Exploiting untapped potential of roots,tubers and bananas to improve nutrition and food security,increase income generation,foster improved livelihoods for women, youth, children &
other vulnerable groups for global food security.
The document provides information about the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It discusses that CGIAR is a global partnership that was formed in 1971 to reduce poverty and hunger through agricultural research. It is made up of 15 research centers that work with hundreds of partners in agricultural research. The centers work on issues like improving food security, nutrition, health, and sustainable management of natural resources. CGIAR research is guided by a Strategy and Results Framework and implemented through CGIAR Research Programs coordinated by the CGIAR Consortium. The impacts of CGIAR's work include the high-yielding varieties that sparked the Green Revolution and continue to increase global food supplies.
International Conference on Pulses 2016 Concluding RemarksICARDA
This document summarizes key points from presentations at the 2016 International Conference on Pulses. It discusses the transition from commodity-focused CRPs to agri-food systems CRPs, and the importance of taking multi-disciplinary, collaborative approaches. The Dryland Cereals and Legumes CRP was presented as an example, focusing on pre-breeding, trait discovery, variety development, and improving seed systems. Developing sustainable intensification and addressing challenges through 2050 will require innovative solutions and integrating social and technological innovations.
This document discusses the objectives and implementation challenges of agreements related to access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. It notes that while the Convention on Biological Diversity aims to balance conservation, access, and benefit sharing, agreements like TRIPS prioritize stimulating innovation through intellectual property rights. Two theoretical perspectives are discussed - realism, where power determines outcomes, and norm diffusion, where international cooperation spreads standards. Several cases are presented that support both views. Overall, there are conflicts between protecting intellectual property, ensuring equitable access and benefit sharing, and incentivizing conservation that challenge unified implementation of these diverging objectives.
The document summarizes the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GPA). It was adopted by FAO in 2011 to address new challenges to plant genetic resources like climate change, increasing food insecurity, and loss of diversity. The GPA's 18 priorities call for greater emphasis on in situ and ex situ conservation, expanding characterization and use of resources in plant breeding, and promoting sustainable agriculture through crop diversity. Successful implementation requires concerted action and funding from national programs and international cooperation between governments, organizations, and other stakeholders.
1) The IFAD-funded CLCA project aims to develop and test innovative integrated crop-livestock conservation agriculture approaches through participatory research with farmers in Algeria, Tunisia, and Tajikistan.
2) Key achievements include collecting over 1,100 farm surveys, conducting on-station and on-farm trials of stubble grazing and fodder production, and testing conservation agriculture technology packages on over 45 farms across the three countries.
3) The project has also enhanced capacity through over 15 training courses attended by 280 trainees, eight field days reaching 357 farmers, and publications including conference papers, films and posters.
The document provides information about the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It discusses that CGIAR is a global partnership that was formed in 1971 to reduce poverty and hunger through agricultural research. It is made up of 15 research centers that work with hundreds of partners in agricultural research. The centers work on issues like improving food security, nutrition, health, and sustainable management of natural resources. CGIAR research is guided by a Strategy and Results Framework and implemented through CGIAR Research Programs coordinated by the CGIAR Consortium. The impacts of CGIAR's work include the high-yielding varieties that sparked the Green Revolution and continue to increase global food supplies.
International Conference on Pulses 2016 Concluding RemarksICARDA
This document summarizes key points from presentations at the 2016 International Conference on Pulses. It discusses the transition from commodity-focused CRPs to agri-food systems CRPs, and the importance of taking multi-disciplinary, collaborative approaches. The Dryland Cereals and Legumes CRP was presented as an example, focusing on pre-breeding, trait discovery, variety development, and improving seed systems. Developing sustainable intensification and addressing challenges through 2050 will require innovative solutions and integrating social and technological innovations.
This document discusses the objectives and implementation challenges of agreements related to access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. It notes that while the Convention on Biological Diversity aims to balance conservation, access, and benefit sharing, agreements like TRIPS prioritize stimulating innovation through intellectual property rights. Two theoretical perspectives are discussed - realism, where power determines outcomes, and norm diffusion, where international cooperation spreads standards. Several cases are presented that support both views. Overall, there are conflicts between protecting intellectual property, ensuring equitable access and benefit sharing, and incentivizing conservation that challenge unified implementation of these diverging objectives.
The document summarizes the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GPA). It was adopted by FAO in 2011 to address new challenges to plant genetic resources like climate change, increasing food insecurity, and loss of diversity. The GPA's 18 priorities call for greater emphasis on in situ and ex situ conservation, expanding characterization and use of resources in plant breeding, and promoting sustainable agriculture through crop diversity. Successful implementation requires concerted action and funding from national programs and international cooperation between governments, organizations, and other stakeholders.
1) The IFAD-funded CLCA project aims to develop and test innovative integrated crop-livestock conservation agriculture approaches through participatory research with farmers in Algeria, Tunisia, and Tajikistan.
2) Key achievements include collecting over 1,100 farm surveys, conducting on-station and on-farm trials of stubble grazing and fodder production, and testing conservation agriculture technology packages on over 45 farms across the three countries.
3) The project has also enhanced capacity through over 15 training courses attended by 280 trainees, eight field days reaching 357 farmers, and publications including conference papers, films and posters.
CIP's strategic plan from 2014-2023 focuses on 6 strategic objectives:
1) Resilient Nutritious Sweetpotato aims to improve diets and incomes of 15 million households in Africa and Asia through orange-fleshed sweetpotato.
2) Agile Potato for Asia seeks to diversify cereal systems and benefit 7 million households in Asia with early-maturing potato varieties.
3) Potato Seed for Africa aims to increase productivity and livelihoods of 600,000 smallholder farmers through high-quality seed.
4) Game Changing Solutions develops proof of concepts for solutions needed in 30-50 years using advanced science.
