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ANNUAL

REPORT


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One in three people in the world, two billion or more, do

not get enough vitamins and mineralssuch as vitamin A,

zinc, and ironin their diet. This is known as hidden hunger

because those suffering from the condition may seem healthy,

but they are more likely to fall prey to illness and infections.

In severe cases, hidden hunger can leave children blinded,

stunted, or with a reduced IQ, and increase a womans risk of

dying during childbirth.

What Is Hidden Hunger?Iron Deficiency Impairs mental development and learning capacity Increases weakness and fatigue May increase risk of women dying in childbirth

Iron Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target Countries*

Democratic Republic of Congo:71% of children under 5and 53% of womenIndia:70% of children under 5 and 55% of womenRwanda:38% of children under 5 and 17% of women

Uganda:49% of children under 5 and 23% of women

*anemia used as an indicator

Vitamin A Deficiency Impairs growth Causes eye damage leading to blindness Increases risk of infections such as diarrheal disease

Vitamin A Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target

Countries

Democratic Republic of Congo: 61% of children under 5Nigeria: 30% of children under 5Uganda: 33% of children under 5Zambia: 54% of children under 5

Zinc Deficiency Causes stunting Lowers immunity Increases risk of diarrheal disease and respiratory

infections

Zinc Deficiency Estimates in HarvestPlus Target Countries*

Bangladesh: 41% of children under 5

India: 48% of children under 5Pakistan:37% of children under 5

*stunting used as an indicator

A diverse diet that includes enough fruits, vegetables, and/or animal products usually provides enough vitamins andminerals. However, millions of people, mostly in poorercountries, rely upon staple foods such as cassava or rice thatfill up their stomachs but do not provide enough vitaminsand minerals for good health. More nutritious foods are oftenexpensive or simply unavailable. Through a strategy calledbiofortification, HarvestPlus and its partners are tacklinghidden hunger using familiar foods that people eat everyday. Using conventional breeding methods, scientists havedeveloped new varieties of productive staple food cropsthat contain higher amounts of vitamin A, iron, and zinc toimprove diets and nutrition.

These nutrient-rich crops have several advantages:

Targeted:They can reach rural communities often missedby other nutrition interventions such as supplementationand fortification.

Cost-effective: Breeding the nutrient into a crop varietytakes just one upfront investment. Once the trait is in thecrop, it stays and through further breeding at low cost, thecrops can be adapted to thrive in a range of agroecologicalzones.

Sustainable: This strategy is centered on staple foods thatpeople already eat regularly. Farmers can save the seeds orcuttings to replant, and share them freely with their neighbors.

Changing the Game


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2013 Highlights

By the end of 2013, more than a million

farmers had planted biofortified

nutritious crops in their fields, fromvitamin A cassava in Nigeria to theworlds first zinc rice in Bangladesh. Allseven crops in our initial portfolio arenow in the hands of farmers. We arediving into delivery to pave the way formore nutritious varieties to come. Ourstrategy is to release the crops in waves,with each wave being more nutritiousand productive than the previous ones.

The nutrition evidence on the benefits

of these crops, published in peer-

reviewed journals, continues to grow.

The question now is not whether

farmers should grow biofortified

crops, but why they arent growing

them yet. In 2013, we shared this

evidence widely, from the International

Congress on Hidden Hunger at the

University of Hohenheim in Germany

to the 20th International Congress of

Nutrition in Granada, Spain. We also

translate the science so consumers

can understand the life-or-death

difference that a nutrient like vitamin Acan make to a child.

Biofortified nutritious crops alsocaptured the attention and commitmentof key partners. Vitamin A orange sweetpotato (OSP) made it into USAIDs listof the five most innovative approachesto feeding the planet. The Governmentof the United Kingdom hosted the

first international Nutrition for Growthsummit in July and committed to

supporting the development anddelivery of six biofortified nutritiouscrops to reach millions of farminghouseholds in Africa and Asia.

Support for biofortification alsocontinues to grow outside ofHarvestPlus direct operations. Inits 2013 budget, for instance, theGovernment of India allocated funds topilot nutri-farms in 200 districts wherefoods such as iron pearl millet and zincrice will be grown. Similarly, severalAfrican countries, including Nigeria,Rwanda, and Zambia, incorporatedbiofortified nutritious foods into theirnational policies and programs, withthe support of their ministries of bothhealth and agriculture.

