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Report of the Sixth External Program and Management Review (EPMR) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - CGIAR

Year of publication 2008

Pages 263

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department)

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the longest established Centers of the CGIAR and currently is the largest in terms of budget. IITA’s target is the improvement of African development through research on agriculture. The Sixth External Program and Management Review of the Center took place between March and June 2007. The review was conducted at a time when the context of agricultural research in Africa is changing; there is both the stark reality of current poverty levels and population growth still to be accommodated (an anticipated increase of 80‐100 million more people by 2012) and a sense of renewed purpose. The Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of poor people is still within reach at the worldwide level, but many individual countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa will most likely not reach this goal and, in some, average poverty rates remain above 40 percent. The Africa Union’s NEPAD Comprehensive African Agricul tural Development Program (CAADP) helps provide a framework for harmonized and responsive action into which research efforts can fit.

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