Our Goal
To reach 1 billion people with better corn, we are using three strategies.
- Subsidies in Central America
- Partners in Africa
- Gene Editing
Read more about each of our interlocking growth strategies below.
Subsidies in Central America
2030 Goal: 10 million people nourished
We began in Guatemala, where corn is central to daily life and malnutrition rates are among the highest in the world.
Our market-based subsidy model shows that:
- Biofortified seeds can be bred from the highest-yielding hybrids
- Farmers adopt them at scale when they are affordable
- Governments can sustain long-term programs that make biofortified seeds widely available
Partners in Africa
2035 Goal: 100 million people nourished
Africa Has:
Our Strategy:
- Partner with programs already delivering seed to low-income
farmers - Biofortify farmers' favorite seeds and newer high-yielding varieties
- Support companies with production, marketing, and
Gene Editing
2040 Goal: 1 billion people nourished
New gene-editing tools can reduce the time and cost of breeding biofortified seeds by up to 90%, making it possible to biofortify nearly every new commercial hybrid.
We focus on:
- Developing non-GMO edits that improve nutrition without reducing yield
- Supporting seed banks and companies to adopt these edits
- Working with governments toward national mandates for biofortified seed
By 2040, we envision biofortified maize becoming as common as fortified cereal or iodized salt—allowing us to reach 1 billion of the world’s most malnourished people with better diets.