On World Food Day, HarvestPluslaunched an interactive tool called theBiofortification Prioritization Indexthat governments and other decisionmakers can use to help them determine

which biofortified crops they can investin so as to have the greatest impactin reducing hidden hunger throughimproved diets.HarvestPlus is also working withinCodex Alimentariusinternational foodstandards commission established bythe Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations and the World

Health Organizationto propose acommon, internationally accepted

definition of biofortification. To thisend, we presented a discussion paperto the Codex Committee on Nutritionand Foods of Special Dietary Use at itsNovember 2013 session.Our partnerships with nationalbiofortification programs in Brazil,China, and India continue. In LatinAmerica, our teams organizedbiofortification national committees inPanama, Guatemala, and Nicaragua,and developed work plans and pilotprojects to expand biofortification inthis region, building upon the workof AgroSalud, which became part ofHarvestPlus in 2012.

In 2013, we further expanded ourpartnerships. From participation in theCAADP Agriculture Nutrition CapacityDevelopment Initiative to developing aMemorandum of Understanding withWorld Vision International, we, alongwith numerous public and private

partners, are diving headfirst intodelivery as we seek to make biofortifiednutritious crops more widely available.

Howarth E. BouisHarvestPlus Director


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Beans are eaten every day in Rwanda.Ten new bean varieties that are richer iniron have been released in the countryover two phases since 2011 in order toimprove nutrition. By the end of 2013,some 700,000 farmers were growingthese iron beans.

We continued to experiment with apayback system in which farmers toopoor to buy iron bean seed received theseed free of charge and repaid in kindafter harvest. Iron beans are now almostas widely available as commonly grownbean varieties in some districts. Moreiron bean seed also started to appearin urban markets in Rwanda, and wasexported to neighboring countriessuch as Uganda, Burundi, and theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

With our governmental partner,Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), andothers, we continue to support thedevelopment of new iron bean varietiesto ensure that Rwandan farmers benefitfrom the most nutritious and best-performing varieties. Biofortificationenjoys the Government of Rwandasrecognition and support; the Ministryof Agricultures Nutrition Action Plan

the Institut National pour lEtude et laRecherche Agronomiques (INERA), wereleased five new iron bean varietiesin 2013. This second-wave releasebrought to nine the number of iron bean

varieties introduced in the DRC since2008. To ensure that Congolese farmerswidely adopt iron beans, we trained 275extension workers to support farmersin multiplying iron bean seed andmanaging their crop to maximize yields.

Farmers in neighboring Uganda arealso adopting iron beans. We aredisseminating these nutritious beansin 11 target districts alongside orangesweet potato. To better reach children,who are the most vulnerable to nutrientdeficiencies, we are targeting moremothers in our dissemination program.Sixty percent of the people whocomprised the 50,000 households weprovided with iron bean seed in 2013were women, resulting in over 90,000children getting more iron in their diets.

Iron Beans

includes the promotion of biofortifiedcrops as one important initiative toimprove nutrition in the country.

This governmental ownership ofbiofortification is critical to our missionto make iron beans accessible to asmany Rwandans as possible. Thesupport of other major food securityand nutrition actors, such as the UnitedNations World Food Programme(WFP) and the Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO), is also crucialfor iron beans and biofortificationssuccess. Indeed, in 2013 WFP purchased50 metric tons of biofortified ironbeans from farmers to distribute topopulations affected by emergencies.WFP has also committed to increasingits purchase of iron beans to 500 metrictons per season.

Across Rwandas border in the DRC,iron beans have been dubbed gorillabeans not only for their nutritionalpunch but also because the localgorillas have apparently developed ataste for them. In 2013, HarvestPlusand partners delivered these gorillabeans to 175,000 households in easternDRC. Through our partnership with

Where We Work

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 45% of dailyiron needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, virus resistant,heat and drought tolerant


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With 100 million Nigerians60 percent

of the countrys populationeating

cassava daily, the market for yellow

cassava, which provides vitamin A, is

enormous.More than 100,000 Nigerianfarmers in more than 2,000 villagesplanted these vitamin A cassava stemsfor the first time in 2013. Some 650extension agents and rural facilitatorswere also trained on best agronomicpractices to assist farmers. Our partnersare multiplying cassava on at least 650hectares to feed the growing demand byfarmers. When you throw in more than350 broadcasts of vitamin A messages,several documentaries, radio jingles,and extensive coverage in the news, the

future of vitamin A cassava in Nigerialooks very bright indeed.