5) Resilient Food Systems improves decision making for complex
The IFAD-funded CLCA project aims to develop and test integrated crop-livestock conservation agriculture approaches for smallholder farmers in North Africa and Central Asia. Key achievements include collecting survey data from over 1,000 farms, conducting on-station and on-farm experiments on stubble grazing strategies and fodder production, and implementing over 45 on-farm trials of conservation agriculture technology packages across three countries. The project also strengthened capacities through various training courses attended by over 280 participants. While gains include soil protection, water use efficiency and crop diversification, adoption faces tradeoffs such as increased herbicide use and less stable incomes. Strengthening partnerships with national and international institutions will help address challenges to adopting integrated crop-livestock
Harnessing University-NARI partnership to Develop Stress Tolerant and Nutrien...RUFORUM
The document discusses the partnership between universities and the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARI) in Uganda to develop stress tolerant and nutrient-rich maize varieties. It highlights several areas of collaboration including drought tolerant maize research through projects like WEMA and DTMA. It also discusses NARI's focus on developing maize varieties that are tolerant to low soil fertility and diseases. The partnership has benefited research through germplasm exchange, capacity building by training students, and infrastructure development.
Crop Improvement: Legumes
The document summarizes work on improving legume crops in East and Southern Africa. It discusses the context of the legume science agenda in the region, including the need to meet growing food demands, tackle poverty and nutrition deficiencies, and increase resilience to climate risks. It then provides highlights of work done in 2015 to launch projects, conduct planning meetings, curate data, communicate progress, and support breeding pipelines for crops like groundnuts, cowpeas, common beans, and chickpeas. Challenges faced included filling project positions slowly and dealing with instability in parts of Mali and Nigeria. Breeding priorities and results for crops like chickpeas and pigeonpeas in the region are
Global Project Knowledge Centres for Organic Agriculture in AfricaFrancois Stepman
2 - 4 April 2019. Cairo, Egypt "Boosting the Role and Potential of Organic Farming in Africa".
In April 2019, 39 participants from Africa and Europe met in Sekem, Egypt with the purpose to exchange and strategize organic development and spreading knowledge about organic farming in Africa.
Development and application of decision support tools to conserve and sustain...ILRI
The project aims to conserve indigenous farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) in Asia to improve livelihoods of poor livestock keepers. It focuses on documentation, assessment and training to develop tools for breeding, management and cost-benefit analysis of alternative breeds. It also conducts market and policy analysis. The project is led by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam with support from ILRI and funding from GEF to address sustainable use and conservation of indigenous FAnGR diversity.
2016 International Conference on Pulses – Concluding remarksCGIAR
This document summarizes key points from presentations at the 2016 International Conference on Pulses. Over 300 participants from 36 countries attended. Presentations covered topics like pulses genomics, genetic resources conservation, breeding innovations, and opportunities to enhance pulses production. It discussed the shift in CGIAR's research programs from commodity-focused to agri-food systems approaches. The concluding remarks emphasized the need for more integrated, collaborative research to address complex challenges through social, institutional and technological innovations.
Institutional Frameworks, Experience with CGIAR reform (PPT format)CGIAR
This concise presentation includes several diagrams explaining how the CGIAR is now organized. This graphic explanation of the institutional framework clearly highlights the benefits of the Consortium and the CGIAR Research Programs, as well illustrating the comparative advantages of the system. It provides an important overview.
GRiSP - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013CGIAR
- GRiSP is a global partnership led by IRRI that coordinates rice research and development among international organizations to address challenges facing global rice production.
- Its goals are to increase rice production sustainably and profitably for farmers, improve food security and nutrition, and reduce the environmental footprint of rice.
- Key targets for its first phase included lifting 72 million people out of poverty and reducing hunger for 40 million people in Asia through increased rice yields and incomes for farmers.
- It has over 900 research and development partners worldwide working across six themes, from genetic diversity to capacity building. Indicators will track progress toward outcomes like increased yields, water productivity, and farmer incomes.
v Researchers developed new sorghum hybrids using parents well-adapted to West and Central Africa to increase yields for farmers in the region. The hybrids combined high grain quality of local varieties with increased productivity.
v Extensive testing of the hybrids showed average yields were 28% higher than the popular local variety, with some hybrids yielding over 450 kg/ha more. The hybrids performed well across different growing conditions.
v Seed companies and farmer groups in Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Burkina Faso have been involved in producing and marketing the new hybrid seeds, helping sorghum transition to an important cash crop for smallholder farmers.
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) aims to harness the potential of root, tuber and banana crops to improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods for 200 million people in developing countries. These crops include potatoes, sweetpotatoes, cassava, yams, bananas and plantains. They are important staple crops in Sub-Saharan Africa that are often grown by women and marginalized groups. RTB crops can produce high yields of calories per hectare and some varieties provide vitamins and minerals. They are also important cash crops and can be used to make processed products, which adds value. While facing common challenges like perishability, RTB crops also have
The document outlines Morocco's Green Plan for Food Security. It discusses key challenges facing Morocco's agriculture sector, including water scarcity and dependence on food imports. The plan proposes two pillars: 1) aggressively developing a high-value commercial agriculture sector through public-private partnerships and 2) supporting smallholder farmers by helping them professionalize their operations. It highlights ongoing efforts like converting irrigation systems to drip irrigation to save water and increase productivity. The plan aims to boost domestic production, rural development and food security through modernizing agriculture while ensuring social and environmental sustainability.
The climate-smart village : a model developed by CCAFS program to improve the adaptive capacity of communities
Presented by Dr Jules Bayala, World Agroforestry Centre at Africa Agriculture Science Week 6, 15 July 2013, Accra, Ghana. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/15/jul/2013/africa-agriculture-science-week-2013
Masiga - Enhanced Utilization of Biotechnology Research and Development Innov...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Roux - A global information and knowledge sharing approach to facilitate the ...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Inter-Regional Cooperation: APAARI/AARINENA,Dr. R. ParodaAARINENA
APAARI was established in 1990 as a joint initiative between FAO and NARS in Asia-Pacific to promote agricultural research and development through partnerships. Its mission is to strengthen NARS through information sharing, research networking, human resource development, and policy advocacy. APAARI has over 30 member organizations and facilitates networks on topics like crops, livestock, and biotechnology to enable knowledge sharing in the region.
