International
Peanut
Genome
Initiative
Meeting
PGI
Agenda
July 17,
2008
Guiding Principles for Research
• Global forums for communication between
stakeholders and research communities
• Strategic Plans to define and guide
program implementation
• Credible processes to ensure program
relevance, high-quality research, and
external assessment of progress
• Business platform to promote industry &
consumer acceptance of technology
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Farid Waliyar, Niger
Richard Wilson, USA
Xinyou Zhang, China
David, Bertioli, Brazil
Baozhu Guo, USA
Corley Holbrook, USA
Steve Knapp, USA
Xuanqiang Liang, China
Ousmane Ndoye, Senegal
Shyam Nigam, India
Thomas Stalker, USA
Howard Valentine, USA
PGI
website
rfwilson@mindspring.com
Net US Peanut Returns
Food,
Conservation &
Energy Act of
2008
HR 6124
Title I: Commodity Programs
Subtitle C: Peanuts
Title VII: Research & Related Matters,
Part II: Research, Education, Extension
Section 7511
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Cooperative State Research, Education &
Extension Service (CSREES)
Authorized REE Reorganization
Research, Education & Extension Office
Divisions
• Food Safety, Nutrition & Health
• Agricultural Systems & Technology
• Plant Health, Production & Products
• Animal Health, Production & Products
• Agricultural Economics & Rural
Communities
• Renewable Energy, Natural Resources
& Environment
Authorized
Reorganization
Under Secretary REE
Research, Education & Extension Office
ARS & CSREES National Program Staffs
National Institute Food & Agriculture
Base-Funded
ARS Programs
Competitive Grants
NRI (Basic, 60% $)
IFAFS (Applied, 40% $)
Transparency & Accountability
IPGI
Strategic
Plan
IPGI
Accomplishments
Report
2008-2012
2006-2008
Coordinators
• Production & Productivity
– John Burke, David Jordan, Marshall Lamb
• Quality & Safety
– Ed Cleveland, Tim Sanders
• Crop Protection
– Albert Culbreath, Pat Phipps, Baozhu Guo
• Germplasm & Genetics
– Corley Holbrook, Mark Burow, Boshou Liao
• Genome Characterization
– Steve Knapp, Rajeev Varshney, David Bertioli
• Plant Transformation
– Beth Grabau, Maria Gallo, Peggy Ozias-Akins
Leverage Resources with India
(www.generationcp.org)
• Generation Challenge Program Launched in 2003
• 10-year framework (2004–2008; 2009–2013)
• About $16M annual budget
– 75% Research
– 15% Training and capacity building
– 10% Management cost
• Major donors
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European Community
DFID
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
World Bank
Switzerland
• Target areas: Marginal drought-prone environments
• Mandate crops (CGIAR)
- A CGIAR Challenge Program hosted at CIMMYT, Mexico
Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT
Improving legumes for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through The Generation Challenge Program
Advanced National
Programs
CGIAR System
Laboratories
Genomics
Diversity
Association
Causality
Developing-Country
National Research Systems
Breeding
Traits
Tools
Application
Improvement
Product
NSF
Uptake
Relevance
Limited
understanding
Technology
limits observation
Capacity
Simplify appropriate
technology
Evolution NSF
Doug Cook UC-Davis
George Bruening
Guohao He
Mei Yuan
Deka Allie
Limin Gong
Greg May
Andrew Farmer
Varma Penmetsa
Birinchi Sarma
Bhuvaneshwar Patil
Ben Rosen
Noelia Garcia
Bullo Mamo
Jimmy Woodward
Jinliang Gao
Sally Vail
Nayibe Garzon
Rhonda Foley
Karam Singh CSIRO, WA
Francisco Goes daSilva
Anand Surendrarao
Rakesh Chahota
Zack Chestnut
Cecelia Osorio
Subhojit Datta
Esperanza Martinez
UC-Davis
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
NCGR
NCGR
UC-Davis
UC-Davis (BOYSCAST, BHU, Varanasi)
UC-Davis (DBT, UAS-Dharwad)
UC-Davis
UC-Davis
UC-Davis (Ethiopia)
UC-Davis
UC-Davis
University of Saskatchewan
Columbia/IITA
CSIRO, WA
UC-Davis
UC-Davis (Chennai)
UC-Davis (Borlaug Fellow, India)
UC-Davis
UC-Davis
UC-Davis (IIPR, Kanpur, ICAR Fellow)
UC-Davis
Applied Genomics and Breeding GCP
David Hoisington
ICRISAT
Rajeev Varshney
ICRISAT-GCP
Doug Cook
UC-Davis
Matthew Blair
CIAT
Jeff Ehlers
UC-Riverside
Tim Close
UC-Riverside
Carmen de Vicente
GCP
Spurthi Nayak
ICRISAT
Andrew Paterson University of Georgia
David Bertioli
EMBRAPA
AKI Pigeonpea Genomics initiative
Doug Cook
UC-Davis
NK Singh
NRCPB
Rajeev Varshney
ICRISAT
Subhojit Datta
IIPR, Kanpur
M Kurivanaschetty UAS, Dharwad
KB Wanjari
UA, Akola
MN Singh BHU, Varanasi
Chickpea and Groundnut initiatives
Subhra Chakraborty
NIPGR
Sabhyata Bhatia
NIPGR
Vidya Gupta
NCL Pune
Rajeev Varshney
ICIRSAT
Hari Upadhyaya
ICRISAT
Doug Cook
UC-Davis
Fred Muehlbauer
USDA-ARS Pullman
US National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program; CGIAR Generation Challenge Program;
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; INDO-US Science and Technology Forum; INDO-US Agricultural
Knowledge Initiative; Indian Council for Agricultural Research; Indian Department of Biotechnology;
USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service; US Agency for International Development
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December 9-12, 2008