1. Products and Impact
GRM 2011

2. Impact Horizon
 GCP sunset in 2014 approaches
 Projects will increasingly reach their end points
 Now increasing emphasis on assessing
impact of research projects
 Phase 1
 Focus on building networks, partnerships
 “Discovery” projects: building the tools and
products to facilitate molecular breeding
 Phase 2
 Focus on breeding
 Informative markers, pre-breeding germplasm
 Strengthening partnerships

3. Impact Horizon
 Impact goal
 Evidence that molecular breeding can be
implemented in sustainable programs and provide
measurable benefits and useful products for crop
improvement in the developing world
 Increased efficiency of breeding for critical traits
 Sustainable products that may be continually used to
advance breeding programs of the wider community
 Several levels of impact that may be considered
 Short term
 Medium term
 Long term

4. Short Term Impact Indicators:
Examples
 Technical
 Number of QTLs identified for critical traits and
introgressed into target germplasm
 Number of lines
 Number of validated, informative markers for
genotyping
 Numbers of breeding/mapping populations with long-
term prospects
 SNP arrays for genotyping
 Infrastructure improvements
 Capacity building
 Number of scientists trained
 Number of facilities improved

5. Medium Term Impact Indicators:
Examples
 Tangible breeding results
 Improved pre-breeding materials produced by
use of molecular tools and ready for breeding
use
 Number of lines
 Positive test plot data
 Acceleration of improved germplasm
progression
 Fewer number of years to produce
 Increased number of improved pre-breeding lines
produced

6. Long Term Impact Indicators:
Examples
 Tangible results in the field with germplasm
produced by molecular breeding
 Demonstration and quantification of significant
and consistent yield gain in research or extension
field trials
 Number of varieties
 Percent yield gain
 Demonstration and quantification of consistent
yield gain in widely distributed farmers’ fields
 Benchmark value
 Generally unrealistic to achieve in the timeline
available

7. Pathway to Impact
 Measurable impacts of GCP projects at its sunset
will generally be in short to medium term categories
 Outputs are directed narrowly
 Relatively short time-lines of projects
 Long term impact goal is acceleration of breeding
programs and faster introduction of improved
varieties validated by increased crop production
 achievable through a progression of short to medium to
long term impacts
 Delivery of project outputs and products are
essential to achieve long-term goals
 Delivery plan
 Long-term aspirations require that project products
are available to the extent possible and/or their use
allows
 “Post-delivery” plan

8. Product Delivery
 Planning
 Delivery
 Cataloging
 Expanded availability
 Creating awareness
 communications
 promotion

9. Product Delivery Plan
 Charts the path, establishes and ensures the
links from research output to product
 Identifies obstacles and constraints
 Capacity (physical, human resources)
 IP
 Clarifies strategy by which constraints and
obstacles will be overcome
 Indicates types and methods of distribution
 Indicates timelines for delivery of primary
products

11. Product Packaging and Cataloguing
Packaged Product
in Web-based Catalogue
Verified
Delivery
of
Product
Description
Access
Uses
Format
Format
Description
Access
Uses
DataReport
release
Name
Verified
Product
Information
Name

12. GCP Proto-Catalogue (current web-site)

14. GCP Catalogue (new website)

15. Post-Delivery Challenge
 Long term maintenance and sustainability of
products
 Cataloguing indicates availability but does not
incorporate an explicit commitment to maintain a
product to the extent possible
 Tools, applications, markers, databases, etc can
reside on computers
 Responsibility for maintenance, updating and distribution
is still essential
 Germplasm particularly vulnerable to loss
 Recurrent costs for storage, maintenance and
distribution
 Responsibility must be taken
 Personal pride
 Commitment to the community
 Commitment to the larger goal of alleviating hunger

16. Post-Delivery Challenge
 Post-delivery commitment or policies
incorporating mutually agreed upon principles
and practices needed
 Issues
 Contact continuity
 Maintenance continuity
 Sustainability
 Product potential
 Public interest
 Human and physical resources
 Infrastructure
 Cost and cost recovery
 Theme 5 Brainstorming topic