The summary provides an overview of ICRISAT's research programs in Asia during 2020-2021, which faced challenges due to COVID-19 restrictions. Key points include:
- Virtual meetings and online platforms were used extensively for collaboration and capacity building during lockdowns.
- Several new crop varieties of chickpea, groundnut, pigeonpea, sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet were released in India, featuring improved traits like disease resistance, yield, quality and adaptability.
- Breeding efforts identified new sources of biotic and abiotic stress resistance, as well as high-yielding lines. Modernization initiatives were advanced through establishment of new facilities, modeling, and
Grain Legumes - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013CGIAR
This document discusses a research program on grain legumes. The program aims to leverage legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation. It will do so through strategic components like developing productive varieties and management practices, enhancing post-harvest processing and market opportunities, and fostering innovation. The program establishes eight product lines to address issues like abiotic stresses, biological nitrogen fixation, and biotic stresses. If successful, the program expects to achieve intermediate development outcomes such as improved access to and income from grain legumes, especially for women and the poor, as well as increased consumption and farming system productivity while minimizing environmental impacts.
This document provides an overview of a 2-hour presentation and hands-on training session on Ubuntu for extreme beginners. It introduces Ubuntu, discusses reasons to use it including being free and open source, and covers installing and using Ubuntu including applications, file management, installing software, user accounts, and the terminal. The session concludes with hands-on exercises in using common Ubuntu features and commands.
An Overview of Cocoa-based Agricultural Systems,Stylized Rural Transformation,Operationalizing Cameroon's Plan d'Urgence,An Ex Ante Economic Evaluation of Cameroon's Plan d'Urgence
CIP's strategic plan from 2014-2023 focuses on 6 strategic objectives:
1) Resilient Nutritious Sweetpotato aims to improve diets and incomes of 15 million households in Africa and Asia through orange-fleshed sweetpotato.
2) Agile Potato for Asia seeks to diversify cereal systems and benefit 7 million households in Asia with early-maturing potato varieties.
3) Potato Seed for Africa aims to increase productivity and livelihoods of 600,000 smallholder farmers through high-quality seed.
4) Game Changing Solutions develops proof of concepts for solutions needed in 30-50 years using advanced science.
5) Resilient Food Systems improves decision making for complex
The IFAD-funded CLCA project aims to develop and test integrated crop-livestock conservation agriculture approaches for smallholder farmers in North Africa and Central Asia. Key achievements include collecting survey data from over 1,000 farms, conducting on-station and on-farm experiments on stubble grazing strategies and fodder production, and implementing over 45 on-farm trials of conservation agriculture technology packages across three countries. The project also strengthened capacities through various training courses attended by over 280 participants. While gains include soil protection, water use efficiency and crop diversification, adoption faces tradeoffs such as increased herbicide use and less stable incomes. Strengthening partnerships with national and international institutions will help address challenges to adopting integrated crop-livestock
Harnessing University-NARI partnership to Develop Stress Tolerant and Nutrien...RUFORUM
The document discusses the partnership between universities and the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARI) in Uganda to develop stress tolerant and nutrient-rich maize varieties. It highlights several areas of collaboration including drought tolerant maize research through projects like WEMA and DTMA. It also discusses NARI's focus on developing maize varieties that are tolerant to low soil fertility and diseases. The partnership has benefited research through germplasm exchange, capacity building by training students, and infrastructure development.
Crop Improvement: Legumes
The document summarizes work on improving legume crops in East and Southern Africa. It discusses the context of the legume science agenda in the region, including the need to meet growing food demands, tackle poverty and nutrition deficiencies, and increase resilience to climate risks. It then provides highlights of work done in 2015 to launch projects, conduct planning meetings, curate data, communicate progress, and support breeding pipelines for crops like groundnuts, cowpeas, common beans, and chickpeas. Challenges faced included filling project positions slowly and dealing with instability in parts of Mali and Nigeria. Breeding priorities and results for crops like chickpeas and pigeonpeas in the region are
Global Project Knowledge Centres for Organic Agriculture in AfricaFrancois Stepman
2 - 4 April 2019. Cairo, Egypt "Boosting the Role and Potential of Organic Farming in Africa".
In April 2019, 39 participants from Africa and Europe met in Sekem, Egypt with the purpose to exchange and strategize organic development and spreading knowledge about organic farming in Africa.
Development and application of decision support tools to conserve and sustain...ILRI
The project aims to conserve indigenous farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) in Asia to improve livelihoods of poor livestock keepers. It focuses on documentation, assessment and training to develop tools for breeding, management and cost-benefit analysis of alternative breeds. It also conducts market and policy analysis. The project is led by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam with support from ILRI and funding from GEF to address sustainable use and conservation of indigenous FAnGR diversity.
2016 International Conference on Pulses – Concluding remarksCGIAR
This document summarizes key points from presentations at the 2016 International Conference on Pulses. Over 300 participants from 36 countries attended. Presentations covered topics like pulses genomics, genetic resources conservation, breeding innovations, and opportunities to enhance pulses production. It discussed the shift in CGIAR's research programs from commodity-focused to agri-food systems approaches. The concluding remarks emphasized the need for more integrated, collaborative research to address complex challenges through social, institutional and technological innovations.
Institutional Frameworks, Experience with CGIAR reform (PPT format)CGIAR
This concise presentation includes several diagrams explaining how the CGIAR is now organized. This graphic explanation of the institutional framework clearly highlights the benefits of the Consortium and the CGIAR Research Programs, as well illustrating the comparative advantages of the system. It provides an important overview.
GRiSP - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013CGIAR
- GRiSP is a global partnership led by IRRI that coordinates rice research and development among international organizations to address challenges facing global rice production.
- Its goals are to increase rice production sustainably and profitably for farmers, improve food security and nutrition, and reduce the environmental footprint of rice.
- Key targets for its first phase included lifting 72 million people out of poverty and reducing hunger for 40 million people in Asia through increased rice yields and incomes for farmers.
