CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
October 1993
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AGR/TAC:IAR/93/4
THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
INVESTMENT IN RICE RESEARCH IN THE CGIAR:
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Report of the Inter-Centre Review of Rice
Panel:
Grant Scobie (Chairman)
Donald McDonald
Robert WilleyGuido Gryseels (TAC Secretariat)
TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
February 1993
Letter from TAC Chairman transmitting the Report of the Inter-Centre Review of Rice
Strategy Statement on Rice Research in the CGIAR
Transmittal letter from Panel Chairman to TAC Chairman
1.1 A Dynamic Rice Economy
1.2 Evolving Research Issues
1.3 Growing Concern for the Environment
1.4 A Changing Research Climate
CHAPTER 2 - EMERGING RESEARCH NEEDS
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Three Major Themes
CHAPTER 3 - WHAT SHOULD THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRES DO?
3.1 The Role of the CGIAR
3.2 The Overall Level of Investment
3.3 Regional Balance
3.4 Balance Between Ecosystems
3.5 Balance Among Research Themes
CHAPTER 4 - HOW MIGHT THE CGIAR EFFORT BE STRUCTURED?
4.1 Current Situation of Rice Research in the CGIAR
4.2 Changing Role of the CGIAR
4.3 Evolving Reorganization and Responsibilities
4.4 Further Changes
4.5 Collaboration
B - Impact of Reallocation of Core Research Funding Across Regions
C - Estimates of Future Rice Needs and Sources of Growth
D - Organization of Rice Research in the CGIAR1
E - Inter-Centre Review of Rice: Terms of Reference
F - Panel Composition and Biographical Information