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Maize and Wheat ; Strategic Crops to fill Ethiopia’s Food Basket ContactBekele Abeyo, CIMMYT Ethiopia representative b.abeyo@cgiar.org Box 5689 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWe would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund: https://www.cgiar.org/funders/Ethiopia’s food security depends on maize & wheat sector’s capacity to respond quickly to new farming challenges like emerging pests or diseases (maize lethal necrosis, fall armyworm, rapidly evolving wheat rusts…), climate change….Prevent, Develop, Scale up : we need to keep investing in scalable early warning systems, fast crop improvement and seed scaling of stress tolerant varieties so that farmers get the right solutions in time.Farmers have access to stress resilient maize and wheat technologies thanks to effective partnerships: 70% and 77% of wheat and maize released varieties respectively are derived from CIMMYT’s germplasm.CGIAR to work with Ethiopia’s research & development sector to support national food security priorities [egtowards wheat self-sufficiency].Scan to find out moreKey partnersMOA.NARS, High Learning Institutions, Seed companies, John Innes Center, FAO, Sasakawa Global, WorldVision-ETHSmart early warning systemsFarmers’ access to better seedsVulnerable staples With changing climate, maize and wheat farmers deal with increasing risks: emerging pests & diseases, drought, heat waves, declining soil fertility…  For instance, popular wheat varieties were wiped out by recent stem and yellow rust outbreaks. 4.2M farms1.7M hectares10.6 M farms2.1 M hectaresSince 1995, maize yields x 3 and wheat yields x 2.5. Ethiopia still imports over 1 million tons of wheat annually.0200040006000800010000200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018BH660BH661Old popular BH660 hybrid replaced by drought tolerant BH661 after successful demonstration in drought yearRust susceptible  Kubsa is under replacement  by resistant wheat varieties like Kakaba, Danda’a, KingbirdNominated May 20190.001.002.003.004.005.006.007.008.009.000.000.501.001.502.002.503.003.504.00199519971999200120032005200720092011201320152017Production (million tons)Yield (t/ha)Maize Production(M T) Wheat Production(M T)Maize Yield(t/ha)Wheat Yield(t/ha)The Mobile and Real-Time Plant Diseases Diagnostic ‘’lab in suitcase’’ MARPLE identifies new strains of yellow rust in 2-3 days instead of 3 months. Extension can decide in time for targeted preventive measures.Research impacts for sustainable food securityInvest in fast breeding and seed systemsMaize and wheat breeding innovations like maize double haploid, identification of wheat rust resistance genes, high throughput phenotyping enable fast and cost-effective development of high yield and stress resilient varieties.Production and productivity trends tons

Maize and Wheat; Strategic crops to fill Ethiopia's food basket

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Maize and Wheat; Strategic crops to fill Ethiopia's food basket

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