CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SCIENCE COUNCIL

Report of the Fifth External Programme Review of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

SCIENCE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
January 2004

 

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This document comprises:

a) Extract of Summary of Proceedings and Decisions, CGIAR Annual General Meeting, October 28-31, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya.

b) Letter from iSC Chair transmitting the Report of the Fifth External Programme Review of ICRISAT.

c) iSC Commentary on the Fifth External Programme Review of ICRISAT.

d) ICISAT's response to the Report of the Fifth External Programme Review.

e) Transmittal letter from Panel Chair to iSC Chair and CGIAR Director.

f) Report of the Fifth External Programme Review of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).


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CGIAR Annual General Meeting, 2003 (AGM03)

FOREWORD

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION: JUSTIFICATION, BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

1.1 Evolution of the CGIAR
1.2 The Need for International Research in the SAT
1.3 The Evolution of ICRISAT
1.4 ICRISAT Response to the Fourth EPMR

CHAPTER 2 - ICRISAT'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT

2.1 Centre-Wide Recognition
2.2 Genetic Resources and Enhancement
2.3 Crop and Natural Resources Management
2.4 Socioeconomics and Policy
2.5 Information Management

CHAPTER 3 - QUALITY OF ICRISAT RESEARCH, OUTPUTS AND STAFF

3.1 Priority Setting
3.2 Publications
3.3 Genetic Resources, Cultivars and NRM Products
3.4 Databases
3.5 Partnerships

CHAPTER 4 - THE VISION AND STRATEGY

4.1 ICRISAT's Vision and Strategy
4.2 International Public Goods and Comparative Advantage

CHAPTER 5 - THE GLOBAL THEMES

5.1 GT1 - Harnessing Biotechnology for the Poor
5.2 GT2 - Crop Improvement, Management and Utilization for Food Security and Health
5.3 GT3 - Water, Soil and Agro-biodiversity Management for Ecosystem Health
5.4 GT4 - Sustainable Seed Supply Systems for Productivity
5.5 GT5 - Enhancing Crop-Livestock Productivity and Systems Diversification
5.6 GT6 - SAT Futures and Development Pathways
5.7 The Desert Margins Programme (DMP)

CHAPTER 6 - PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

6.1 Board Oversight
6.2 Programme Organization and Management
6.3 Resource Allocation
6.4 Information and Communication
6.5 Physical Facilities

CHAPTER 7 - ICRISAT IN THE FUTURE

7.1 ICRISAT Today
7.2 ICRISAT in the Future

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

APPENDIX I PANEL COMPOSITION AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

APPENDIX II INTERIM TERMS OF REFERENCE AND GUIDELINES FOR THE FIFTH EXTERNAL PROGRAMME REVIEW OF ICRISAT

APPENDIX III ITINERARY OF THE EPR PANEL

APPENDIX IV DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO THE EPR PANEL BY ICRISAT

APPENDIX V FOURTH EPMR RECOMMENDATIONS, ICRISAT'S RESPONSE AND ACTION TAKEN AND FIFTH EPR PANEL OBSERVATIONS

APPENDIX VI LIST OF ACRONYMS


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