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1. Agricultural Policy – getting beyond the pre-occupation with staple crops
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Prabhu Pingali Professor & Director Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative
2. Agriculture & Food Supply Policies
Persistence of Green Revolution focus on staple grains
Poor support for coarse grains, legumes, lentils, etc
Lack of attention to high relative prices of micro-nutrient dense food – horticulture, livestock products
High costs of smallholder linkage to organized food chains
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3. 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
World
kcal/capita/day
Other
Animal fats
Meat
Fruits - Excluding Wine
Vegetable Oils
Pulses
Sugar & Sweeteners
Starchy Roots
Other cereals
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Maize and products
Wheat and products
Source: FAOSTAT
Global average dietary composition, 1969-2011
7. Diets in developing countries will continue to diversify...
Source: FAO, World agriculture: towards 2015/2030
8. … but staple crop production trends don’t reflect diet diversification
9. 0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Global cereal production, 1969-2011
10. 0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Global cereal food consumption 1969-2011
11. 0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Difference in global cereal production and food consumption 1969-2011
12.
13. 0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Cereal production in Sub-Saharan Africa 1969-2011
14. 0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Cereal food consumption in Sub- Saharan Africa 1969-2011
15. -30000
-20000
-10000
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Difference in cereal production and food consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa 1969- 2011
16. 0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Cereal production in Southern Asia 1969-2011
17. 0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Cereal consumption in Southern Asia 1969-2011
18. -10000
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
1969-1971
1989-1991
2009-2011
1000 tons
Wheat and products
Maize and products
Rice (Milled Equivalent)
Other cereals
Difference in cereal production and food consumption in Southern Asia 1969-2011
19. Source: NSSO Reports: Household Consumption Expenditure in India
Declining per capita cereal consumption rural and urban India 1993/94 and 2004/05
20. Why is producer response low?
Price supports, input subsidies & R&D biased towards stale crop productivity growth
Poorly developed market infrastructure for perishable products – fruit, vegetables, dairy & meat
High skill & knowledge requirements for switching to higher value crops
High transactions costs for smallholder integration into the FFV value chains
21. -30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
% excess Indian over int'l
Excess of Indian over international prices (%) 1983- 2014
Rice
Wheat
Domestic & International prices for staple cereals – India, 1983 - 2014
22. Food Security Policies – staple grain fundamentalism
Conflating food security with a narrowly defined set of staple grains
High emphasis on price supports & trade distortions
High cost of managing and disposing “Food Security Stocks”
Disconnect between the policy & the food security needs of the rural poor
23. Donor funding and CGIAR priorities are not consistent with the diet transformation
24. What are the options for crop- neutral intensification?
Level playing field for policy support
Infrastructure investments for transport & storage of perishable products
Market development – investment in local markets, and reduce transactions costs of integrating into value chains
Rationalize food stock policies, including local procurement & stocking options
Delinking individual food security from national staple grain self-sufficiency
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25. Thank You
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