer questions
about OSP and win prizes. The
series created more demand for
OSP by engaging listeners and
raising awareness on how to grow
and prepare this nourishing crop.
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A new version of a traditional pearl
millet variety that has both higher
levels of iron and higher yield is now
being grown widely by farmers in
Maharashtra, India. Nirmal Seeds, akey local partner of HarvestPlus, hasbeen producing and widely distributingthis more nutritious variety, nicknamedDhanashakti,which means prosperity
and strength, to rural farmingcommunities in arid, drought-proneregions. In 2013, Dhanashaktireachedan additional 25,000 households,bringing to 70,000 the total numberof households growing and eating thisnutritious pearl millet variety since 2012.
To ensure that they reap the most fromiron pearl millet, each year more than3,000 farmers receive training on thebest agronomic and nutritional benefitsof the crop. Nirmal Seeds conductsthese trainings and other promotionalactivities through field days and mobilecampaigns, among others.
We are engaging private seedcompanies and public sectorinstitutions to develop iron pearl millethybrids that are more widely grown thanDhanashaktiin order to reach morefarmers and consumers.
Iron Pearl Millet
Where We Work
India
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 60% of dailyiron needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, mildew
resistant, drought tolerant
A study in theJournal ofNutritionshowed thattraditionally prepared porridges
(sheera, uppama)and flat bread(roti)made from iron-rich pearlmillet provided the full amountsof iron and zinc needed by iron-deficient Indian children underthe age of three. Another studyalso published in theJournal ofNutritionfound that marginallyiron-deficient Beninese womenwho ate a traditionally preparediron-rich pearl millet pasteabsorbed twice as much ironas those who ate a paste madefrom ordinary pearl millet. Lessthan 160 grams of iron-richpearl millet flour daily is enoughto provide Beninese womenaged 1845 with more than 70percent of their daily iron needs,50 percent more than flourmade from local varieties.
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Zinc Rice
In Bangladesh, where rice rules at meal
times, the first rice variety rich in zinc
was released to farmers in early 2013.One thousand farmers received the zincrice seed to grow on demonstrationplots and to multiply seed, settingthe stage for wider production anddissemination in the following years.
Besides its higher zinc content, this ricealso boasts the shortest maturationperiod of anyAman(rainfed) seasonrice variety available. Once planted,zinc rice takes only 100 days to
mature, 10 to 40 days less than othervarieties, allowing farmers to increasethe cropping intensity and improveproductivity. This, combined with ourtraining program on seed productionand preservationwhich benefitedsome 250 seed multipliers as well asgovernmental and non-governmentalextension agentsgives farmers andrice traders in Bangladesh every reason
to be excited about the prospects of thisnew nutritious rice.
Zinc rice is the culmination of
more than 10 years of research and
development by the Bangladesh Rice
Research Institute (BRRI), supported
by HarvestPlus. Our work with BRRI
continues to develop rice varieties
with even higher zinc content. We
have also established distribution
agreements with 15 governmental,
non-governmental, and private sector
partners to ensure that many more
farmers and households will begrowing and eating zinc rice in 2014
and beyond.
Across the border in India, the All IndiaCoordinated Rice Improvement Projectalso set up nurseries to test new zincrice varieties on a large scale and indifferent environments.
Where We Work
Bangladesh, India
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 70% of dailyzinc needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, disease andpest resistant
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Across Pakistan, wheat is eaten daily as
chapati, a type of flatbread.Scientistsare breeding new wheat varietiesthat are rich in zinc, a crucial mineralmissing in peoples diets. Throughour partnership with the PakistanAgricultural Research Council (PARC),we continued to evaluate three zincwheat lead lines in national varietalrelease trials. One of these candidatevarieties, NR-421, should be ready
for release in 2015 as Pakistans firstbiofortified zinc wheat. NR-421 is notonly zinc-rich and high yielding, but alsoresistant to leaf, yellow, and stem rusts,as well as to the deadly fungal infectionUg99known to spread rapidly andcause up to 100 percent crop losses.
