This document summarizes a presentation given by Wayne Powell at an ISPC meeting on September 15th 2014. The presentation discussed changes in the expectations of science and research, including developments in genome editing, synthetic biology, and integrative approaches. It provided analyses of CGIAR's publication output, impact, research programs, collaboration networks, and strategic fit. It also summarized CGIAR's current portfolio and proposed a new framework oriented around challenges rather than individual commodities. Key messages included the need for strategic focus, innovation, excellence, impact, partnerships, and clear criteria for assessing success.

1. Wayne Powell
ISPC Meeting
September 15th 2014

3. The expectations of Science &
Research has changed dramatically

4. Genome Editing & Synthetic biology &
integrative approaches.
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5. Systems approach for BIG DATA

6. Publication Impact to Inform Future Strategies
• Analysis current landscape of CGIAR in terms of publication output
both in quantity and quality.
• Comparative Analysis and World Benchmarking.
• Analysis of CGIAR Research Programs
– Output
– Impact
– Research Collaboration
– Research Excellence

7. Elsevier Research Output and Collaboration
Study 2014
Research outputs are a traditional
measure of research intensity:
7,929 Ag & Biological Sciences
2,378 Environmental
Sciences
1,358 Social sciences

8. Benchmarking of CGIAR Publication Outputs

9. Citations per article.

10. Field weighted citations

11. Publication output across the 15 Centres

12. Environmental Sciences and FWCI

13. Consortium of International Agricultural Research
Centers-Responsibilty

14. Current CGIAR portfolio
• Maize
• Wheat
• Rice
• Roots, Tubers & Bananas
• Dryland Cereals
• Grain Legumes
• Livestock and Fish
• Managing & Sustaining Crop
Collections
• Policies, Institutions & Market
• Agriculture for Nutrition & Health
• Humid Tropics
• Aquatic Agricultural Systems
• Dryland Systems
• Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
• Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
• Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

15. CRP spending from inception to the end 2013 (see
Portfolio Report)
Spent during 2013 TOTAL spent since start to end 2013
Initially Approved Budget
W1/2 W3/Bil Total W1/2 W3/Bil Total W1/2 W3/Bil Total
CRP Name Start Date
Dryland Systems January 2012 70,333 62,392 132,725 11,711 23,536 35,247 20,814 45,153 65,967
Humidtropics July 2012 69,192 75,225 144,418 11,819 14,053 25,872 18,989 28,896 47,885
AAS July 2011 32,273 27,147 59,420 12,810 13,647 26,457 22,904 29,289 52,193
PIM January 2012 140,830 124,403 265,233 27,023 65,851 92,874 42,327 128,537 170,864
WHEAT January 2012 40,966 186,583 227,549 11,737 20,756 32,493 23,229 50,044 73,273
MAIZE July 2011 44,700 193,116 237,816 13,055 42,874 55,929 29,299 129,540 158,839
GRiSP July 2011 382,690 210,700 593,390 34,500 56,712 91,212 104,221 183,229 287,450
RTB January 2012 135,600 47,500 183,100 29,370 39,629 68,999 51,677 71,891 123,568
Grain Legumes July 2012 61,631 77,504 139,135 19,717 27,870 47,587 27,184 44,707 71,891
Dryland Cereals July 2012 26,834 57,494 84,328 7,835 8,359 16,194 11,050 12,575 23,625
L&F January 2012 35,183 84,525 119,708 11,385 13,040 24,425 19,103 22,338 41,441
A4NH January 2012 93,631 97,769 191,400 26,079 43,951 70,030 35,250 95,768 131,018
WLE January 2012 163,781 82,472 246,253 23,773 34,701 58,474 46,132 67,815 113,947
FTA July 2011 90,282 142,635 232,917 27,208 52,039 79,247 67,682 113,601 181,283
CCAFS July 2011 323,900 68,600 392,500 42,022 24,288 66,310 120,076 65,948 186,024
TOTAL 1,711,826 1,538,065 3,249,892 310,044 481,306 791,350 639,937 1,089,331 1,729,268

