Professional Documents
Culture Documents
partnerships for
food security
V. Bruce J. Tolentino
Deputy Director-General
International Rice Research Institute
October 2015
China
Iran
South
Korea
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
India
Kenya
Burundi
Tanzania
Mozambique
Myanma
r
Vietna
Laos
m
Thailand
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Philippine
s
Singapore
Indonesi
a
Los Banos HQ
15 Country Offices
Rice Science
for a Better World
1400 staff, 36
nationalities
Autonomous, non-profit
organization, with international
status by treaty;
IRRI is unique!
Today
yields 4+
tons/ of
ha.all
Half
Impact of IRRI
Research
IRRI delivered
benefits of US$1.46
billion per year and
boosted rice yields
by
an average
of
Average
benefits
11.2%.
(per ha., per year):
Philippines: US
$52/ha.
Indonesia: US
$76/ha.
Rice Science
for a Better World
Vietnam
: US$76/
Population by 2040?
10b!
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
Asia
Africa
Americas
Rest
of World
Rice
Science
for a Better World
IRRIs mission
Reduce poverty and
hunger, improve health,
ensure environmental
sustainability through
rice science.
CIRAD
IRD
IRRI
CIAT
Asia
(89%)
AfricaRice
South
America
(2%)
Africa
(2%)
GRiSP: more
than 900 R&D
partners
worldwide.
1. Farmers;
2. Consumers;
3. Local Governments;
4. State Colleges and Universities;
5. National ministries and agencies:
agriculture, environment, agrarian
reform, others;
6. Input suppliers: germplasm,
nutrition, protection, farm tools
and equipment;
7. Output traders/ wholesalers/
retailers;
Rice Science for a Better World
Public
Private
Discovery
Application/
Innovation
Commercialization
Discovery to adoption:
basic to applied science
Sustainable
intensification
Gene%c
Diversity
Phenotypic
Diversity
Breeding
tools
Trait
Discovery
Post
harvest
traits
Variety
Improvement
Breeding
methods
Scaling
out
Agronomic
methods
Seed
Systems
Value
Chain,
Systems,
etc
processing
C4
CURE
DAR
NGO, GO
NAFRI
NAFReC
Projects
NGOs
Farmer
groups
NRRC
URRC
PRRC
SRRC
Universities
CARDI
IFAD
investment
proj, NGO,
GO
Partnerships
CLRRI
NOMAFSI
DARD
CCAFS
Other govt
agencies
PhilRice
USM
Local govts,
NGOs, IFAD
investment proj,
private entities
ICRR
IAARD
AIAT
Local govt
units
Universities
Network of networks
GOs and NGOs
National programs
Local government
RARS-AAU
units
Universities
CRRI
IFAD investment
CLRRI
projects
Private entities ICIMOD
Farmers
Extension
workers
Development
partners
SPGs
Agrovet
NDUAT
AIAT
ICFORD
IAERI
NARC
BINA
NAFReC
WUPAP
CRURRS
KVK
Aadarsh Path
NRRC
PRRC
URRC
Branch stations
DA-RFO
FSSP
ATI-DA
PMP
NIA
FSSP
CPWF
DAE
IC
Solidarity
Zibika
UDDYOG
NDP
CWB
RIB
Thikana
Songstha
INCIDIN
NAZIR
SWAPAL
MRDS
Bethany Society
FEDA
NERCORMP
CARE
NCA
World Vision
CURE: Multi-Institutional
Partnerships
IRRI, PhilRice
Project Leader
Co-Project Leader
(Lead, Component 2)
(Lead, Component 1)
Co-Project Leader
(Lead, Component 3&4)
Ifugao
State
University
(IFSU)
Kalinga
Agricultural
State
College
(KASC)
UP
Los
Baos/DA
(Biodiversity
&
conserva%on)
Commission
on
Na%onal
Mt.
Province
State
LGUs
Provincial
Municipal LGUs
Barangay LGUs
Self-help Groups
Other stakeholders
Private Partners
Restaurateurs, Chefs
Kelloggs
Other stakeholders
Implementation
Partners
Local Govt.
Units (LGUs)
NGOs
Others
Training
Extension
Short courses
Internships
M.S./Ph.D. scholarships
Resident scientists
Professional training
Rice knowledge banks
Rice crop forecasting
Publications worldwide
vs. publications in the Philippines
and IRRI
Collaborative research:
best partnership platform
1.Joint research, toward shared
goals and publications;
2.Involves not only scientists and
researchers, but also faculty and
graduate students, and
3.Joint investment for shared benefit
(i.e. clear, shared IP rights).