The document outlines Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle's role and plans as the leader of the CRP 3.4 program. As the leader, his goals are to coordinate research across participating centers through effective management, prioritize the "best science" for smallholder farmers, and demonstrate new ways of conducting research through scientific innovations and partnerships. He plans to achieve this through organizing the program into themes and streams to integrate work across different crops and functional areas. The document provides details on the program's governance structure, themes, streams and Luis's vision for coordinating research-for-development activities.

1. Luis Augusto
Becerra Lopez-Lavalle
PhD, M.Sc, B.Sc

2. Luis Augusto
Becerra Lopez-Lavalle
PhD, M.Sc, B.Sc

3. Luis Augusto
Becerra Lopez-Lavalle
PhD, M.Sc, B.Sc

4. Senior Scientist
Cassava Molecular Geneticist
Luis Augusto
Becerra Lopez-Lavalle
PhD, M.Sc, B.Sc

5. L. Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle
PhD, MSc, BSc
The Opportunities and Challenges of Leading a
Successful CRP3.4

6. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
What I know about CRP3.4
1. Learning
2. Understanding (Opportunities and Challenges)
My plans for CRP3.4 (Leadership)
1. Research-for-development (R4D)
2. Management
Personal style
Content

7. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
Lead Center Partner Centers

8. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
Outcomes

9. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
Outcomes Impact

10. Project Units
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
Outcomes Impact

11. Project Units
•Keeps the
whole RTB
on track
Impact-Partnership
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
Outcomes Impact

12. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

13. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Support
Structure

14. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Support
Structure
Program’s Divisional
Management

15. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Learning
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Support
Structure
Program’s Divisional
Management
Program’s Functional Structure - THE R4D ARM of the CRP-RTB and HEART of PPP

16. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Divisional
Management
T7
Program’s Support
Structure
Learning: THEME 7

17. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Understanding
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Divisional
Management
T7
•Keeps the whole RTB on track
Program’s Support
Structure
Scenario 1

18. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Understanding
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Divisional
Management
T7
Program’s Support
Structure
Scenario 2

19. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Divisional
Management
T7
Understanding
Program’s Support
Structure
Scenario 3

20. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Program’s Divisional
Management
T7
Understanding
S
Program’s Support
Structure
Scenario 4 

21. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
• Roots, tubers and banana crops are
important for the CGIAR
• Create adequate leadership to excel
SYNERGIES across crops within the
CG participating center through
effective coordination and integrated
management
• Do the “BEST SCIENCE” for the
resource poor
•“Must add value” to RTB crops over
and above individual Center
programs
•Prioritization, integration by
identifying:
• Cross-crop learning opportunities
• Spill-over possibilities
•Demonstrate there is NEW WAYS OF
DOING BUSINESS through
• Research investment
• Scientific breakthroughs and
innovations
Opportunities Challenges
Opportunities & Challenges

22. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Opportunities & Challenges
Functional Units

23. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
My plan as Leader: R4D
Program’s Divisional Management
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers

24. Functional Units
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
My plan as Leader: R4D
Program’s Divisional Management
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers

25. Functional Units
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
My plan as Leader: R4D
Program’s Divisional Management
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers
STARS
Science
Innovators

26. Functional Units
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Partnerships
My plan as Leader: R4D
Program’s Divisional Management
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers

27. S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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PL2 
PL3   
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Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
My plan as Leader
Management Themes and Streams

28. S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Breeding &
Agronomy
Biotechnology,
Genetics, Genomics &
Bioinformatics
Phenomics,
Biometrics &
Database
Pests,
Diseases
& Ecology
Biochemistry,
Nutrition &
Quality
Post Harvest, GIS,
Policy, Gender &
Markets
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PL2 
PL3   
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PL5      
Themes(ProjectUnits)
Streams (Functional Units)
Developing tools for more productive,
ecologically robust cropping systems
T5
Promoting postharvest technologies, value
chains, and market opportunities
T6
Enhancing impact through partnershipsT7
T1
Conserving and accessing genetic
resources
Accelerating “development and selection”
of varieties with higher, stable yield and
value added
T2
T3 Managing priority pests and diseases
T4
Making available low- cost, high- quality
planting material for farmers
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
PD & MT
My plan as Leader
Management Themes and Streams

29. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
My plan as Leader
Management Themes and Streams
•May causes participants to
experience excessive
reporting, which can be frustrating
and confusing
•Participants must have good
interpersonal skills
•Participants must adopt collegial
rather than vertical-type
relationships
•Show a strong commitment to
networking with R4D partners
Challenges
•Allows economies of scale within
functional units (Streams)
•Enables in-depth knowledge and
skill development
•Improve coordination across
product lines
•Makes integration and
standardization across product lines
easy
Opportunities

30. A vision for R4D on RTB:
To procure the best science and technology
toward fulfillment of RTB research needs and
realization of our vision for CRP 3.4
A vision for CRP 3.4-RTB
To conduct high‐quality, gender‐sensitive, and
results‐oriented collaborative R4D using the full
potential of RTB to contribute to the achievement
of the vision of the CGIAR
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
The Global Program

31. Mission:
Propose innovative R4D strategies that can
contribute to the realization of our vision for the
RTB, attaining scientific breakthroughs, and
expanding the RTB research frontier
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
The Global Program

32. CRP3.4 aims to deliver public goods and
build national R4D capacity to benefit
resource-poor small to medium-size
farmers (especially women), rural
communities and local organizations as
well as commercial farmers and
entrepreneurs. The success for
accomplishing this aim requires …
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Addressing the “vision”
In today’s world (under current crisis)