Three new varieties were released inJuly 2013, when Minister of Agricultureand Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi

Research published in the British Journal of Nutritionshows that humans canabsorb twice as much beta-carotene from vitamin A cassava than was previously

assumed. Since malnourished people absorb beta-carotene and transform it into

vitamin A faster than those who are not vitamin A deficient, biofortified cassava

could be exceedingly effective in reducing vitamin A deficiency. Another study

published in PLOS ONEfound that 70 percent of respondents in a taste testconducted in Kenya preferred vitamin Arich cassava to white cassava, citing its

attractive color, soft texture, and sweet taste.

Vitamin A Cassava

Adesina formally launched a nationaldissemination program for vitamin Acassava under the federal governmentsCassava Transformation Agenda.

The next step was developing new foodproducts from vitamin A cassava. Thestate government of Akwa Ibom, oneof our initial target states, funded theconstruction of a factory to processgariandfufu(traditional foods) madefrom vitamin A cassava. Privatesector partners in Oyo State are alsoprocessing and packaging vitamin Agariandfufufor local and internationalmarkets. Model demonstration villages,where the full value chain for cassava

can be observed, were set up in eachof the four original target states (AkwaIbom, Benue, Imo, and Oyo) and arefast becoming hubs for technologytransfer to neighboring villages.

Where We Work

DRC, Nigeria

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 50% of dailyvitamin A needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, virus resistant

We have also begun disseminatingvitamin A cassava to farmers inAfricas second-largest and fourthmost populous countrythe DRC.By the end of 2013, we had provided25,000 farming households in western

DRC with vitamin A cassava cuttings.Through farmer field days and trainingof smallholder farmers and leaders ofagricultural cooperatives, we continue tocreate awareness of vitamin A cassavasnutritional and agronomic benefits. TheUN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) has been an early adopter ofvitamin A cassava, and has included itin a project to provide micronutrient-rich crops to households in KasaiOriental province. The project involvesmultiplying and delivering vitamin Acassava planting material, along withother crops such as legumes.


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Since its official release in 2012,

vitamin A orange maize has

reached more than 10,000 Zambian

households.We intensified efforts to

popularize orange maize, beginning

with children, who are especially

vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.More than 3,000 school children in

six different schools had a chance to

eat nshima(a traditional food) made

from orange maize at lunch during

a one-month trial. Eighty percent of

pupils, teachers, and parents approved

of it, convincing the UN World Food

Programme (WFP) and the Zambian

Ministry of Education to begin

life, highlights biofortified crops for

reducing micronutrient deficiencies

among at-risk populations.

By creating consumer demand for theorange maize, we are creating marketsfor farmers who grow orange maizenot only to feed their families butto generate extra income as well. Tothis end, HarvestPlus trained morethan 4,000 Zambian farmers on thenutritional benefits of vitamin A maizeand the diverse ways in which it canbe processed and cooked. Nearly10,000 farmers also learned aboutorange maize during farmer fielddays organized by non-governmentalorganizations and the Department ofAgriculture.

Maize is eaten in much of Africa,

including the northern part of Nigeria

where the government released two

open-pollinated varieties of vitamin

A maize in 2013. The International

Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

developed these varieties in partnership

with the Institute of AgriculturalResearch and Training and the Institute

for Agricultural Research. IITA is

bulking up seed quantities in order to

provide farmers in maize-growing areas

with seed by 2015. These new maize

varieties are also well-suited to the

tropical lowlands of many West African

countries, and we expect them to

spread beyond Nigerias borders.

Vitamin A Maize

integrating orange maize into school

feeding programs.

It was not just students who enjoyed

the orange maize; 170 members and

staff of the Zambian parliament also

savored a taste of the orange nshima,mobilizing support for orange maize

and biofortification among leaders

and policymakers. The Government

of Zambia officially recognizes

biofortification, which is included

in the National Food and Nutrition

Strategic Plan for Zambia 2011-2015.

The plan, which focuses attention on

the critical first 1,000 days of a childs

Where We Work

Nigeria, Zambia

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 25% of dailyvitamin A needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, disease and virus

resistant, drought tolerant


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Vitamin A Orange Sweet Potato

All it takes is one ice cream scoops

worth of orange sweet potato (OSP)

to provide a child with his or her full

daily dose of vitamin A.Since 2007,

HarvestPlus and its partners have been

spreading OSPs goodness in Uganda.

In 2013, we delivered OSP to more

than 50,000 farming households. In

total, 126,000 householdsmore than

three-quarters of a million Ugandans

are now eating OSP.

Across 13 districts, we trained nearly25,000 farmers in the best ways togrow OSP. Additionally, we trained 650community members on the agronomicpractices and nutritional benefits of

OSP. These community members, inturn, share their new knowledge withfarmers and caregivers in their owncommunities through educationalevents such as field days, dramas, andgroup meetings.

