1. LOSE LESS, FEED MORE www.plantwise.org Working together to help 5 million farmers lose less and feed more

2. Food Security faces the Perfect Storm Over 1 billion people are already going hungry A growing population – 9 billion by 2050 Water and energy scarcity Climate change Increased trade and travel

3. Current fight against pest and diseases “Insect vectors, pests and diseases are moving extremely fast and we have frankly no grip whatsoever over what they might do in the next 20/30 years.” Janice Jiggins, Wageningen University

4. Agriculture is key to development Those most at risk from food insecurity are often smallholder farmers - producers of food 40% of the food grown is lost to pests and diseases For every 1% reduction in losses we feed 25 million more people The key to success in knowledge

5. By 2015 five million more farmers will have access to the knowledge they need to feed their families and lift themselves out of poverty Our vision

6. Works to solve problems in agriculture and the environment 100 years of experience 46 member countries 88 countries in which we have projects 360 staff across the world 100 scientific papers 9 million abstracts CABI bridges the gap between research and the farmer CABI

8. Plantwise is a unique system that delivers knowledge into the hands of smallholder farmers to help them protect their crops and increase their yields Our solution

9. Demand driven Free of charge Local Fully trained plant doctors On the spot diagnosis Practical, affordable, treatment recommendation Back-up diagnostic service Plantwise clinics

10. Plantwise Diagnostic labs National and regional governments Extension services Input suppliers Integrated plant health system

11. Accurate and up-to- date knowledge to the farmers Work with local partners to recruit plant doctors Provide initial and on-going high quality training Access to a knowledge bank constantly updated fact sheets pest distribution data

12. Improving lives in Bangladesh 95% of the farmers earned extra income by adopting the Plantwise recommendations Farmers spent the additional money on: Children's education (25%) Home improvement (21%) Buying a cow (13%) Planting (9%) Buying land (9%) Growing a crop (7%) Agriculture (5%) Other (11%)

13. Where are we now? Over 147 Plantwise clinics in 11 countries Pilot clinics in 4 more countries Fully working prototype of a knowledge bank, containing: Pest distribution maps Diagnostic facility Treatment support Over 100,000 smallholder farmers and their families 60 local partners 7 international partners $11 million initial funding from our donors DFID and SDC

14. $50 million over next four years $5 million in next six months 150+ new clinics Fully active knowledge bank 500,000+ smallholder farmers and their families Our goal

15. Help farmers and their families lose less and feed more

16. Thank you Caroline McNamara Executive Director, Commercial E: c.mcnamara@cabi.org LOSE LESS, FEED MORE www.plantwise.org