- It has over 900 research and development partners worldwide working across six themes, from genetic diversity to capacity building. Indicators will track progress toward outcomes like increased yields, water productivity, and farmer incomes.
v Researchers developed new sorghum hybrids using parents well-adapted to West and Central Africa to increase yields for farmers in the region. The hybrids combined high grain quality of local varieties with increased productivity.
v Extensive testing of the hybrids showed average yields were 28% higher than the popular local variety, with some hybrids yielding over 450 kg/ha more. The hybrids performed well across different growing conditions.
v Seed companies and farmer groups in Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Burkina Faso have been involved in producing and marketing the new hybrid seeds, helping sorghum transition to an important cash crop for smallholder farmers.
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) aims to harness the potential of root, tuber and banana crops to improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods for 200 million people in developing countries. These crops include potatoes, sweetpotatoes, cassava, yams, bananas and plantains. They are important staple crops in Sub-Saharan Africa that are often grown by women and marginalized groups. RTB crops can produce high yields of calories per hectare and some varieties provide vitamins and minerals. They are also important cash crops and can be used to make processed products, which adds value. While facing common challenges like perishability, RTB crops also have
The document outlines Morocco's Green Plan for Food Security. It discusses key challenges facing Morocco's agriculture sector, including water scarcity and dependence on food imports. The plan proposes two pillars: 1) aggressively developing a high-value commercial agriculture sector through public-private partnerships and 2) supporting smallholder farmers by helping them professionalize their operations. It highlights ongoing efforts like converting irrigation systems to drip irrigation to save water and increase productivity. The plan aims to boost domestic production, rural development and food security through modernizing agriculture while ensuring social and environmental sustainability.
The climate-smart village : a model developed by CCAFS program to improve the adaptive capacity of communities
Presented by Dr Jules Bayala, World Agroforestry Centre at Africa Agriculture Science Week 6, 15 July 2013, Accra, Ghana. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/15/jul/2013/africa-agriculture-science-week-2013
Masiga - Enhanced Utilization of Biotechnology Research and Development Innov...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Roux - A global information and knowledge sharing approach to facilitate the ...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Inter-Regional Cooperation: APAARI/AARINENA,Dr. R. ParodaAARINENA
APAARI was established in 1990 as a joint initiative between FAO and NARS in Asia-Pacific to promote agricultural research and development through partnerships. Its mission is to strengthen NARS through information sharing, research networking, human resource development, and policy advocacy. APAARI has over 30 member organizations and facilitates networks on topics like crops, livestock, and biotechnology to enable knowledge sharing in the region.
The summary provides an overview of ICRISAT's research programs in Asia during 2020-2021, which faced challenges due to COVID-19 restrictions. Key points include:
- Virtual meetings and online platforms were used extensively for collaboration and capacity building during lockdowns.
- Several new crop varieties of chickpea, groundnut, pigeonpea, sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet were released in India, featuring improved traits like disease resistance, yield, quality and adaptability.
- Breeding efforts identified new sources of biotic and abiotic stress resistance, as well as high-yielding lines. Modernization initiatives were advanced through establishment of new facilities, modeling, and
Grain Legumes - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013CGIAR
This document discusses a research program on grain legumes. The program aims to leverage legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation. It will do so through strategic components like developing productive varieties and management practices, enhancing post-harvest processing and market opportunities, and fostering innovation. The program establishes eight product lines to address issues like abiotic stresses, biological nitrogen fixation, and biotic stresses. If successful, the program expects to achieve intermediate development outcomes such as improved access to and income from grain legumes, especially for women and the poor, as well as increased consumption and farming system productivity while minimizing environmental impacts.
This document provides an overview of a 2-hour presentation and hands-on training session on Ubuntu for extreme beginners. It introduces Ubuntu, discusses reasons to use it including being free and open source, and covers installing and using Ubuntu including applications, file management, installing software, user accounts, and the terminal. The session concludes with hands-on exercises in using common Ubuntu features and commands.
An Overview of Cocoa-based Agricultural Systems,Stylized Rural Transformation,Operationalizing Cameroon's Plan d'Urgence,An Ex Ante Economic Evaluation of Cameroon's Plan d'Urgence
Durable Solutions to Water Scarcity and Land Degradation, covering issues such as Rainfed:improving soil fertility,land and water management. Irrigation:revitalizing irrigation in Africa and Asia. Wastewater:recovering nutrients and other resources from solid and liquid waste streams. Basins:Managing water and land resources in major agricultural river basins in ways that meet the needs of people and ecosystems
This document summarizes lessons learned from breeding lowland rice varieties for sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the challenges of rice production in SSA, including low yields, lack of high-yielding varieties adapted to local conditions, and high post-harvest losses. It outlines IRRI's contributions to rice breeding in SSA over several decades, including developing NERICA varieties and training African scientists. The document emphasizes targeting drought tolerance, nutrient deficiencies, diseases, and other stresses in future rice breeding to meet the growing demand for rice in the region.
The document discusses changes to research for development (R4D) support due to reforms in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). This includes less operational funds, more units running on zero budgets, and Window 3 funding only lasting 2-3 years. In response, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is focusing on increasing efficiency, cutting costs, monitoring expenditures closely, and charging for services. Examples provided include decreasing staff and costs in facilities management, reducing power costs, utilizing information technology more efficiently, lowering stock holdings in supply chain, and making the conference center and publishing unit fully cost-recovering. The document outlines IITA's plans to prepare for these changes to R4
Economics of Cocoa,Profitability of Cocoa Farming in West Africa,What is the greatest threat to the cocoa supply?The R4D Context,Sustainable Tree Crops Development Alliance and Program,Synergies of the Partnership
Ecology and Biodiversity studies,Strategy for deploying biocontrol agents,IPM approach for flower thrips,Developing alternatives to cotton pesticides in Benin
Analysis and research on issues such as rehabilitation,ipm, and quality of cocoa in relation with other tree systems as well as its institutional issues. "Cassava and plantains are most widespread and economically important staples in food belt. Need to bring these crops along with cocoa."Jim Gockowski
1. The document provides an update on IITA's banana and plantain breeding program in West Africa.
2. The program focuses on classical breeding to develop varieties with disease resistance and improved yield, as well as pre-breeding techniques like chromosome doubling and hormone treatments to facilitate breeding of local landraces.