To ensure that OSP vines reach all

interested farmers, including those

who cannot afford to buy them,

we continued to run a payback

mechanism. Farmers who benefit from

this mechanism commit to pay back

after their first harvest by providing

vines to other poor farmers for free.

More than 28,000 households received

OSP vines through this payback system

in 2013.

Eighty percent of Ugandans listen

to the radio for information and

entertainment. So, in 2013, we

launched My Children, a new radio

drama series about OSP (see text

box). As a result, demand for OSP

vines outstripped the supply. We are

working hard to close that gap. During

2013, HarvestPlus Uganda establisheda system where clean, virus-free OSP

plantlets produced by a private lab

(BioCrops) were micro-propagated

and introduced to vine multipliers.

This has resulted in tremendous

increases in the yield of the different

OSP varieties and has greatly

increased adoption of varieties once

susceptible to viral diseases.

Where We Work

Uganda

Nutritional Benefts

Provide 50-100% of dailyvitamin A needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, virus resistant,drought tolerant

Love, Domestic Strife, and...Orange Sweet Potato

My Children,a radio dramaseries, was launched in

partnership with Farm Radio

International to educate Ugandan

farming families on vitamin A

deficiency and the benefits of

orange sweet potato (OSP).

The 30-episode drama aired on

10 stations in six languages. It

used an entertaining plot of

love, domestic strife, money,

and power to draw in listeners

and educate them on the many

benefits of OSP. After each

five-minute episode, listeners in350,000 households across 13

districts were invited to send text

messages to answer questions

about OSP and win prizes. The

series created more demand for

OSP by engaging listeners and

raising awareness on how to grow

and prepare this nourishing crop.


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A new version of a traditional pearl

millet variety that has both higher

levels of iron and higher yield is now

being grown widely by farmers in

Maharashtra, India. Nirmal Seeds, akey local partner of HarvestPlus, hasbeen producing and widely distributingthis more nutritious variety, nicknamedDhanashakti,which means prosperity

and strength, to rural farmingcommunities in arid, drought-proneregions. In 2013, Dhanashaktireachedan additional 25,000 households,bringing to 70,000 the total numberof households growing and eating thisnutritious pearl millet variety since 2012.

To ensure that they reap the most fromiron pearl millet, each year more than3,000 farmers receive training on thebest agronomic and nutritional benefitsof the crop. Nirmal Seeds conductsthese trainings and other promotionalactivities through field days and mobilecampaigns, among others.

We are engaging private seedcompanies and public sectorinstitutions to develop iron pearl millethybrids that are more widely grown thanDhanashaktiin order to reach morefarmers and consumers.

Iron Pearl Millet

Where We Work

India

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 60% of dailyiron needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, mildew

resistant, drought tolerant

A study in theJournal ofNutritionshowed thattraditionally prepared porridges

(sheera, uppama)and flat bread(roti)made from iron-rich pearlmillet provided the full amountsof iron and zinc needed by iron-deficient Indian children underthe age of three. Another studyalso published in theJournal ofNutritionfound that marginallyiron-deficient Beninese womenwho ate a traditionally preparediron-rich pearl millet pasteabsorbed twice as much ironas those who ate a paste madefrom ordinary pearl millet. Lessthan 160 grams of iron-richpearl millet flour daily is enoughto provide Beninese womenaged 1845 with more than 70percent of their daily iron needs,50 percent more than flourmade from local varieties.


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Zinc Rice

In Bangladesh, where rice rules at meal

times, the first rice variety rich in zinc

was released to farmers in early 2013.One thousand farmers received the zincrice seed to grow on demonstrationplots and to multiply seed, settingthe stage for wider production anddissemination in the following years.

Besides its higher zinc content, this ricealso boasts the shortest maturationperiod of anyAman(rainfed) seasonrice variety available. Once planted,zinc rice takes only 100 days to

mature, 10 to 40 days less than othervarieties, allowing farmers to increasethe cropping intensity and improveproductivity. This, combined with ourtraining program on seed productionand preservationwhich benefitedsome 250 seed multipliers as well asgovernmental and non-governmentalextension agentsgives farmers andrice traders in Bangladesh every reason

to be excited about the prospects of thisnew nutritious rice.

Zinc rice is the culmination of

more than 10 years of research and

development by the Bangladesh Rice

Research Institute (BRRI), supported

by HarvestPlus. Our work with BRRI

continues to develop rice varieties

with even higher zinc content. We

have also established distribution

agreements with 15 governmental,

non-governmental, and private sector

partners to ensure that many more

farmers and households will begrowing and eating zinc rice in 2014

and beyond.

