FP2: Transforming agri-food systems Andy Hall CSIRO

GLDC agri-food systems Post-farm marketing, trade and processing of GLDC commodities offer pathways to poverty reduction, food and nutritional security, resilience and sustainability impacts Market opportunities within GLDC agri-food systems provide incentives for the adoption of new on-farm and post-farm technologies that will boost both productivity and sustainability Yet many of these opportunities remain unrealized because of failures in the wider agri-food systems: missing or underdeveloped value chains and input and output markets weak policy enabling environments underdeveloped nutritional literacy ineffective organizational policies and practices lack of focus on organizational and institutional development

FP2: Transforming Agri-food Systems Strengthen agri-food systems to adapt to context- specific and evolving needs of women, men and young farmers, and value chain and governance actors through: Decision support tools to unlock GLDC utilization opportunities. With key agri-food systems actors, link farmers to markets and support development of value chains. Connect emerging consumer demands with crop improvement and production and post-production research. Assess impacts of agri-food system interventions and implications for future investment and policy. Development of scalable lessons on catalytic in agri-food systems transformation. Promote agribusiness opportunities and scale-out models using the Innovation Fund.

FP2: Transforming Agri-food Systems CoA 2.1: Incubating and unlocking opportunities at scale. Action research on the realization of at-scale crop-utilization opportunities CoA 2.2: Tools, models and processes to support at-scale innovation. Multi-disciplinary user-friendly toolkit – agri-food system lock-in analysis, value chain bio- economic models, logistics analysis tools, geospatial farm production models; earth observation; technology adoption predictions; foot-printing and lifecycle analysis; experimental learning tools; household surveys; economic models to predict food demand, dietary profiles and market size. CoA 2.3: Systems analysis and learning for at-scale innovation. Targeted diagnosis of agri-food system constraints; learn how agri-food systems change can be catalyzed; quantify intended and unintended consequences of agri-food system change

Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) FP Main strengths Weaknesses/Risks Rating FP2: Transforming agri-food systems FP2 will strengthen agri-food system mechanisms to respond and adapt to context- specific and evolving needs of women, men and young farmers, value chain and governance actors.   Issues addressed in FP are key to success of this CRP Commitment of key implementation partners to the FP Strong leadership. Lack of clearly articulated ToC and impact pathways specific to GLDC Lack of integration to other FPs despite key role in shaping the science agenda and delivering key results Concerns about dependence on partnerships for delivery Potential overlap between FP1 and FP2 Weak

What next? “The focus of FP2 is … on scaling for transforming agri-food systems. The FP issues are key to the success of the CRP” ISPC “Reviewers agree on the high potential impact of this flagship and its centrality to the CRP.” Donor review CRP-GLDC approved as five Flagships (including FP2), but no allocation of W1/W2 funding to FP2. Opportunity to revise and resubmit for funding approval in 2018.

Can GLDC partners help make the FP2 case? Ind-Millet Foods Ltd at MSME Expo 2016, Hyderabad FP2 must partner with businesses, NGOs, civil society and other stakeholders. Gaining mutual ambition and investment of enacting and scaling partners is essential for the realization of crop utilization opportunities and the potential of these to be catalytic in driving wider agri-food systems transformation

Thank you Demand-driven Innovation for the Drylands www.gldc.cgiar.org In partnership with CGIAR Centers, public and private organizations, governments, and farmers worldwide www.gldc.cgiar.org Thank you