Our Goal
To reach 1 billion people with better corn, we are using three strategies.
Families in poverty rely on corn because it is cheap, but it lacks key nutrients. This leads to stunted growth, impaired cognition, disease, and lifelong income losses that trap communities in poverty.
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.