Across the border in India, the All IndiaCoordinated Rice Improvement Projectalso set up nurseries to test new zincrice varieties on a large scale and indifferent environments.

Where We Work

Bangladesh, India

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 70% of dailyzinc needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, disease andpest resistant


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Across Pakistan, wheat is eaten daily as

chapati, a type of flatbread.Scientistsare breeding new wheat varietiesthat are rich in zinc, a crucial mineralmissing in peoples diets. Throughour partnership with the PakistanAgricultural Research Council (PARC),we continued to evaluate three zincwheat lead lines in national varietalrelease trials. One of these candidatevarieties, NR-421, should be ready

for release in 2015 as Pakistans firstbiofortified zinc wheat. NR-421 is notonly zinc-rich and high yielding, but alsoresistant to leaf, yellow, and stem rusts,as well as to the deadly fungal infectionUg99known to spread rapidly andcause up to 100 percent crop losses.

In preparation for its release, we are

undertaking public awareness and

advocacy campaigns on the nutritional

and agronomic benefits of biofortified

zinc wheat. We are also engaging the

public and private seed sectors on

multiplication, branding, and marketing

of this nutritious variety.

The Government of Pakistan wasconfident enough about the prospects

of biofortification to include it in two keystrategic plans: the eleventh Five-YearDevelopment Plan (20132018) and thePakistan Vision 2025.

Zinc Wheat

Where We Work

India, Pakistan

Nutritional Benefts

Provide up to 50% of dailyzinc needs

Farmer Benefts

High yielding, diseaseresistant

HarvestZinc

Can we make grains more zinc-rich by simply applying a zinc fertilizer to the

soil or a crops foliage? HarvestZinc is evaluating this approach, known as

agronomic biofortification, in experiments with wheat and rice across Asia.

Scientists conducted experiments in five countries and 19 locations over two

years and found that a single spray of zinc sulphate applied to the plants

foliage raised the concentration of zinc in wheat by about 25 percent. Zincsulphate is the most commonly applied foliar fertilizer, but other zinc-based

foliar fertilizers were found to increase zinc concentration by as much as 42

percent. HarvestZincs experiments also confirmed that soil zinc application

can improve wheat grain yields by as much as seven percent and rice grain

yields by six percent. These experiments were conducted in major wheat- and

rice-growing countries, including India, Pakistan, China, Turkey, and Thailand.


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Financial Summary

2013 HarvestPlus Disbursements By Category (In thousand US dollars)

Crop Development 12,471

Human Nutrition 4,529

Impact & Policy Analysis 2,501

Delivery 7,432

Communications & Development 1,994

Administration 2,890

Country/Region Program Support 1,443

Total Unrestricted 33,260

GC9 Project 330

HarvestZinc Project 373

Total Restricted 703

Total Disbursements 33,963

37%Crop Development

14%Human NutritionImpact & Policy Analysis8%

Delivery22%

Communications & Development6%

Administration 9%4%Country/Region Program Support

Unrestricted Disbursements by Category

2013 Don ors

Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

UK Department for International

Development (DFID)

US Agency for International Development (USAID) Zinc Project Group


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2013 Program Advisory Committee MembersJeroen A. Bordewijk

Senior Vice President (Retired), Unilever Corporation,

Supply Chain Excellence Programme, Netherlands

Wanda Collins

Director, USDA Plant Sciences Institute, United States

S. Mahendra Dev

Director & Vice Chancellor, Indira Ghandi Instituteof Development Research, India

Ruben Echeverria

Director General, CIAT, Colombia

Shenggen Fan

Director General, IFPRI, United States

Richard (Dick) Flavell

Chief Scientific Officer, Ceres Inc., United Kingdom

Mahabub Hossain

Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural AdvancementCommittee (BRAC), Bangladesh

Anna Lartey

Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition

and Food Science, University of Ghana, Ghana

Peter McPherson (PAC Chair)

President, Association of Public and Land-grantUniversities (APLU), United States

Patrick J. Murphy

Vice President (Retired), Bank of America, United States

HarvestPlus TeamRepresenting more than 20 countries, HarvestPlus

team members bring many years of experience acrossdifferent disciplines and from both the public and pri-vate sectors. HarvestPlus team members are based

at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT) in Cali, Colombia, and the International Food

Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC.Many are posted in countries where nutrient-rich foodcrops are being released. There are now HarvestPlus

offices or team members in Bangladesh, Brazil, theDemocratic Republic of Congo, India, Nigeria, Paki-

stan, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. A complete listof team members and their biographies can be foundon the HarvestPlus website at www.HarvestPlus.org.

