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19May14
Innovative Technologies for Rice Productivity & Sustainability
May19, 2014
Ramanathan Vairamani
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What am I covering today?
Mega Trends
Opportunity – Rice Hybrids & Value proposition
DuPont Pioneer Footprint in Rice R&D
Novel Hybrid Creation Technology
The need for Herbicide Tolerance Technology
Technology Pipeline & the need for clear Policy
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Food Security – A Big challenge for the Country
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1.2 bn 1.6 bn
2050Current Population
235
mn MT
390
mn MT
Food Need
1988-89 2008-09 2010-11
185.1 182.4 182
Agriculture land is shrinking
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Rice: Largest Indian Food crop with potential Demand –
Supply gap of 5MM Mt by 2026
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90109 115
96106 110
-30
20
70
120
2007 2017 2026
Demand Projections Supply Projections
Ref - http://www.indiastat.com/article/40/rajesh/fulltext.pdf
Solution: Produce more from each acre
Solution: Produce more from each acre
Food Security – Rice
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Hybrid Rice – A Technology to improve Productivity
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Hybrid Rice Area (MM Hectares)
• 6% Rice acreage under hybrids
• Central / Eastern India with major
hybrid acreages
• Other Geographies yet to take off
Good growth but still a long way to go!
• Consistent yield increase of
+1MT/ha
• Protection from disease and pests
• Higher milling recovery
What is needed to drive hybridizationacross India?
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DuPont – Pioneer Efforts to Deliver Solutions for Rice
Farmers DKC – Driving ag growth by
developing science solutions tailored
to Indian market
Biggest network of Rice Breeding & Testing locations to deliver hybrids
suitable for local conditions
> 200 Scientists working on Rice – Breeding and Biotech
Rice Breeding
Footprints
Focus on bringing novel technologies to deliver products with high yield, disease/
pest resistance & high milling quality
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Hybrid Rice Creation Systems
3-line CMS
•Germplasm Utilization limitation
•Stable Seed Production system – independent of
environment
2-line EGMS
•No Germplasm Utilization Limits
•Seed Production system – dependent on environment
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What is Seed Production Technology?
• Innovative solution for hybrid rice seed production
• Uses naturally-occurring recessive nuclear gene required for pollen formation
• Produces parent lines
that do not shed pollen
• Efficient process for
bulk-producing female
parent seeds
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SPT Maintainer
With transgene
(pink)
Without transgene
(white)
Seed Color MarkerFertility RestorerNon-Functional
Pollen
Contains construct of three linked recombinant genes
1:1
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The Solution to Better Hybrid Rice
Expands rice germplasm pool available to
breeders
Improves yield potential and product quality
Requires breeding investments
Uses a transgenic process (Maintainer with
SPT cassette) only to produce female
parental seed
Need for an appropriate regulatory
policy/process
Water-Efficiency in Rice Cultivation
System of Rice Intensification-AWD, Madagascar
Aerobic Rice – Rainfed
Direct Seeding
Wet
Dry
•Rice/Wheat Zero tillage
Slides from IRC, Vietnam
2010 on SRI
Why Very Low Adoption Rates?
Weeds
Labour
Technology
Herbicide Tolerance
Seeders
Suitable varieties
Issues Solutions
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STAGE-AProduct
conceptSTAGE-B STAGE-C STAGE-D STAGE-E
STAGE-FPre launch
Discovery
Trait characterization & development
Regulatory Science
Breeding & Testing
Wide testing & Agronomy refinement
New product
for customers
Conventional hybrids
Biotech traits
Farmer field testing
Research Development Application
Responding to market realities
Increase Value PropositionDecrease Execution Risk
8 year
Complexity of seed innovations and commercial pipeline
Seed movement
Hybrid registration
Biotech Regulatory
IP & PVP Exports
Clarity? Harmony? Predictability?Implementation & Monitoring?
Single window process?
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Summary
Mega Trends
Opportunity – Rice Hybrids & Value proposition
Novel Hybrid Creation Technology
The need for Herbicide Tolerance Technology –
Sustainability of Rice Production - Water/Labor
Technology Pipeline & the need for clear Policy