In preparation for its release, we are
undertaking public awareness and
advocacy campaigns on the nutritional
and agronomic benefits of biofortified
zinc wheat. We are also engaging the
public and private seed sectors on
multiplication, branding, and marketing
of this nutritious variety.
The Government of Pakistan wasconfident enough about the prospects
of biofortification to include it in two keystrategic plans: the eleventh Five-YearDevelopment Plan (20132018) and thePakistan Vision 2025.
Zinc Wheat
Where We Work
India, Pakistan
Nutritional Benefts
Provide up to 50% of dailyzinc needs
Farmer Benefts
High yielding, diseaseresistant
HarvestZinc
Can we make grains more zinc-rich by simply applying a zinc fertilizer to the
soil or a crops foliage? HarvestZinc is evaluating this approach, known as
agronomic biofortification, in experiments with wheat and rice across Asia.
Scientists conducted experiments in five countries and 19 locations over two
years and found that a single spray of zinc sulphate applied to the plants
foliage raised the concentration of zinc in wheat by about 25 percent. Zincsulphate is the most commonly applied foliar fertilizer, but other zinc-based
foliar fertilizers were found to increase zinc concentration by as much as 42
percent. HarvestZincs experiments also confirmed that soil zinc application
can improve wheat grain yields by as much as seven percent and rice grain
yields by six percent. These experiments were conducted in major wheat- and
rice-growing countries, including India, Pakistan, China, Turkey, and Thailand.
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Financial Summary
2013 HarvestPlus Disbursements By Category (In thousand US dollars)
Crop Development 12,471
Human Nutrition 4,529
Impact & Policy Analysis 2,501
Delivery 7,432
Communications & Development 1,994
Administration 2,890
Country/Region Program Support 1,443
Total Unrestricted 33,260
GC9 Project 330
HarvestZinc Project 373
Total Restricted 703
Total Disbursements 33,963
37%Crop Development
14%Human NutritionImpact & Policy Analysis8%
Delivery22%
Communications & Development6%
Administration 9%4%Country/Region Program Support
Unrestricted Disbursements by Category
2013 Don ors
Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
UK Department for International
Development (DFID)
US Agency for International Development (USAID) Zinc Project Group
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2013 Program Advisory Committee MembersJeroen A. Bordewijk
Senior Vice President (Retired), Unilever Corporation,
Supply Chain Excellence Programme, Netherlands
Wanda Collins
Director, USDA Plant Sciences Institute, United States
S. Mahendra Dev
Director & Vice Chancellor, Indira Ghandi Instituteof Development Research, India
Ruben Echeverria
Director General, CIAT, Colombia
Shenggen Fan
Director General, IFPRI, United States
Richard (Dick) Flavell
Chief Scientific Officer, Ceres Inc., United Kingdom
Mahabub Hossain
Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural AdvancementCommittee (BRAC), Bangladesh
Anna Lartey
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
and Food Science, University of Ghana, Ghana
Peter McPherson (PAC Chair)
President, Association of Public and Land-grantUniversities (APLU), United States
Patrick J. Murphy
Vice President (Retired), Bank of America, United States
HarvestPlus TeamRepresenting more than 20 countries, HarvestPlus
team members bring many years of experience acrossdifferent disciplines and from both the public and pri-vate sectors. HarvestPlus team members are based
at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT) in Cali, Colombia, and the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC.Many are posted in countries where nutrient-rich foodcrops are being released. There are now HarvestPlus
offices or team members in Bangladesh, Brazil, theDemocratic Republic of Congo, India, Nigeria, Paki-
stan, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. A complete listof team members and their biographies can be foundon the HarvestPlus website at www.HarvestPlus.org.
Smale, M., and Ekin Birol. 2013.Smallholder Demand for MaizeHybrids and Selective Seed Subsidies in Zambia.HarvestPlus
Working Paper 9. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.
Banerji, A., S. Chowdhury, H. De Groote, J.V. Meenakshi, K.Tomlins, J. Haleegoah, and M. Ewool. 2013.Using ElicitationMechanisms to Estimate the Demand for Nutritious Maize:
Evidence from Experiments in Rural Ghana.HarvestPlus
Working Paper 10. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus. Asare-Marfo, D., E. Birol, C. Gonzalez, M. Moursi, S. Perez,
J. Schwarz, and M. Zeller. 2013.Prioritizing Countries forBiofortification Interventions Using Country-Level Data.HarvestPlus Working Paper 11. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.
