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Usha Barwale Zehr
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Public- Private Partnership to Advance the goals of BGRI
Usha Barwale Zehr August 20, 2013
Last Visit in 2005
Then and Now
• Appox 400 million population
• Hunger and starvation • No food reserves -
Imports • Productivity challenges • Serious commitment of
the politicians to change this
• Private sector just beginning
• Approx. 1.12 b population
• Significant prevalence of poverty and malnutrition
• Bumper production in the last few years
• Grainaries over flowing with grain
• Distribution challenges • 100s of companies
operating across the country
BGRI
• systematically reducing the world’s vulnerability to stem, yellow, and leaf rusts of wheat
• advocating/facilitating the evolution of a sustainable international system to contain the threat of wheat rusts
• continue the enhancements in productivity required to withstand future global threats to wheat
Cereal Price Indices for India, Three Year Averages
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
“Take it to the farmer” • What does the farmer want;
– Higher yields • Disease resistance • Germplasm/Genetics • Traits
– Higher market price • Grain quality
– Lowers costs • Fertilizer • Pesticide • Irrigation
“Take it to the farmer” • What do we have
– Better germplasm, modern breeding tools – Hybrids – GM
• Our challenges – Climate change – Water – Inputs in general
“Take it to the farmer” • What does the processing industry want
– Price – Quality – Market
Seed cycle
Germplasm
Breeding
Product (HYV, F1, GM) Production
QA Processing
Market/Farmer
A more recent partnership example
Bt brinjal
• Most popular vegetable in India after potato • Meaty texture, nutritious, staple in vegetarian diets • 25 calories per serving, with no fat!
Brinjal or eggplant Common Vegetable
Major concern for brinjal cultivation: damage caused by insect pests
Shoot damage Fruit damage
IIVR Varanasi IIVR
Varanasi
Current status
• Cleared all the studies • Approved for safety • Awaiting commercial clearance from Ministry
Wheat • Research related
– Rust resistance breeding (conventional and biotech), also surveillance
– High throughput molecular breeding platforms – GM traits (NUE, PUE, Water use, herbicide
tolerance……) – Quality
• Process or market related – Production – QA – Marketing and extension
Before Roundup Spray
10 Days A9er Spray
Before & A1er Roundup Spray
5 Days A9er Spray
15 Days A9er Spray
NUE Null NUE NUE
NUE Rice GH Efficacy K-12
Null NUE NUE NUE
Ø Null plants have less tillers Compared to NUE plants Ø Border effect is apparent showing more tillers in border rows
Seed requirement for the current seed replacement rate
States Acreage (m ha)
existing SRR (Qty. m t)
Uttar Pradesh 9.52 0.32 Madhya Pradesh 3.79 0.07 Punjab 3.53 0.10 Haryana 2.46 0.07 Rajasthan 2.29 0.08 Bihar 2.16 0.05 Gujarat 1.09 0.03 All India 27.75 0.77
One truck = 9 to 15 tons
Key ingredients for successful partnership
• Desire to bring about a paradigm shift in annual growth rates
• Common goal, research is only the beginning!! • Adoption of resistant varieties • Total support at the highest levels • Comparative advantages leveraged rather than
competition • Ownership of intellectual property • Alignment of policies to allow transfer of
knowledge, materials and value
Partnership is essential
Thank You