Smale, M., and Ekin Birol. 2013.Smallholder Demand for MaizeHybrids and Selective Seed Subsidies in Zambia.HarvestPlus

Working Paper 9. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.

Banerji, A., S. Chowdhury, H. De Groote, J.V. Meenakshi, K.Tomlins, J. Haleegoah, and M. Ewool. 2013.Using ElicitationMechanisms to Estimate the Demand for Nutritious Maize:

Evidence from Experiments in Rural Ghana.HarvestPlus

Working Paper 10. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus. Asare-Marfo, D., E. Birol, C. Gonzalez, M. Moursi, S. Perez,

J. Schwarz, and M. Zeller. 2013.Prioritizing Countries forBiofortification Interventions Using Country-Level Data.HarvestPlus Working Paper 11. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.

Smale, M., M. Moursi, E. Birol, and H. De Groote. 2013. HybridSeed Use and Diversity of Diets among Women in Smallholder

Maize-Growing Households in Zambia.HarvestPlus WorkingPaper 12. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.

Smale, M., E. Simpungwe, E. Birol, H. De Groote, and R.Mutale. 2013.The Changing Structure of the Maize SeedIndustry in Zambia: Prospects for Orange Maize.HarvestPlus

Research for Action Paper 1. Washington, DC: HarvestPlus.

Note: All publications are available for download from the

HarvestPlus website

Selected Media Coverage New process could develop biofortified cassava faster,

SciDevNet, December 5, 2013

Climate-smart pearl millet variety may be a game changer

for nutrition,Feed the Future, November 22, 2013

Can the B-word beat malnutrition?,IRIN, September 25, 2013 Rambo root packs new vitamin A punch,Voice of America,

September 23, 2013

Reducing micronutrient deficiency with biofortification,The Guardian, September 3, 2013

Rice Revolution,The Daily Star, August 25, 2013 Super bajra fights malnutrition,The Times of India,

August 23, 2013

Brazil develops superfoods to fight hidden hunger,IPS,July 17, 2013

Biofortification may hold keys to hidden hunger,IPS,June 21, 2013

Supercrops: Britain pledges large-scale funding to boosthealth of undernourished people in Africa,The Independent,June 17, 2013

Launching a nutri-farm movement,Financial Chronicle,May 15, 2013

India fortifies food to fight hidden hunger,Voice of America,March 5, 2013

Agricultural policies have a huge impact on nutrition,Live

Mint, March 5, 2013 Biofortification, lasting solutions to micronutrient malnutrition

and world hunger,CSA News, January, 2013

Governance Publications & Media

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BANGLADESHCGIAR Partners

International Rice Research Institute

(IRRI)

Local Partners

Agricultural Advisory Society (AAS)Association for Integrated Human

Development (AIHD)Bangladesh Agricultural Development

Council

Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)

BRACChristian Commission for Development in

Bangladesh (CCDB)

Concern on National Problems (CONP)Integrated Social Welfare Association

(ISWA)International Centre for Diarrhoeal

Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)

Mymensingh UniversityNatun Zibon Rochi (NAZIR)

Peoples Development Institute (PDI)Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS)Society Development Committee (SDC)

Shariatpur Development Society (SDS)Shawdesh Unnay Kendra (SUK)

Small & Medium Seed ProducingAssociation (SMSPA)

South West Seed Producer Association ofBangladesh (SWSPAB)

University of Dhaka

Unnayan Dhara (UD)

Other Partners

Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organization

Flinders UniversityHarvard School of Public Health

University of Adelaide

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONGO

CGIAR Partners

International Institute of Tropical

Agriculture (IITA)

Local Partners

Actions Concertes pour leDveloppement Durable (ACODED)

2013 Partners

ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief

Agency)AGROPRO (Association des Agronomes

Professionnels)Amis des Semences (AS)Association CADI (Centre Agricole pour

la Sant et le Dveloppement Familial(ASDF-ONGD Developpement deIdjwi)

Association pour le DveloppementEndogne de Matadi (ADEM)

Association des Cultivateurs et leveurs(AJECEDEKI)

Association des Femmes pour la

Promotion et le Dveloppement(AFPDE)

Association des Femmes Techniciennesde Dveloppement Rural (AFTDER)

Catholic Relief Service (CRS)Centre dAdaptation et de Production des

Semences Ameliores (CAPSA)

