Increase major staple food crop (cassava, yam, maize, banana/plantain, soybean, and cowpea) yields by 60% Increase average farm income by 50%, lifting 25% of poor households above the poverty line (over 11 million Africans) Reduce the number of malnourished children by 30% Restore 40% of farms to sustainable resource management (revitalizing over 7.5 million hectares of degrading farmlands)

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Management of Staff,
Modalities, & Materials in
Research Institutes
- Example of R4D at IITA
Robert Asiedu
IITA

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Strategic R4D Goals
• Increase major staple food crop (cassava, yam, maize,
banana/plantain, soybean, and cowpea) yields by 60%
• Increase average farm income by 50%, lifting 25% of
poor households above the poverty line (over 11 million
Africans)
• Reduce the number of malnourished children by 30%
• Restore 40% of farms to sustainable resource
management (revitalizing over 7.5 million hectares of
degrading farmlands)

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IITA Strategy Documents
• IITA 2012-2020 Refreshed Strategy
(crops & impact zones)
• Sub-regional: Central, East, South, & West Africa
• Thematic
– Biotechnology
– Genetic Improvement
– Natural Resources Management
– Social Science and Agribusiness
– Plant Production and Plant Health

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Key Crops

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Regional hubs
The structure
R4D
Scientists
West: 77
Central: 25
East: 36
South: 16

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Action on the
ground
Key Project
Sites

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Locations:
 60 in Nigeria (49 at Ibadan, 4 at Abuja, 7 at Kano station)
 5 at Cotonou station, Benin
 8 in Ghana (3 in Accra, 1 in Kumasi, 4 in Tamale)
 1 at Gbarnga, Liberia
 1 at Njala, Sierra Leone
 1 in Mali
 1 in Burkina Faso
Staff: IITA-Western Africa

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Disciplinary groupings:
Biotechnology & Genetic Improvement: 28
Social Science and Agribusiness: 13
Natural Resource Management: 9
Plant Production & Plant Health: 25
Cross-cutting:
(Food, Nutrition, & Health Sciences): 2
Staff: IITA-Western Africa

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Impact of Soybean Rust
10 g seeds = 196 (D), 89 (H)
0 7
1418
• Premature
defoliation
• 60-80% grain
yield loss
• Seed size
reduced
• HPR ideal for
African farmers
Source: Bandyopadhyay, 2010

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Source: Bandyopahyay, 2010
Rust Resistance Evaluation - Soybean

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Organogram
General Directorate
Western Africa
Hub
Biotech and
Genetic
Improvement
CRP 3.4
Genebank
Project 1,2,3
Central Africa
Hub
Eastern Africa
Hub
Southern Africa
Hub
Human Resources
Service
Supply Chain
Service
Information and
Communication
Technology
Service
Facilities
Management
Service
Finance
Directorate
Natural
Resource
Management
CRP 5
CRP 1.2
CRP 7
Project 1,2,3
Social Science
and Agribusiness
CRP 2
CRP 4
Project 1,2,3
Plant Production
and Plant Health
CRP 3.5
CRP 3.2
Project 1,2,3
Audit
Hub
Administration
Partnerships and Capacity
Development Directorate
Capacity
Development
Office
Project
Administration
Office
Communication
and Social
Marketing
Office
Partnership
Coordination
Office
Project
Development
Office
Board of
Trustees
Research for Development
(R4D) Directorate
Corporate Services
Directorate
Humidtropics
Program

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Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal
Criteria for Researchers
• Work Achievement
• Quality of Science
• Capacity building
• Communications
• Management
• Other professional
Activities
• Personal Effectiveness
• Timely response to call for
information, reports, or other
requests from management
• Mentoring peers and other
colleagues
• Managing staff effectively
• Participating in non-project activities
• Participating effectively in project
teams
• Contribution towards IITA reputation
• Acknowledging other colleagues
inputs
• Showing gender and diversity
sensitivity in the working place

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Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal
Criteria for non-researchers
• Assessment of Goals Performance
• Technical/Professional Knowledge
• Analytical Ability & Judgement
• Resourcefulness and Initiative
• Management of Staff
• Management of Resources
• Performance Under Pressure
• Interpersonal Relations

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