Report of the Seventieth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee













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SDR/TAC:IAR/96/21

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAC SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

November 1996

SEVENTIETH MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TO THE

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

(CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 30 July - 4 August 1996)


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SUMMARY

Opening Session
CGIAR Priorities and Strategies and 1998-2000 Medium-Term Resource Allocation Process
1997 Research Agenda
Systemwide Initiatives and Programmes
Future Reviews
King Baudouin Award
Future Meetings
Strategic Issues
Other Business

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)
CGIAR Priorities and Strategies and 1998-2000 Resource Allocation Process (Agenda Item 2)
The 1997 CGIAR Research Agenda (Agenda Item 3)
Systemwide Initiatives and Programme (Agenda Item 4)
Future Reviews (Agenda Item 5)

External reviews of centres
Stripe study of cereals
ASARECA-SPAAR study of the CGIAR technology development and delivery systems in eastern and central Africa
Study of CGIAR commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean
Study of the CGIAR research priorities for marginal lands

King Baudouin Award 1996 (Agenda Item 6)
Future Meetings (Agenda Item 7)
Strategic Issues (Agenda Item 8)

Future Role of TAC
Mechanisms for Incorporating Other Sources of Supply
Criteria for Assessing Marginal Lands
Measurements of Degradation
Dimensions of the External Environment

Other Business (Agenda Item 9)

CABI International
Candidate Information System
Sumatra
Impact Assessment and Evaluation
The New Review Model
Global Water Partnership

ANNEXES

Annex 1 - List of Participants
Annex 2 - Agenda
Annex 3 - List of Documents