33. • Improved food security (quantity and quality)
for rural households thru RTB
• Competitive and sustainable RTB farming and
value chains
• Strengthened social and human capital at
different levels: communities, industries, and
local and national governments
• Sustainable management of water, soil and
biodiversity resources for growing RTB
• Sound policies for the sustainable use of RTB
in agri-food systems
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
and income
For progress

34. Goal:
To attain 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
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
The Global Program

35. • Agreed agenda
• Priority setting
• Strong cooperation
• Alliances with NARS, ARIs, NGOs, farmers and others
• Crop research programs through networking with
public and private partnership (PPP)
• Support from governments and communities
• Increased collaboration with the private sector
• Enhancement and expansion of financial position
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Strategic Action -
Immediate

36. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Strategic Action -
Immediate
• Aggressive strategy for increasing RTB funding
• It is estimated that 180 million people will directly benefit
from this program in the next 3 years
• We have a little more than US $ 1 investment per
beneficiary for the next 3 years
• My challenge will be to double this investment by 2015

37. • By fostering the international sharing
of knowledge, skills and technology on
RTB
• e.g. networks
• Capacity building on RTB research-for-
development to meet global demands
and support local livelihoods on those
depending on these crops
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Agenda: As a “BRIDGE”

38. • By helping partners and other
stakeholders to negotiate
acceptable transaction terms on
intellectual, genetic and other
proprietary assets on RTB
• e.g. SMTA-PGFRA, non-PGR, and
other public goods
CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Agenda: As a “BROKER”

39. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Priority Setting
• Productivity gains
• Poverty mapping
• Market-led opportunity
Thinking of END-USERS and SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT to serve the MISSION

40. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
End-user
Problem solving approach
1. Assess demand or
opportunity for impact
2. Identify constraints
3. Propose solutions
4. Use interventions
5. Find or develop technology
6. Deliver outputs to end-users
& markets
Developing a R4D proposal
1. Purpose(s)
2. Objective(s)
3. Activity plan
4. Results as per milestones
5. Outcomes leading to impacts
on Science and livelihoods
Implementing a R4D proposal

41. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Today’s Challenges
• Agenda: impact or public goods?
• Research: upstream or downstream?
• Term commitments: long or short?
• Focus: crop or system?
• Staff: team or individual stars?
• Funding: multilateral or country mission?
• Source: private or public sector?
R4D

42. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Gender equality
The RTB must remove any gender bias from
research processes as it will diminish science
excellence from product deployment and
knowledge transfer that ultimately decrease the
chance of impact

43. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
• Stakeholders (governments, investors or
donors, clients or beneficiaries)
• Funding (international, regional, national and
local, private, public, non-government)
• Internal institutional processes (what
organization’s models to pursue to satisfy
stakeholders
• Learning and growth (how to sustain the ability
to leverage resources, to change and improve)
Translating Vision into Action

44. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
• Stakeholders (governments, investors or
donors, clients or beneficiaries)
• Funding (international, regional, national and
local, private, public, non-government)
• Internal institutional processes (what
organization’s models to pursue to satisfy
stakeholders
• Learning and growth (how to sustain the ability to
leverage resources, to change and improve)
Translating Vision into Action

45. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Translating the vision (clarifying the vision and
gaining consensus)
Communicating and linking (educating, setting
goals, linking rewards to performance measures)
Business planning (setting targets, aligning strategic
initiatives, allocating resources, establishing
milestones)
Feedback and learning (articulating the share
vision, supplying strategic feedback, facilitating
strategy review and learning)
Managing the strategy

46. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Exploit before exploring new research fields (leveraging
existing assets, building a brand)
Diversify your research agenda (not all eggs in one basket)
Learn from previous undertakings (do not fall into same trap
twice, and pass best practice to next generation)
Manage change (radical fixing only at very select moment in
history, better to take an evolving approach)
Keep a long-term view (for organizing the work) but use
monitoring and evaluation tools in shorter periods (to assess
progress and correct the course)
Managing the strategy

47. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Exploit before exploring new research fields (leveraging
existing assets, building a brand)
Diversify your research agenda (not all eggs in one basket)
Learn from previous undertakings (do not fall into same trap
twice, and pass best practice to next generation)
Manage change (radical fixing only at very select moment in
history, better to take an evolving approach)
Keep a long-term view (for organizing the work) but use
monitoring and evaluation tools in shorter periods (to assess
progress and correct the course)
Enduring success – Comparative advantage

48. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Outstanding performance results from years of deliberate
practice and coaching, not an intimate talent of skills
Experts are made not born
New knowledge is about ideals and ideas (… and “top
managers are romantics who go in quest of the ideal”)
Time needed for becoming an organization of superb
professionals (not all are open to a quick fix)
Feedback (constructive and sometimes painful) shape the
skilled by challenging them to re-examine what they take for
granted
Knowledge-Creating Organization

49. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Lean, efficient, effective, responsive, flexible and
decentralized management to address R4D
Participatory “open-door” management
Bottom-up consensus building for organization renewal and
management that rewards performers
PREMIER CRP of excellence led by quality of Science and
strong alliances
End-user priority setting for impact on the poor drives the
R4D agenda and budget
Enhancing financial viability –all funding sources
My perspective for managing R4D

50. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
Personal Style
Stimulating working environment to enhance
researchers’ ingenuity (vs. medium-term plans, log
frames, intermediate result framework)
Sourcing grants beyond 3-year lifespan that provides
security for research undertakings
Networking throughout the research-for-development
continuum for technology exchange that ensures
impact
Management Options

51. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
R4D…
• Health
• Livelihoods
• Dreams

52. CRP 3.4: RTB Root, tubers, and
bananas for food,
security and income
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