on not finding the world's next superfood

On NOT finding the world’s next superfoodM. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity InternationalState of the World’s Plants Symposium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew12 May 2016

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Agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet

Single Superfood approach

Blueberry and Quinoa Recipe. Credit: Jennifer, Sweetonveg/Flickr

Kale cocktail. Credit: Foodthinkers/Flickr

Superfoods for …

…nutrition

…resilience

…adaptation

Challenge: malnutrition

Sweet granadilla contains several minerals, including calcium and iron. Colombia.Credit: Bioversity International/A. Camacho

795 million suffer from insecure food supplies

2.1 billion overweight

2 billion lack essential vitamin and minerals in diet

Counting more than calories – nutritional yield

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Superfoods in India: Millet diversity for nutrition

Finger millet. Credit: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

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(Kcal)Calcium

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Rice 346 9.0 1.0

Common millet 361 42.0 8.0

Proso millet 341 14.0 0.8

Finger millet 328 344.0 3.9

Little millet 341 17.0 9.3

Kodo millet 309 17.0 0.5

Varietal differences

Source: Gopalan C. et al

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Putting nutritious millets on the plate

Foxtail millet. Credit: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

More than millets – putting nutritious superfood diversity on plates around the world

Orange-fleshed Fe'i bananas from the Pacific. Credit: Bioversity International/L. Englberger

Quinoa varieties growing in Bolivia. Credit: Bioversity International/S. Padulosi

Flowers of Cleome gynandra, a traditional leafy vegetable in Africa. Credit: Bioversity International

Challenge: Crop pests & diseases

Worldwide farmers lose on average 13% of annual harvest to pests and diseases.

A farmer can lose 100% of entire crop from a single pest or disease

Common bean leaf rust, Ecuador. Credit: Bioversity International/C. Fadda

Superfoods in Uganda: common bean diversity resisting pests and diseases

Angular leaf spot disease on bean plant, Uganda Credit: Bioversity International/P. de Santis

Mixing up the beans

Kasirira (a traditional variety) outperformed Nabe 4 (commercial variety) in resistance trails to bean flyCredit: Bioversity International/P. de Santis

Beyond beans: putting resistant superfood diversity to work against pests and diseases

Internal symptoms of Fusarium wilt.Credit: Bioversity International/G.Blomme

Intercropping of faba bean and rapeseed in Yunnan, China. Credit: Bioversity International/C.Fadda

In vitro banana collection at the International Transit Centre, Belgium. Credit: Bioversity International/N.Roux

Rice growing in dry, cracked earth, India. Credit: Bioversity International/N. Capozio

Challenge: Climate change

Climate change to reduce agricultural production by 2% every decade while demand will increase by 14% every decade until 2050

Yields of major crops will face average decline of 8% in Africa and South Asia by 2050.

Superfoods in Ethiopia: Wheat diversity for climate change

Durum wheat variety in trial plot, Ethiopia. Credit: Bioversity International/S. Collins

Ethiopian wheat: unique genetic diversity

Improved durum wheat used in Ethiopia

Ethiopian durum wheat landraces

Improved durum wheat used in Ethiopia

Mediterranean durum wheat

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Farmers planting maize and sweet potato, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Bioversity International/E. Dulloo

Farmer growing three distinct varieties of common bean, Honduras. Credit: FPMA/S. Alonzo

Tef, a staple grain in Ethiopia, the next crop in Ethiopian trials? Credit: Bioversity International/C. Zanzanaini

Safeguard through use and investment – neglected no more

Farmers involved in participatory plant breeding of rice in Nepal. Credit: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit

A basket of diverse Superfoods for sustainable development

Credit: Krishnasis Ghosh

Thank you

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Ann Tutwilera.tutwiler@cgiar.org