3. Activities are carried out in several West African countries in collaboration with national partners, focusing on variety development and testing, agronomic research, and establishing germplasm collections.
Developing alternatives to cotton pesticides in Benin (Dutch Embassy in Benin),Impact of different control methods on bollworm numbers and cotton yield in Northern Benin,Development of delivery systems,Feasibility for IPM of cashew pests (BMZ):new challenges in insect ecology.
classifications of pesticides,purchase and storage of pesticides,measuring and mixing of pesticides,Pesticide Use in the Field,Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning...
The Art and Practice of Knowledge Transfer,Four Generations of Learning Styles,The Process,Methods of Transferring Knowledge,Barriers to Knowledge Transfer,Incentives to Knowledge Transfer and Benefits of Knowledge Transfer
This document summarizes recent activities and achievements in breeding the next generation of cassava varieties for Africa. It discusses approaches to enhance cassava productivity and market-preferred traits through improved varieties. Key points include:
1) National pre-release trials have identified varieties with specific adaptation to different agro-ecological zones and identified mega-environments for optimal resource use.
2) 12 varieties have been officially released in Nigeria within 3 years through an active variety release and delivery pipeline.
3) Research is developing micronutrient-dense varieties to address vitamin and mineral deficiencies, with candidates identified for on-farm testing of yellow-fleshed varieties with higher carotene.
4) Critical
Production of transgenic bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease,Genetic Transformation of Bananas,Development of nematode resistant plantain,Genetic Transformation of Plantain
:Why Occupational safety,Important factors of Occupational safety in Agriculture.causes and common types of accidents.Occupational safety is very important and it is the joint responsibility of all: the government,the employer and the worker.
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable ...apaari
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources - Role of Bioversity International by Zhang Zongwen
This document summarizes the biotechnology and genetic improvement strategies of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). It outlines IITA's strategic objectives which include enhancing genetic resources management, improving plant breeding efficiency, and monitoring biological systems. The strategies involve managing a germplasm bank, applying tools for genotyping and phenotyping, using transgenic approaches, and deploying improved crops. Recent accomplishments are noted such as releasing new cassava, cowpea, and maize varieties in multiple countries in partnership. Diagnostic tools for virus detection in yam were also developed. Upcoming workshops will focus on genetic improvement topics such as stress tolerance, data management, and private sector engagement.
This document summarizes the work of IITA on biotechnology and genetic improvement. It discusses IITA's strategic objectives such as enhancing genetic resources, plant breeding efficiency, and biological system monitoring. It then outlines IITA's strategies and initiatives for genetic improvement of staple crops including management of genetic resources, use of tools for genotyping and phenotyping, transgenic approaches, and partnerships. Specific projects are mentioned such as the Cassavabase database and development of virus-free yam varieties. Breeding achievements in various crops and countries in recent years are also highlighted.
Country Status Reports on Agricultural Biotechnology - Bangladeshapaari
1. Bangladesh has national strategies and policies in place to support agricultural biotechnology research, including a National Biotechnology Policy from 2012.
2. Several research institutes are involved in biotechnology work, but capacity development is needed, including more specialized manpower, training opportunities, and infrastructure upgrades.
3. Priority areas of research include developing stress-tolerant crop varieties, molecular characterization of germplasm, and genetic improvement of livestock and fish. Challenges include ensuring food security and a lack of funding and international partnerships.
* To have a better understanding of cassava as a crop
* To identify key traits for characterization
* Phenotyping skills developed for key traits
* To identify and follow good principles for hybridization work (from parents, crosses, data collection, seed collection storage, delivery and planting)
* To demonstrate unique processes with different trials
* Biotech tools and delivery
* Team work and collaboration
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Introduction to prebreeding component of CWR project CWR Project
This document summarizes a global initiative to collect, conserve, and utilize crop wild relatives to help adapt agriculture to climate change. It discusses the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which funds conservation of crop diversity collections. It also mentions the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and a 10-year project to collect wild relatives of 26 target crops in developing countries. The document outlines strategies for pre-breeding collected wild relatives with cultivated crops to transfer useful traits, especially drought and heat tolerance, and notes challenges like wildness of traits. It also summarizes an expert survey on priority species and traits for pre-breeding in the context of climate change.
What do we have to lose? Generating crop diversity and threat monitoring info...Bioversity International
Ehsan Dulloo, Bioversity International Conservation and Availability Programme Leader, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
It is said that “you can't manage what you don't measure”. The unprecedented global loss of agricultural species, varieties and associated traditional knowledge is of increasing concern, threatening the provisioning, regulatory, supporting and cultural ecosystem services of importance to the livelihoods of the poor as well as the welfare of broader society. Such services include such public goods as maintaining agroecosystem resilience and future option values.
Unfortunately, although many crop genetic resources (CGR) are widely recognized as being threatened, there is only limited information available regarding actual status. Only isolated efforts at monitoring have been undertaken. Conventional monitoring efforts, where they exist at all, have been subject to limitations due to ad hoc approaches that lack rigorous survey and sampling approaches, do not adequately account for search effort costs or systematically involve the participation of local-level actors, and are usually based on collections instead of direct observations in the field. Furthermore, the links between specific CGR conservation levels/configurations and the provision of specific ecosystem services are poorly understood.
There is thus an urgent need for the development of a systematic approach to the monitoring of CGR. This presentation draws on the outcome of a recent Bioversity International/CIP international expert workshop aimed at the development of such an approach. The proposed multi-scale approach builds on a wide range of existing monitoring experiences and a review of the literature related to agricultural biodiversity-relevant ecosystem services. A number of proposed indicators that could be used to assess CGR threat levels, be used for monitoring purposes and/or assist in evaluating ecosystem service public/private good trade-offs arising from agricultural intensification are presented, with a view to supporting the potential for prioritizing, designing and implementing on-farm/in situ conservation measures that actively involve farmers, support livelihoods, complement existing ex situ conservation efforts and facilitate access and benefit sharing.
