Agriculture, Innovation and Investment in India’s Risk-Prone Ecologies

Opportunities for growth

David J SpielmanInternational Food Policy Research Institute

Roundtable on “Sustainable Intensification in South Asia’s Cereal Systems:

Investment strategies for productivity growth, resource conservation, and climate risk management”May 19, 2014, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi

CIATTropical agriculture

Cali, Colombia

CIMMYTMaize and wheat

Mexico City, Mexico

CIPRoots and tubers

Lima, Peru

IITATropical agriculture

Ibadan, Nigeria

Bioversity

InternationalAgricultural biodiversity

Rome, Italy

ICARDAAgriculture in the dry areas

Aleppo, Syria

IWMIWater resources

Colombo, Sri Lanka

ILRILivestock

Nairobi, Kenya

CIFORForestry

Bogor, Indonesia

IRRIRice

Los Baños, Philippines

ICRISATSemiarid tropical

agriculture

Patancheru, India

WorldFishPenang, Malaysia

Africa Rice CenterRice in West Africa

Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

IFPRIFood policy

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

World Agroforestry

Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Your conveners

The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research

The objective• Focus attention on agriculture in India’s risk-prone ecologies

• Identify investment opportunities in these emerging markets

• Explore partnerships around new products, services

• Leverage new public and private resources

• BUILD ACTION PLANS FOR JOINT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The value proposition

Given emerging-market risks…

• Poor infrastructure

• Uncertain policy environments

• Small-scale farmers, fragmented smallholdings

• Vulnerability to price and weather shocks

UNDERWRITE RISK THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

The ask

Seeds and traits

Soil, nutrient diagnostics

Mechanical equipment

Water management

Sales training, after-sales support

Supply chain logistics

Custom-hire services

Customized inputs

Information services

The takeaways• Commitment: Willingness to engage

• Match: align partners and interests

• Roadmap: Plans for the future

Thank you