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AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

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THE SCIENCE OF FOOD SECURITY

Nick Austin

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“The number of mouths to be fed will have no limit; but the food that is to supply them cannot keep pace with the demand for it; we must come to a stop somewhere, even though each square yard, by extreme improvements in cultivation, could maintain its man.”

Reverend Thomas Malthus, 1798

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The Challenge•Feeding 1 billion hungry people today

•Feeding 9 billion people in 2050

•Food and financial crises

•Climate change

•Less agricultural research

Agricultural research

•Track record of success

•Collective insurance

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Agriculture’s share of ODA

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0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Global

Australia

Source: OECD DAC

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Productivity plateauing

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0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Maize Wheat Rice Soybeans

Perc

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ge p

er y

ear

1961–90

1990–07

Source: Alston et al. (2009)

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CGIARThe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

•A microcosm of trends in agricultural R&D

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CGIAR investment

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10

20

30

40

50

60

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Mill

ion

1999

US

dolla

rsIRRIIITACIMMYTCIATICRISATILRI

Source: Alston et al. (2006)

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A new approachPublic support essential

Country and situation-specific responses

•A series of mini green revolutions?

•Understanding the environment

•Leveraging intellectual capital

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Australia’s Role•World leader in agricultural research

•Expanding food security program

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•Research to help developing countries to help themselves, by contributing to solving agricultural problems and building research capacity

•Links Australian expertise to needs of developing country agriculture

•Enhances spillover of research outcomes and flow of public good benefits

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Seeds of Life Photo I

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Seeds of Life Photo II

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Science of Food Security•Agricultural research: powerful driver of development and provider of food security

•Future gains will require unique solutions

•Intellectual capital will sustain future gains

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