Find out more about Bioversity International work on conserving crop diversity on the farm and in the wild http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/
Role of CGIAR System in Germplasm Conservation and Exchange.pptxBanoth Madhu
Banoth Madhu: Role of CGIAR System in Germplasm Conservation and Exchange. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Formation: 1971, Type; Partnership of funders and international agricultural research centers, Purpose; To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership. Headquarters; Montpellier, France, Main organ; CGIAR Fund, CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, Independent Science and Partnership Council
This document summarizes the current status of agricultural biotechnologies in sub-Saharan Africa. It outlines the challenges facing African agriculture, including low productivity, biotic and abiotic stresses, and limited research capacity. It then describes the state of application of biotechnologies for crops and livestock. Several initiatives to build biotechnology capacity are discussed, including the BecA-ILRI Hub which provides training and technology platforms. The document concludes by examining the enabling policy environment and calling for increased cooperation, investment, and linkage between research and industry to transform African agriculture through biotechnology.
GRiSP - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013cgxchange
GRiSP is a global partnership led by IRRI that coordinates rice research and development among international organizations to address challenges facing rice production. Its goals are to increase rice production sustainably, affordably, and profitably for farmers through coordinated global action. GRiSP's second phase (GRiSP II) will focus on developing improved rice varieties and management practices, strengthening partnerships, building capacity, and empowering women to work towards outcomes of increased yields, reduced poverty and hunger, and enhanced environmental sustainability of rice systems. Key research themes include genetic diversity, breeding, natural resource management, value addition, policy and impact, and capacity and delivery.
TL III Genetic Gains Program improvement Plan_Cowpea_BurkinaTropical Legumes III
The cowpea breeding program at INERA in Burkina Faso aims to improve cowpea varieties through farmer-preferred traits like resistance to pests and diseases. The program was established in 1978 in collaboration with IITA and has released over 30 varieties. However, the program is limited by having only one permanent cowpea breeder and needs additional infrastructure, staff, and training. Plans to strengthen the program include collaborating more with international partners, reducing variety release timelines, improving database management, and upgrading facilities.
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Private sector plant breeding programs have structured research and development pipelines that involve multiple phases from discovery to product launch. They utilize marker-assisted selection, biotechnology, agronomy, and informatics across their breeding, quality assurance, trait analysis, and intellectual property protection efforts. Large investments are made in personnel and facilities, with resources allocated across disciplines and streamlined without duplication. Partnerships supplement internal work.
RTB received excellent reviews and recognition in 2014-2015 for its performance and impact. It was the only CRP to receive an "excellent" rating in annual reporting to the CO in both years. RTB also received praise for its gender research and reporting. Externally, RTB received the best review of six CRPs read so far and was granted additional funding from DFID based on its performance. RTB is working to strengthen scientific collaboration across disciplines and centers, enhance its gender portfolio, and diversify funding sources including a new $11.6 million project on cassava seed systems funded by BMGF.
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(1) IITA is the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, established in 1967 and headquartered in Ibadan, Nigeria with 21 stations in 30 countries. (2) IITA adopted DataCite DOIs in 2017 through the British Library Consortium to create a trusted institutional data repository meeting FAIR data principles. (3) IITA mints DOIs through an automatic Python script integrating with its Cassavabase database, and manually through its Fabrica portal, to increase data visibility, citation, and improve data management practices.
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The document discusses methods for producing yam mother plants and cuttings for propagation. It describes selecting healthy mother plants with balanced nutrient content and avoiding nitrogen fertilizer before taking cuttings. Cuttings should contain a node, leaf, and stem pieces and be treated with fungicide before planting. With good management, cuttings can root within 10 days without hormones.
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This document summarizes a study on identifying the preferences of cassava product ("gari") end users in Benue State, Nigeria. The study found that farmers preferred cassava varieties with heavy, long roots that are not rotten or woody, while processors preferred varieties with white, dry peeled roots and less water in the mash. Marketers and consumers preferred gari that is shiny, dry, heavy, sweet with no lumps or smooth and white in color. The preferences identified will help breeders develop new cassava varieties that meet the needs of all end users.
The document discusses a study on the perception of quality in yam landraces among value chain actors in yam producing areas of Nigeria. It finds that Faketsa, Igum, Opoko, and Ushu are the most commonly cultivated varieties for pounded yam and yam flour production. Yam flour is typically processed from fresh yams through washing, peeling, cutting, drying, and grinding. Smoothness and mouldability are key factors in accepting pounded yam and yam fufu. The study recommends further research on Faketsa's qualities for pounded yam and yam flour to aid variety selection for these products.
1. The study evaluated the quality attributes of cookies flavored with Aidan (Tetrapleura tetraptera) as a substitute for vanilla. 2. Results showed that increasing the substitution level of Aidan for vanilla increased proximate nutrients but decreased carbohydrates and energy. 3. Cookies with 75% Aidan substitution had similar taste and crispness to the 100% vanilla cookie but were most acceptable overall to consumers.
This document reports on a study that analyzed the chemical, functional, and pasting properties of flours produced from four varieties of unripe plantain. The objectives were to determine the chemical composition, functional properties, pasting properties, and color parameters of the different plantain flours. Materials and methods included obtaining four varieties of plantain, producing the flours using various processing steps, and analyzing the flours for moisture, ash, protein, fat, fiber, starch, sugar, minerals, functional properties using various tests, pasting properties using a rapid visco analyzer, and color parameters. The results showed differences between varieties in the measured properties, with some varieties having higher nutritional or functional qualities. The conclusions were that the
The document studied the effect of different drying methods on the carotenoid content of yellow maize varieties. It found that air drying maize grains under shade at 20°C was the most effective method for retaining carotenoids, as it exposed the grains to milder environmental conditions compared to sun drying and oven drying. Analysis of variance showed significant differences in carotenoid levels between drying methods and maize varieties. Air drying was recommended over other methods to preserve high pro-vitamin A content in maize grains.