Centre dEncadrement pour leDveloppement Communautaire

(CEDECOM)Centre de Dveloppement Rural (CEDER)/

Tshela

Centre de Dveloppement Rural deRutshuru (CEDERU)

Centre Evanglique Francophone (CEF)-Parole du Salut

Centre pour le Dveloppement Rural de

Kwilu-Ngongo (CDRK)DIOBASS

Ferme Le LysFerme de lEglise Life LineGIZ

Groupe Agro Pastoral du Kivu (GAP-Kivu)Groupe dAction pour le Dveloppement

Durable (GADD)Groupe dencadrement des initiatives

dautopromotion sociale (GEIAPSO)

Groupe du Peuple de Dieu (GROUPEDI)La Main dans la main

Laboratoire dAppui aux activits Agro-Pastorales au Congo (LAPAC-Asbl)

LAYUKAMinistry of AgricultureMinistry of Health

Ministry of Health National NutritionProgram (PRONANUT)

National Institute for Agricultural Study

and Research (INERA)ONGD-Femmes Business

PABU (Projet Agricole de Buhengere)Paroisse de MwandaPAV (Projet Agricole pour les Vulnerables)

Plantation BakulikiraPlantation KakondoProduction et Multiplication des

Semences (PROMUSEM)SARCAF

Service National de Semences(SENASEM)

SISI Trading

Syndicat pour la Dfense des Intrts desPaysans (SYDIP)

University of GomaUniversit Evangelique en AfriqueUniversity of Bukavu

University of KinshasaUniversity of Lubumbashi

INDIACGIAR Partners

International Crops Research Institute for

the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)International Food Policy Research

Institute (IFPRI)International Maize and Wheat

Improvement Center (CIMMYT)International Rice Research Institute

(IRRI)

Local Partners

Ajeet Seeds LimitedAll India Coordinated Pearl Millet

Improvement Project (AICPMIP)

Banaras Hindu UniversityBayer BioScience Pvt. Ltd.

Bidhan Chandra Agricultural UniversityBioseed Research India Pvt Ltd

Birsa Agricultural UniversityCCS Haryana Agricultural University-

College of Home Science, Department

of Food and NutritionCentral Rice Research Institute

Delhi School of EconomicsDesert Medicine Research Center,

Rajasthan

DevGen Seeds and Crop Tech Pvt. Ltd.Dhule College of Agriculture


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Directorate of Rice Research-India

Directorate of Wheat Research-IndiaGanga Kaveri Seeds Pvt. Ltd.

Gokhale Institute of Politics andEconomics

Haryana Agricultural University

Hytech Seed India Pvt. Ltd.

India Biofortification ProgramIndian Agricultural Research InstituteIndian Council on Agricultural Research

Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya(IGKV) University

Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur

JK Agri Genetics Ltd.J Nehru Medical College

Junagadh Agricultural UniversityKaveri Seeds Co. Ltd.Kesar Enterprises Ltd.

KISAN Forum Pvt. Ltd.Mahamana Krishak Cooperative

Maharashtra State Seeds CorporationMahatma Phule Krishi VidyapeethMahyco

Metahelix Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.Ministries of Agriculture, Health, and

EducationMS Baroda University, GujaratNational Agricultural Research Project

(NARP)National Institute of Nutrition

Nirmal Seeds Pvt. Ltd.Nuziveedu Seeds Pvt. Ltd.

SamridhiSEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.Sai Seeds

Shakti Vardhak Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd.SNDT Womens University, Maharashtra

St. Johns Medical Research CenterSwami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural

University

Tempest Advertising Pvt. Ltd.Vibha Seeds Pvt Ltd.

Other Partners

Childrens Hospital Oakland Research

Institute-CHORICommonwealth Scientific and Industrial

Research OrganizationCornell University

Flinders UniversityHarvard School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

HealthNorth Dakota State University

Ohio State University

Penn State University

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH-Zurich)

The Kiel Institute for the World EconomyUnited States Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service

(USDA-ARS), North Atlantic

University of AdelaideUniversity of Colorado, DenverUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Michigan

University of OklahomaWaite Analytical Laboratory

Western Human Nutrition ResearchCenter

NIGERIACGIAR Partners

International Food Policy Research

Institute (IFPRI)

International Institute of TropicalAgriculture (IITA)

International Maize and WheatImprovement Center (CIMMYT)

Local Partners

Agricultural Development Programmes(ADP)

Akwa Ibom State University

Cassava Growers Association of NigeriaDamisa Gurus

Development DynamicsDominican Centre for Training and

Development

ENVOY Agricultural ServicesFederal College of Agriculture - Akure

Forward AfricaHuman Empowerment and Development

Project (HEMADEP)