16. CRP spending by category
TOTAL spent since start to end 2013
Initially Approved Budget Spent during 2013
W1/2 W3/Bil Total W1/2 W3/Bil Total W1/2 W3/Bil Total
CRP Name
Dryland Systems 70,333 62,392 132,725 11,711 23,536 35,247 20,814 45,153 65,967
Humidtropics 69,192 75,225 144,418 11,819 14,053 25,872 18,989 28,896 47,885
AAS 32,273 27,147 59,420 12,810 13,647 26,457 22,904 29,289 52,193
SYSTEMS 171,798 164,764 336,563 36,340 51,236 87,576 62,707 103,338 166,045
WHEAT 40,966 186,583 227,549 11,737 20,756 32,493 23,229 50,044 73,273
MAIZE 44,700 193,116 237,816 13,055 42,874 55,929 29,299 129,540 158,839
GRiSP 382,690 210,700 593,390 34,500 56,712 91,212 104,221 183,229 287,450
RTB 135,600 47,500 183,100 29,370 39,629 68,999 51,677 71,891 123,568
Grain Legumes 61,631 77,504 139,135 19,717 27,870 47,587 27,184 44,707 71,891
Dryland Cereals 26,834 57,494 84,328 7,835 8,359 16,194 11,050 12,575 23,625
L&F 35,183 84,525 119,708 11,385 13,040 24,425 19,103 22,338 41,441
COMMODITY 727,604 857,422 1,585,026 127,599 209,240 336,839 265,763 514,324 780,087
A4NH 93,631 97,769 191,400 26,079 43,951 70,030 35,250 95,768 131,018
WLE 163,781 82,472 246,253 23,773 34,701 58,474 46,132 67,815 113,947
FTA 90,282 142,635 232,917 27,208 52,039 79,247 67,682 113,601 181,283
CCAFS 323,900 68,600 392,500 42,022 24,288 66,310 120,076 65,948 186,024
PIM 140,830 124,403 265,233 27,023 65,851 92,874 42,327 128,537 170,864
NRM & GLOBAL 812,424 515,879 1,328,303 146,105 220,830 366,935 311,467 471,669 783,136

17. CRP total spent since start to 2013

18. Collaboration Network Crop Science $ 61.2m

19. University Spend co-occurrence plot and
strategic fit

20. Strategic Fit and Priorities

21. Key drivers for future CGIAR portfolio
• Excellent and high impact research is resource demanding
requiring strategic allocation of resources to create critical
mass, research concentration and absorbative capacity.
• Identify synergistic CRPs that are aligned to high level strategic
goals(SLOs)
• Ensure that all CRPs have strong intellectual leadership and Institutional
commitment.
• Urgently address research tractable questions that includes work with
known and predictable applications as well as innovation that
accommodates serendipity and responds to emerging questions and
needs.
• Each CRP to produce a research and business plan that describes how
W1 & W2 funding will be allocated to address significant objectives with
global reach. In addition how bilateral funding (and others) will be used to
achieve ‘uplift objectives’.
• Incentivise the development of shared facilities e.g. SI and global HTP
genotyping platforms for global public goods.

22. Traditional view of current CGIAR portfolio
• Maize
• Wheat
• Rice
• Roots, Tubers & Bananas
• Dryland Cereals
• Grain Legumes
• Livestock and Fish
• Managing & Sustaining Crop
Collections
• Policies, Institutions & Market
• Agriculture for Nutrition & Health
• Humid Tropics
• Aquatic Agricultural Systems
• Dryland Systems
• Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
• Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
• Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

23. A prosperous, food secure and environmentally sustainable world
Reduced poverty Improved nutrition and
health
Improved natural
resource
management and ecosystems
services
systems)
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ling(
environment
livelihood(
coping(cap
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policies
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and(informa8on(
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base
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policies(for(
conserving(
forest(resources
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of aquatic and
marine
ecosystem
services
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conservation
and sustainable
use of water
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farm(water(
produc8vity
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agricultural(
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human health
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agricultural
practices
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dietary quality,
adequacy and
diversity
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accessibility(of(
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market access
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24. Research/Science Strategy: principles
• Focus around grand challenges to foster inter-disciplinary/integrative
approaches.
• Strategic focus on selected areas..
• Innovation fund & scientific risk taking
• Reinforce the scientific excellence and relevance agenda
• Balanced portfolio supported by modern systems and processes to ensure
impact of research.
• Strong and Contemporary Partnership model.
• Clarity on the business/finance model, increase attractiveness of W1 & W2
funding.
• Expectations: criteria for assessment of new CRPs & measurement &
acknowledgement of success.
• Capacity & infrastructure
• Big data informatics
• Next generation of researchers
– Leadership & management capacity and commitment
– Research environment
– Incentivisation for shared facilities

25. Summary
• Publication output and impact for both Centres and CRPs.
– Scientific Excellence
• Portfolio review and extension proposals
– Sci2 analysis of funding in relation to SLOs and IDOs
• CGIAR SRF
– Second call for CRPs
• Mid Term Review of CGIAR reform
– Bolder ambitious programs
– Innovation
– Partnerships
• Private sector
– Governance

26. Measurement of success !!
Sydney Brenner
“Which type of science to
fund is simple:
all science is problem
driven and should be
judged by the importance
of the problem and the
quality of the solutions
provided.”

27. Strategy: principles
• Technology revolution
• Growing and Changing markets and the bio-economy.
• R&D investment trends and role of the private sector
• Big data and informatics
• Capacity and capability
– Infrastructure investment
– New generation of researchers.

28. Key changes: sequencing and genomics

29. Genome revolution: sequenced genomes

30. The biosphere – nature’s
solutions

31. Reducing Food Waste

32. Data Science in Agriculture

33. CRPs total spent since start to 2013

34. Critical Mass & Centres of Excellence