Smale, M., M. Moursi, E. Birol, and H. De Groote. 2013. HybridSeed Use and Diversity of Diets among Women in Smallholder
Maize-Growing Households in Zambia.HarvestPlus WorkingPaper 12. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.
Smale, M., E. Simpungwe, E. Birol, H. De Groote, and R.Mutale. 2013.The Changing Structure of the Maize SeedIndustry in Zambia: Prospects for Orange Maize.HarvestPlus
Research for Action Paper 1. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.
Note: All publications are available for download from the
HarvestPlus website
Selected Media Coverage New process could develop biofortified cassava faster,
SciDevNet, December 5, 2013
Climate-smart pearl millet variety may be a game changer
for nutrition,Feed the Future, November 22, 2013
Can the B-word beat malnutrition?,IRIN, September 25, 2013 Rambo root packs new vitamin A punch,Voice of America,
September 23, 2013
Reducing micronutrient deficiency with biofortification,The Guardian, September 3, 2013
Rice Revolution,The Daily Star, August 25, 2013 Super bajra fights malnutrition,The Times of India,
August 23, 2013
Brazil develops superfoods to fight hidden hunger,IPS,July 17, 2013
Biofortification may hold keys to hidden hunger,IPS,June 21, 2013
Supercrops: Britain pledges large-scale funding to boosthealth of undernourished people in Africa,The Independent,June 17, 2013
Launching a nutri-farm movement,Financial Chronicle,May 15, 2013
India fortifies food to fight hidden hunger,Voice of America,March 5, 2013
Agricultural policies have a huge impact on nutrition,Live
Mint, March 5, 2013 Biofortification, lasting solutions to micronutrient malnutrition
and world hunger,CSA News, January, 2013
Governance Publications & Media
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BANGLADESHCGIAR Partners
International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI)
Local Partners
Agricultural Advisory Society (AAS)Association for Integrated Human
Development (AIHD)Bangladesh Agricultural Development
Council
Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
BRACChristian Commission for Development in
Bangladesh (CCDB)
Concern on National Problems (CONP)Integrated Social Welfare Association
(ISWA)International Centre for Diarrhoeal
Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Mymensingh UniversityNatun Zibon Rochi (NAZIR)
Peoples Development Institute (PDI)Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS)Society Development Committee (SDC)
Shariatpur Development Society (SDS)Shawdesh Unnay Kendra (SUK)
Small & Medium Seed ProducingAssociation (SMSPA)
South West Seed Producer Association ofBangladesh (SWSPAB)
University of Dhaka
Unnayan Dhara (UD)
Other Partners
Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organization
Flinders UniversityHarvard School of Public Health
University of Adelaide
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONGO
CGIAR Partners
International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA)
Local Partners
Actions Concertes pour leDveloppement Durable (ACODED)
2013 Partners
ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief
Agency)AGROPRO (Association des Agronomes
Professionnels)Amis des Semences (AS)Association CADI (Centre Agricole pour
la Sant et le Dveloppement Familial(ASDF-ONGD Developpement deIdjwi)
Association pour le DveloppementEndogne de Matadi (ADEM)
Association des Cultivateurs et leveurs(AJECEDEKI)
Association des Femmes pour la
Promotion et le Dveloppement(AFPDE)
Association des Femmes Techniciennesde Dveloppement Rural (AFTDER)
Catholic Relief Service (CRS)Centre dAdaptation et de Production des
Semences Ameliores (CAPSA)
Centre dEncadrement pour leDveloppement Communautaire
(CEDECOM)Centre de Dveloppement Rural (CEDER)/
Tshela
Centre de Dveloppement Rural deRutshuru (CEDERU)
Centre Evanglique Francophone (CEF)-Parole du Salut
Centre pour le Dveloppement Rural de
Kwilu-Ngongo (CDRK)DIOBASS
Ferme Le LysFerme de lEglise Life LineGIZ
Groupe Agro Pastoral du Kivu (GAP-Kivu)Groupe dAction pour le Dveloppement
Durable (GADD)Groupe dencadrement des initiatives
dautopromotion sociale (GEIAPSO)
Groupe du Peuple de Dieu (GROUPEDI)La Main dans la main
Laboratoire dAppui aux activits Agro-Pastorales au Congo (LAPAC-Asbl)
LAYUKAMinistry of AgricultureMinistry of Health
Ministry of Health National NutritionProgram (PRONANUT)
National Institute for Agricultural Study
and Research (INERA)ONGD-Femmes Business
