The workshop is funded organized by the the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI-USA), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) through a partnership between Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the BecA-ILRI Hub; the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. We are grateful to the JCVI/NIAID for sponsoring this event.