Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Elcio Guimarães Latin America and the Caribbean Strategy CIAT Board Meeting #63 Nairobi, Kenya 12 May 2011

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Regional Strategy CIAT overall strategy Key elements o CIATs strengths o Research o Partnership o Capacity building o Project based (CRPs or others) Thematic or sub-regional strategies

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Amazon Strategy Monitoring – decision support tool Land use system in degraded areas Mitigation and adaptation to CC Proposals o A o B o C

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Tropical Fruit Strategy Eco-Efficient production systems Analysis and use of biodiversity Market access Proposals o A o B o C

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Central America Strategy Eco-efficient production systems Natural resources management Income generation Cross cutting elements o Capacity building o Impact evaluation o Alliances

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor PRGA Strategy Strengthen the links with CRPs Focus on priority research problems Strengthen in-house research capacity Training and institutional development Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Capacity Building Strategy Creation of regional platforms Principals o Sharing of strengths o Complementarily o Joint fund raising Examples o Intellectual Property o Seeds

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Content Regional strategy Amazon strategy Tropical Fruits strategy Central America strategy PRGA strategy Capacity building Challenges

Eco-Efficient Agriculture for the Poor Challenges Fund raising Build internal capacity Strengthen partnership Implementation of the strategies