PABU (Projet Agricole de Buhengere)Paroisse de MwandaPAV (Projet Agricole pour les Vulnerables)
Plantation BakulikiraPlantation KakondoProduction et Multiplication des
Semences (PROMUSEM)SARCAF
Service National de Semences(SENASEM)
SISI Trading
Syndicat pour la Dfense des Intrts desPaysans (SYDIP)
University of GomaUniversit Evangelique en AfriqueUniversity of Bukavu
University of KinshasaUniversity of Lubumbashi
INDIACGIAR Partners
International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI)International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center (CIMMYT)International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI)
Local Partners
Ajeet Seeds LimitedAll India Coordinated Pearl Millet
Improvement Project (AICPMIP)
Banaras Hindu UniversityBayer BioScience Pvt. Ltd.
Bidhan Chandra Agricultural UniversityBioseed Research India Pvt Ltd
Birsa Agricultural UniversityCCS Haryana Agricultural University-
College of Home Science, Department
of Food and NutritionCentral Rice Research Institute
Delhi School of EconomicsDesert Medicine Research Center,
Rajasthan
DevGen Seeds and Crop Tech Pvt. Ltd.Dhule College of Agriculture
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Directorate of Rice Research-India
Directorate of Wheat Research-IndiaGanga Kaveri Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
Gokhale Institute of Politics andEconomics
Haryana Agricultural University
Hytech Seed India Pvt. Ltd.
India Biofortification ProgramIndian Agricultural Research InstituteIndian Council on Agricultural Research
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya(IGKV) University
Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
JK Agri Genetics Ltd.J Nehru Medical College
Junagadh Agricultural UniversityKaveri Seeds Co. Ltd.Kesar Enterprises Ltd.
KISAN Forum Pvt. Ltd.Mahamana Krishak Cooperative
Maharashtra State Seeds CorporationMahatma Phule Krishi VidyapeethMahyco
Metahelix Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.Ministries of Agriculture, Health, and
EducationMS Baroda University, GujaratNational Agricultural Research Project
(NARP)National Institute of Nutrition
Nirmal Seeds Pvt. Ltd.Nuziveedu Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
SamridhiSEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.Sai Seeds
Shakti Vardhak Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd.SNDT Womens University, Maharashtra
St. Johns Medical Research CenterSwami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural
University
Tempest Advertising Pvt. Ltd.Vibha Seeds Pvt Ltd.
Other Partners
Childrens Hospital Oakland Research
Institute-CHORICommonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research OrganizationCornell University
Flinders UniversityHarvard School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
HealthNorth Dakota State University
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH-Zurich)
The Kiel Institute for the World EconomyUnited States Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service
(USDA-ARS), North Atlantic
University of AdelaideUniversity of Colorado, DenverUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Michigan
University of OklahomaWaite Analytical Laboratory
Western Human Nutrition ResearchCenter
NIGERIACGIAR Partners
International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI)
International Institute of TropicalAgriculture (IITA)
International Maize and WheatImprovement Center (CIMMYT)
Local Partners
Agricultural Development Programmes(ADP)
Akwa Ibom State University
Cassava Growers Association of NigeriaDamisa Gurus
Development DynamicsDominican Centre for Training and
Development
ENVOY Agricultural ServicesFederal College of Agriculture - Akure
Forward AfricaHuman Empowerment and Development
Project (HEMADEP)
Institute of Agricultural Research &Training (IAR&T)
Justice Development and PeaceCommission (JDPC)
Ministries of Agriculture, Education, and
Health
National Orientation AgencyNational Root Crops Research Institute
(NRCRI)
National Television Authority (NTA)Niji Farms Ltd.Nollywood Smile Africa Network
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityRadio Nigeria
Redeem Aids Programme ActionCommittee (RAPAC)
Senator Adeyemo Women EmpowermentCooperative (SAWEC)
University of Uyo
Women in Agriculture
Other Partners
Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation (Embrapa)Delhi School of EconomicsGreenwich University
SEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.