This document summarizes a survey of dried plantain chip processors in Ondo State, Nigeria. It describes the background and methods used in the survey. Key findings include that most processors are women between the ages of 25-40 who view chip processing as difficult work. Common challenges included the time-consuming nature, pest infestation during storage, and weather issues during drying. The conclusion recommends addressing animal contamination during drying and limiting the use of toxic preservatives to improve product quality and safety.
The document examines the effect of crop diversification on food and nutrition security among smallholder farming households in Nigeria. It analyzes data from the 2015 Nigerian General Household Survey on 2,041 households. It finds that crop diversification has a positive impact on dietary diversity, increasing it by 10.9%, but negatively impacts subjective food security. However, households with greater crop diversification had a 53.8% higher likelihood of being food secure. The study thus concludes that while crop diversification improves nutrition, broader support is still needed for farming households to ensure food security.
The document summarizes a study on the apparent retention of carotenoids in ogi flour made from different provitamin A maize genotypes. It finds that PVA SYN HGBC0 showed the highest carotenoid and provitamin A retention after processing ogi flour, making it the best genotype studied for producing nutritious ogi. The study aims to establish how processing affects carotenoid levels in ogi, an important food in Nigeria, to reduce micronutrient deficiencies in children.
The document assessed the level of consumption of pro-vitamin A cassava products among rural households in Nigeria. It found low levels of consumption of products like tapioca, flakes, and vitamin-fortified baked goods. Consumption varied by state, with Akwa Ibom having the highest levels. It recommends increasing production of value-added products and nutritional education campaigns to boost consumption and reduce vitamin A deficiency.
Professor Janice Olawoye had a 38-year career as a Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Ibadan, where she served in various administrative roles including Head of Department and Dean. She supervised 30 PhDs and many other students and published over 70 papers. Professor Olawoye also consulted for international development organizations and worked with IITA on workshops, advisory boards, and fellowship programs. She is married with four sons and six grandchildren.
inqaba Biotec is Africa's leading genomics company that aims to catalyze Africa's prosperity through genomics. It offers core services including oligonucleotide synthesis, DNA sequencing using ABI3130XL, ABI3500XL, and Illumina MiSeq platforms, SNP genotyping, bioinformatics, and molecular diagnostic solutions. inqaba Biotec works to address challenges African researchers face regarding logistics, technical know-how, cost, and support through its partnerships and local services. Its vision is to remain a leading genomics company in Africa.
Janice E. Olawoye presented on adaptation to climate change and indigenous and formal mitigation strategies. She discussed how climate change negatively impacts people through changes in weather patterns, threats to food security and health. Indigenous communities have adapted through practices like multiple cropping and migration. However, increased frequency and intensity of climate events requires more formal strategies like afforestation, drought-resistant crops, and early warning systems. Adaptation is needed to support livelihoods as traditional strategies are no longer sufficient. Gender must also be considered in climate policies and projects to address women's increased burdens. Individual actions like conserving resources and research can contribute to addressing this challenge.
The document discusses managing climate-driven biological risks through a One Health approach. It outlines strategies such as developing early warning and rapid response systems through a farmer interface app connected to pest forecasting tools. The document also discusses building capacity, especially among youth, on modeling species distributions under climate change scenarios. Climate change is expected to impact insect distributions and life cycles, threatening food security. An integrated approach considering human, animal, and ecosystem health is needed to address emerging risks.
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CRP 3.4 Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food Security and Income
1. CRP 3.4 Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food
Security and Income
Goal:
Sustainable productivity increases for global food security
by exploiting untapped potential of roots, tubers, and
bananas (RTB) to:
• Improve nutrition and food security
• Increase income generation
• Foster improved livelihoods for women, youth, children &
other vulnerable groups
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2. CRP 3.4 RTB
Untapped potential:
• RTBs are grown by 500+ million farmers
• Major staples (among 10 most consumed crops)
• Excellent sources of energy and some key nutrients
• Locally produced and traded; complement cereals in robust
and diverse world food system
• Often the backbone of food & income security
• Frequently neglected by policy makers and R&D agencies
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3. CRP 3.4 RTB
Expected impacts:
120 million direct and indirect beneficiaries in the next five
years among small-scale RTB farmers, families, &
communities in some of the poorest regions of Asia, Africa,
Pacific, Latin America, & Caribbean
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4. CRP 3.4 RTB
The Crops:
• Banana and plantain
• Cassava
• Potato
• Sweetpotato
• Yam
• “Minor” roots and tubers
– Tropical (e.g. cocoyam)
– Andean roots and tubers
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5. CRP 3.4 RTB
Partners:
• CIP (lead)
• IITA
• CIAT
• Bioversity International
• Other research-for-development stakeholders
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6. CRP 3.4 RTB
Why a CRP for RTB?
• RTBs have similar breeding systems for trait improvement
and some critical traits in common
• RTBs are clonally propagated leading to similarities in
seed multiplication systems
• RTBs often play a similar role in food systems as starchy
and perishable non-cereal crops
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7. CRP 3.4 RTB
Why a CRP for RTB?
