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On NOT finding the world’s next superfoodM. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity InternationalState of the World’s Plants Symposium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew12 May 2016
Finger Millet: Bioversity International/N. Capozio
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Agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet
Single Superfood approach
Blueberry and Quinoa Recipe. Credit: Jennifer, Sweetonveg/Flickr
Kale cocktail. Credit: Foodthinkers/Flickr
Superfoods for …
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…resilience
…adaptation
Challenge: malnutrition
Sweet granadilla contains several minerals, including calcium and iron. Colombia.Credit: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
795 million suffer from insecure food supplies
2.1 billion overweight
2 billion lack essential vitamin and minerals in diet
Counting more than calories – nutritional yield
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Superfoods in India: Millet diversity for nutrition
Finger millet. Credit: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
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(Kcal)Calcium
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Rice 346 9.0 1.0
Common millet 361 42.0 8.0
Proso millet 341 14.0 0.8
Finger millet 328 344.0 3.9
Little millet 341 17.0 9.3
Kodo millet 309 17.0 0.5
Varietal differences
Source: Gopalan C. et al
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Putting nutritious millets on the plate
Foxtail millet. Credit: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
More than millets – putting nutritious superfood diversity on plates around the world
Orange-fleshed Fe'i bananas from the Pacific. Credit: Bioversity International/L. Englberger
Quinoa varieties growing in Bolivia. Credit: Bioversity International/S. Padulosi
Flowers of Cleome gynandra, a traditional leafy vegetable in Africa. Credit: Bioversity International
Challenge: Crop pests & diseases
Worldwide farmers lose on average 13% of annual harvest to pests and diseases.
A farmer can lose 100% of entire crop from a single pest or disease
Common bean leaf rust, Ecuador. Credit: Bioversity International/C. Fadda
Superfoods in Uganda: common bean diversity resisting pests and diseases
Angular leaf spot disease on bean plant, Uganda Credit: Bioversity International/P. de Santis
Mixing up the beans
Kasirira (a traditional variety) outperformed Nabe 4 (commercial variety) in resistance trails to bean flyCredit: Bioversity International/P. de Santis
Beyond beans: putting resistant superfood diversity to work against pests and diseases
Internal symptoms of Fusarium wilt.Credit: Bioversity International/G.Blomme
Intercropping of faba bean and rapeseed in Yunnan, China. Credit: Bioversity International/C.Fadda
In vitro banana collection at the International Transit Centre, Belgium. Credit: Bioversity International/N.Roux
Rice growing in dry, cracked earth, India. Credit: Bioversity International/N. Capozio
Challenge: Climate change
Climate change to reduce agricultural production by 2% every decade while demand will increase by 14% every decade until 2050
Yields of major crops will face average decline of 8% in Africa and South Asia by 2050.
Superfoods in Ethiopia: Wheat diversity for climate change
Durum wheat variety in trial plot, Ethiopia. Credit: Bioversity International/S. Collins
Ethiopian wheat: unique genetic diversity
Improved durum wheat used in Ethiopia
Ethiopian durum wheat landraces
Improved durum wheat used in Ethiopia
Mediterranean durum wheat
Superfoods in India: Rice diversity for climate changeIG
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Farmers planting maize and sweet potato, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Bioversity International/E. Dulloo
Farmer growing three distinct varieties of common bean, Honduras. Credit: FPMA/S. Alonzo
Tef, a staple grain in Ethiopia, the next crop in Ethiopian trials? Credit: Bioversity International/C. Zanzanaini
Safeguard through use and investment – neglected no more
Farmers involved in participatory plant breeding of rice in Nepal. Credit: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit
A basket of diverse Superfoods for sustainable development
Credit: Krishnasis Ghosh