RWANDACGIAR Partners
International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI)
Local Partners
Dveloppement Rural Durable (DRD)Health and Development Initiative (HDI)
IMBARAGA Rwanda Farmer FederationKigali Institute of Science and Technology
(KIST)Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI)Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)
Ministry of Health (MOH)National Laboratory
National University of RwandaRwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)Win-Win Agritech
Other Partners
Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC)Cornell University
East and Central African Bean ResearchNetwork
Flinders University, Australia
Institut des Sciences Agronomiques duBurundi (ISABU), Burundi
Kansas State UniversityMichigan State UniversityNational Crops Resources Research
Institute/
National Agricultural ResearchOrganization (NaCRRI), Uganda - BeanProgram
North Dakota State University
Nutrisurvey Jrgen ErhardtPan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
(PABRA)Penn State University
SEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.Selian Agricultural Research Institute
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(SARI), Tanzania
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH-Zurich)
United States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service(USDA-ARS), North Atlantic
University of Oklahoma
Waite Analytical Laboratory, AustraliaWorld Food Programme (WFP)
UGANDACGIAR Partners
International Food Policy ResearchInstitute (IFPRI)
International Potato Center (CIP)
Local Partners
BioCropsCaritas - Hoima Diocese
Community Enterprise Development
Organization (CEDO)Kigarama Cooperative and Marketing
SocietyMakerere University, Department of Food
Science and TechnologyMbarara University - Healthy Child
Uganda Project
National Crops Resources ResearchInstitute/National Agricultural Research
Organization (NaCRRI) - Sweet Potatoand Bean Program
TracFM
Volunteer Efforts for DevelopmentConcerns (VEDCO)
Other Partners
Africa 2000 Network
Center for Advanced Hindsight,Duke University
Farm Radio InternationalMillennium Village ProjectPan-African Bean Research Alliance
(PABRA)Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)
Samaritans PurseUniversity of California, Davis
Virginia Tech UniversityWorld Food ProgrammeWorld Vision
ZAMBIACGIAR Partners
Centre for International Forestry Research(CIFOR)
International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA)International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center (CIMMYT)WorldFish Center
Local Partners
Emvest Farms
Government Ministries: Agriculture,Education, Health
Indaba Agricultural Policy ResearchInstitute (IAPRI)
Kamano SeedMicronutrient Malnutrition TaskforceNational Food and Nutrition Commission
National Institute for Scientific and
Industrial ResearchProgramme Against MalnutritionSeedCo
Star MillingTropical Disease Research Center
University of Zambia
Zambia Agriculture Research Institute(ZARI)
Zambia Consumers AssociationZambia Seed Traders Association
(ZASTA)ZamSeed
Other Partners
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health
Land O LakesMichigan State University
Purdue UniversitySEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.University of California, Davis
University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of ZambiaWorld Food Programme
World Vision
PHOTO CREDITS(clockwise from top)
Front Cover: Hands/boy: N. Palmer (CIAT); Crops:
HarvestPlus & iStock
Inside Cover: HarvestPlus & iStock
Page 1: Y. Islam*
Page 2: Angoor Studios; J. Isaacson*
Page 3: IITA; iStock
Page 4: iStock; E. Simpungwe*
Page 5: HarvestPlus Uganda; Y. Islam*
Page 6: HarvestPlus; L. Vidyasagar (ICRISAT)
Page 7: A. Hossain*; iStock
Page 8: iStock; HarvestPlus
Page 10: J. Isaacson*
Back Cover: iStock & HarvestPlus
*HarvestPlus staff
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