"Hamlec"
4, Shelford Road
Whittlesford
Cambridge CB2 4PG
UNITED KINGDOM.
6 March 1996
Dear Don,
Study on Harvest and Postharvest Research
I am pleased to transmit to you the report of the study on strategic issues relating to CGIAR support for research on harvest and postharvest problems in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The study was conducted in two phases. Phase I concentrated on gathering information and sounding opinions. Phase II was concerned with synthesizing information and ideas gathered in Phase I, exposing the emerging synthesis to other opinions and writing the report.
While we encountered some difference in perspective, there was universal interest in the topic and a widely held view that the time has come to raise the profile within the CGIAR System of these important areas of work. This view is strongly reflected in the body of our report and in our recommendations.
I should like to thank you for inviting us to undertake this stimulating task. The panel members. Guy Poulter and Susan Poats, have given their unstinting support to the study, in spite of other calls on their time, and Guido Gryseels and his staff in the Secretariat have provided invaluable help. Vivian Timon assisted the panel during Phase I. In Phase II this work was continued by Filemon Torres, who analysed the information collected and contributed to the discussions in Rome.
Dr. Donald L. Winkelmann
Chair
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
355 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fé
New Mexico
87501 USA.
In arriving at our conclusions, we have not seen it as our role to be prescriptive, but to suggest strategic approaches that could rapidly evolve into substantive projects. In doing so, I trust we have done what was expected of us and fulfilled our terms of reference.
With kind regards and best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Michael H. Arnold
Panel Chair