• CRP RTB will create economies of scale and scope as
scientists involved in the conservation and use of RTB:
– explore common research questions,
– share labs
– develop common tools and methods
– coordinate work at common sites, for example, by
supporting seed systems with two or more RTB crops
– build capacity together
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8. CRP 3.4 RTB
Themes:
1. Conserving and accessing genetic resources
2. Accelerating the development and selection of varieties
with higher, more stable yield and added value
3. Managing priority pests and diseases
4. Making available low cost, high quality planting material
for farmers
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9. CRP 3.4 RTB
Themes:
5. Developing tools for more productive, ecologically robust
cropping systems
6. Promoting postharvest technologies, value chains, and
market opportunities
7. Enhancing impact through partnerships
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10. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 1. Conserving and accessing genetic resources
• PL 1. Ex‐situ and in‐situ conservation methodologies
optimized
• PL 2. Increased coverage of gene pools in global
genebanks
• PL 3. International collections of RTB phenotyped and
genotyped for important traits
• PL 4. International collections of RTB documented and
information freely accessible to users
• PL 5. Safe exchange of RTB genetic resources
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11. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 2. Accelerating the development and selection of
varieties with higher, more stable yield and added
value
• PL 1. Breeding tools, strategies, and approaches
• PL 2. Trait capture and gene discovery
• PL 3. Population development and pre‐breeding
• PL 4. Variety development
• PL 5. Aligning research with farmers‟ and end‐users‟
priorities
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12. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 3. Managing priority pests and diseases
• PL 1. Detection, surveillance, and mapping
• PL 2. Ecology, biology, and epidemiology of pests and
diseases
• PL 3. Ecology and management of beneficial organisms
• PL 4. Specific management strategies
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13. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 4. Making available low‐cost, high‐quality
planting material for farmers
• PL 1. Policies, strategies, and decision support tools to
improve effectiveness of seed systems
• PL 2. Lower cost, more effective mass propagation
methods
• PL 3. Farmer‐based quality seed production and
management methods
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14. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 5. Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
• PL 1. Ecological and physiological understanding of RTB
crops and cropping systems
• PL 2. Increasing productivity in RTB cropping systems
through nutrient/water/light management practices
• PL 3. Integrated decision and management tools for RTB
crops
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15. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 6. Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
• PL 1. Postharvest approaches to improve food security
• PL 2. Improving linkages to markets for environmentally
friendly income generation activities
• PL 3. Marketing strategies and policies to add value and
promote RTB consumption
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16. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme 7. Enhancing impact through partnerships
• PL 1. Targeting and setting priorities
• PL 2. Building effective partnerships
• PL 3. Communication and knowledge sharing
• PL 4. Capacity strengthening
• PL 5. Outcome and impact assessment
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17. CRP 3.4 RTB
Fig. 1 Organization
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18. CRP 3.4 RTB
Steering Committee (SC):
• provide strategic oversight of the overall performance
• approve the strategic and annual plans and budget
allocations
• oversee annual performance of the PD
• arbitrate disputes as the last instance before these are
brought to the Consortium Board.
• Composition: DGs of the four CGIAR founding partners
of the CRP, a representative of the Lead Center Board
(LCB), possibly two independent members, and the PD
as an ex‐officio member. The DG of the lead center will
chair the SC.
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19. CRP 3.4 RTB
Management Committee (MC):
• The MC will be the key strategic and executive entity and
will be responsible for the establishment, execution, and
monitoring of the full CRP‐RTB research portfolio,
including the development of strategy, work plans and
business plans, and annual budgets.
• Composition: DDGs-Research of Bioversity, CIP, CIAT
and IITA, as well as the Program Director. A DDG-R may
delegate their representation to „ another high‐level
research officer‟ of their Center. The Program Director
(PD) will chair the MC
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20. CRP 3.4 RTB
Program Management Unit (PMU)
• The PD will be assisted by a small PMU, composed of a
group of staff fully dedicated to support the CRP‐RTB
management.
• The PMU will consist of one high‐level research officer
(RO), one contract and finance officer (C&FO), and a
communications officer (CO)
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21. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme Leaders:
• Leadership of the seven themes will be distributed
among the four centers. Theme leaders will be elected
according to a set of criteria agreed by the MC and
approved by the SC. The MC will ensure an equitable
distribution of roles among the four centers based on
competencies and the level of investment in a particular
theme.
• IITA will lead one or more themes. The DG or DDG‐R4D
will propose one candidate for any theme for which we
believe we should play a theme leader role.
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22. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme leaders, reporting to the MC, will:
• Identify and promote cross‐cutting synergistic research
activities for their theme.
• Ensure integration across themes.
• Facilitate preparation of annual or medium‐term research
plans, budgets, and annual reports for their theme in
coordination with focal points for the theme in the other
centers and the PMU.
• Contribute to midterm and final evaluations at three and
six years.
• Respond to other requests for support related to the
appropriate functioning of the CRP from the PD
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23. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme Investments by Center (US $ millions)
Research Theme Base Scenario
2011 - 2013
BI CIAT CIP IITA Total
T1 Genetic resources - conservation & access 4.7 3.1 1.9 9.9 19.6
T2 Varieties - high, stable yield & added value 1.4 4.6 28.1 13.8 47.9
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases 4.5 2.2 5.2 8.0 19.9
T4 High-quality planting materials 2.3 1.8 6.0 7.4 17.5
T5 Ecologically robust cropping systems 4.5 2.5 2.6 3.0 12.5
T6 Postharvest tech., value chains, markets 2.9 1.8 3.3 6.8 14.7
T7 Impact through partnerships 5.2 1.3 5.1 4.0 15.6
Sub total 25.4 17.3 52.2 52.8 147.7
Institutional overhead 5.1 3.0 9.1 10.5 27.7
Total before CRP Management Cost 30.5 20.3 61.3 63.3 175.4
CRP Management Cost (4%) 1.2 0.8 2.4 2.6 7.0
Total 31.7 21.1 63.7 65.9 182.4
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24. CRP 3.4 RTB
Theme Investments by Crop (US $ millions)
Research Theme Base Scenario
2011 - 2013
Other
Potato SWP Banana Cassava Yams RTB Total
T1 Genetic resources 0.3 0.2 7 8 2.6 1.5 19.6
T2 Varieties 12.3 14.3 4.6 11.4 3.6 1.7 47.9
T3 Pests and diseases 3.2 2 6.4 6 2.1 0.1 19.9
T4 Planting materials 3.5 2.5 4 5.4 1.9 0.1 17.5
T5 Cropping systems 1.3 1.2 5.2 3.8 0.8 0.1 12.5
T6 Postharvest tech. 1.9 0.5 4.5 5.1 1.8 1.1 14.7
T7 Impact 1.2 3.9 6.1 3.3 1.0 0.1 15.6
Sub total 23.7 24.7 37.9 43.0 13.8 4.6 147.7
Institutional overhead 4.1 4.3 7.7 8.0 2.7 0.8 27.7
Total before Mgt. Cost 27.8 29.0 45.6 51.0 16.5 5.4 175.4
CRP Management Cost 1.2 1.1 1.8 2.1 0.7 0.2 7.0
Total 29.0 30.1 47.4 53.1 17.2 5.6 182.4
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