
Agricultural innovation driving achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. Rising populations will require 60% more food by 2050. Increasing urbanization in Africa and Asia and the impacts of climate change demand we produce this food with fewer inputs. While much of the world struggles with the threat of food insecurity, the cost of nutritious foods in the developingāÆworld farāÆexceeds that paid in industrialized nations.
The International Potato Center, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is delighted to sponsor this special event to discuss the crucial role of agricultural innovation to overcome these challenges and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In particular, this event will focus on how collaboration with international partners and within the CGIAR can contribute to the momentum leading up to the One CGIARās arrival at theāÆ2021 Food Systems Summit, a key event for initiating global initiatives for food systems transformation.
MarcoĀ FerroniĀ is the Chair of the CGIAR System BoardĀ andĀ currently advises public, private, and social sector partners on agriculture, food systems and sustainable productivity growth.Ā He also servesĀ on the board of the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan and recently completed terms as an Adjunct Professor at McGill University.Ā
MARCO FERRONI
Chair, CGIAR System Board
Hugo CamposĀ serves asāÆResearch Director at the International Potato Center (CIP)āÆandĀ principal investigatorĀ forāÆSweetGAINS, a Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationāÆinvestmentĀ for modernizingĀ sweetpotatoāÆbreeding operations in Africa.āÆHe has +25 years of international experienceĀ focusedĀ primarily onĀ molecular breedingāÆto deliverāÆmarket-driven,āÆsuperior varieties.Ā
HUGO CAMPOS
Director of Research
International Potato Center
Hale Ann TufanĀ is associate director for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, co-director of the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project. She is a research professor in the Department of Global Development and anāÆadjunct faculty member of Plant Breeding and Genetics section at Cornell University.Ā
HALE ANN TUFAN
Associate Director
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
BramāÆGovaertsāÆis Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director General for ResearchĀ at the InternationalĀ Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. He also services asĀ director of CIMMYTās Integrated Development Program,Ā aĀ regional representative for the Americas,Ā and country representative for Mexico.Ā
BRAMĀ GOVAERTSĀ
Deputy Director General for Research
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Graham ThieleāÆis Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB).āÆHe has workedāÆfor thisāÆCIP in evolving roles for over 25 years andāÆhelped develop, implement, and assess several novel participatory methodologies designed to link farmers with markets, inform research agendas, and promote innovation in policies, products, and technology uptake.Ā Ā
GRAHAMĀ THIELEĀ
Director
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (CGIAR RTB)
Lauren LandisĀ isĀ Representative and Country Director for Kenya atĀ theĀ World FoodāÆProgramme. SheĀ has spent most of her career working in the field of relief and developmentĀ including posts with OCHA, Save the Children, the USĀ State Department.Ā In 2011,Ā she became the Director of the World FoodĀ ProgrammeĀ Geneva Office.Ā
LAURENĀ LANDISĀ
Country Director for Kenya
World Food Programme (WFP)
Vivienne AnthonyĀ is theĀ Senior Scientific AdvisorĀ for theāÆSyngentaĀ FoundationāsāÆDemand-Led BreedingāÆprogram. She was Head of Crop Enhancement Research at Zeneca, andāÆGlobal Head of Crop Protection Product Development & Regulatory Affairs for Seeds and Biotechnology at Syngenta. She spent her early research years in fungicide invention and is a named inventor on over 25 patents. Ā
VIVIENNEĀ ANTHONYĀ
Director
Syngenta Foundation’s Demand-Led Breeding ProgramĀ
Mary Ann SayocĀ is the Public Affairs Lead for the East-West Seed Group.āÆSheĀ was a member of the ExecutiveāÆBoard of the Global Crop Diversity Trust from 2013-2019 andĀ is currently aĀ member of the Board of Directors of the International Seed Federation.Ā
MARY ANN SAYOC
Public Affairs Lead
East-West Seed
Jonas NwankwoĀ is Chief Agricultural Economist for the African Development BankĀ and coordinator of the multinational āTechnologies for African Agricultural Transformationā programĀ currently operating in ten African countries. ThroughĀ his career, Nwankwo has numerous collaborations with CGIAR-ledĀ projects to improve resilience and agricultural productivity in Africa.Ā
JONASĀ CHIANUĀ
Chief Agricultural Economist
African Development Bank
Barbara WellsĀ is the Director General of the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru.Ā āÆShe has over 30 years of experience in developing commercial, technical and regulatory strategies for the launch of conventional seed and seedling products and products of renewable energy, crop protection and plant technology in agricultural and forestry markets throughout the world.Ā
BARBARAĀ WELLSĀ
Director General, International Potato Center
Global Director, Genetic Innovation, CGIAR
Introduction – 15:30 pm
EmbeddingāÆinnovation into One CGIAR
MarcoāÆFerroni, CGIAR System BoardāÆ
Presentation onĀ TheĀ innovation revolution in agriculture, a roadmap to value creation
Hugo Campos, CIPāÆāÆĀ
The gender and equity pitfalls in designing high impactĀ innovation
Hale AnnāÆTufan, Cornell UniversityāÆĀ
InnovationāÆcasesāÆ
MasĀ Agro: government, farmers, supply chain businesses and agrobiodiversity
BramāÆGovaerts, CIMMYTĀ
Success at the last mile, scaling up andĀ impact
Graham Thiele,āÆDirector, CGIARĀ RTBĀ
Researchers,āÆfarmersāÆand innovation in the humanitarianāÆsector
LaurenāÆLandis,Ā WFPĀ
Technology and client-demand
Vivienne Anthony, Syngenta FoundationāÆĀ
Extension and innovation
Mary AnnĀ Sayoc, East West SeedāÆĀ
Investor perspectiveāÆĀ
JonasāÆChianu,āÆAfrican Development Bank
Q&A (moderated by MarcoĀ Ferroni, CGIAR System Board)
Closing remarks
Barbara Wells,Ā CIPĀ