Institute of Agricultural Research &Training (IAR&T)

Justice Development and PeaceCommission (JDPC)

Ministries of Agriculture, Education, and

Health

National Orientation AgencyNational Root Crops Research Institute

(NRCRI)

National Television Authority (NTA)Niji Farms Ltd.Nollywood Smile Africa Network

Obafemi Awolowo UniversityRadio Nigeria

Redeem Aids Programme ActionCommittee (RAPAC)

Senator Adeyemo Women EmpowermentCooperative (SAWEC)

University of Uyo

Women in Agriculture

Other Partners

Brazilian Agricultural Research

Corporation (Embrapa)Delhi School of EconomicsGreenwich University

SEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.

RWANDACGIAR Partners

International Center for Tropical

Agriculture (CIAT)International Food Policy Research

Institute (IFPRI)

Local Partners

Dveloppement Rural Durable (DRD)Health and Development Initiative (HDI)

IMBARAGA Rwanda Farmer FederationKigali Institute of Science and Technology

(KIST)Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI)Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)

Ministry of Health (MOH)National Laboratory

National University of RwandaRwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)Win-Win Agritech

Other Partners

Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC)Cornell University

East and Central African Bean ResearchNetwork

Flinders University, Australia

Institut des Sciences Agronomiques duBurundi (ISABU), Burundi

Kansas State UniversityMichigan State UniversityNational Crops Resources Research

Institute/

National Agricultural ResearchOrganization (NaCRRI), Uganda - BeanProgram

North Dakota State University

Nutrisurvey Jrgen ErhardtPan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

(PABRA)Penn State University

SEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.Selian Agricultural Research Institute


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(SARI), Tanzania

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH-Zurich)

United States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service(USDA-ARS), North Atlantic

University of Oklahoma

Waite Analytical Laboratory, AustraliaWorld Food Programme (WFP)

UGANDACGIAR Partners

International Food Policy ResearchInstitute (IFPRI)

International Potato Center (CIP)

Local Partners

BioCropsCaritas - Hoima Diocese

Community Enterprise Development

Organization (CEDO)Kigarama Cooperative and Marketing

SocietyMakerere University, Department of Food

Science and TechnologyMbarara University - Healthy Child

Uganda Project

National Crops Resources ResearchInstitute/National Agricultural Research

Organization (NaCRRI) - Sweet Potatoand Bean Program

TracFM

Volunteer Efforts for DevelopmentConcerns (VEDCO)

Other Partners

Africa 2000 Network

Center for Advanced Hindsight,Duke University

Farm Radio InternationalMillennium Village ProjectPan-African Bean Research Alliance

(PABRA)Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)

Samaritans PurseUniversity of California, Davis

Virginia Tech UniversityWorld Food ProgrammeWorld Vision

ZAMBIACGIAR Partners

Centre for International Forestry Research(CIFOR)

International Institute of Tropical

Agriculture (IITA)International Maize and Wheat

Improvement Center (CIMMYT)WorldFish Center

Local Partners

Emvest Farms

Government Ministries: Agriculture,Education, Health

Indaba Agricultural Policy ResearchInstitute (IAPRI)

Kamano SeedMicronutrient Malnutrition TaskforceNational Food and Nutrition Commission

National Institute for Scientific and

Industrial ResearchProgramme Against MalnutritionSeedCo

Star MillingTropical Disease Research Center

University of Zambia

Zambia Agriculture Research Institute(ZARI)

Zambia Consumers AssociationZambia Seed Traders Association

(ZASTA)ZamSeed

Other Partners

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health

Land O LakesMichigan State University

Purdue UniversitySEED Solutions, SEED Infotech Ltd.University of California, Davis

University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of ZambiaWorld Food Programme

World Vision

PHOTO CREDITS(clockwise from top)

Front Cover: Hands/boy: N. Palmer (CIAT); Crops:

HarvestPlus & iStock

Inside Cover: HarvestPlus & iStock

Page 1: Y. Islam*

Page 2: Angoor Studios; J. Isaacson*

Page 3: IITA; iStock

Page 4: iStock; E. Simpungwe*

Page 5: HarvestPlus Uganda; Y. Islam*

Page 6: HarvestPlus; L. Vidyasagar (ICRISAT)

Page 7: A. Hossain*; iStock

Page 8: iStock; HarvestPlus

Page 10: J. Isaacson*

Back Cover: iStock & HarvestPlus

*HarvestPlus staff


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