Report of the Sixty-Fifth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR

Agenda Item: 16
Document No.: AGR/TAC:IAR:95/1.1
Distribution: General
Date: April, 1995

Mid-Term Meeting 1995
Nairobi, Kenya
May 22-26, 1995

Renewal of the CGIAR: From Decisions to Actions

Attached is the Report of the 65th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C. from October 17 to 22, 1995.

The document is transmitted for information and should be considered as background material to the TAC Chairman's Report.

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SDR/TAC:IAR/95/1.1

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
March 1995

Table of Contents

SUMMARY

CGIAR Priorities and Strategies
CGIAR Regional Commitments: A Case Study of West Africa
Improving the External Review Process in the CGIAR
Future Reviews
Information Management in the CGIAR
Systemwide and Ecoregional Initiatives and Implications of Programme Budgeting
Future Meetings
Other Business

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)
CGIAR Priorities and Strategies (Agenda Item 2)
CGIAR Regional Commitments: A Case Study of West Africa (Agenda Item 3)
Improving the External Review Process in the CGIAR (Agenda Item 4)
Future Reviews (Agenda Item 5)

External Reviews of Centres

CIP
CIAT
IITA

Planning of Future External Reviews

IFPRI and ISNAR
IPGRI and ICRISAT

Inter-Centre Reviews

Roots and Tubers Research
Stripe Study on Public Policy, Public Management and Institution Building Research
Strategic Study of Natural Resources Management Issues and Research Needs in the CGIAR, with emphasis on Soil and Water Constraints

Planning of Future Inter-Centre Reviews

Mid-Term Review of ICLARM

Information Management in the CGIAR (Agenda Item 6)
Systemwide and Ecoregional Initiatives and Implications of Programme Budgeting (Agenda Item 7)

(a) Issues arising from discussion of Systemwide and ecoregional proposals
(b) Review of responses received from the Centres

Future Meetings (Agenda Item 8)
Other Business (Agenda Item 9)

A Research Agenda for the Future
Postharvest Technology
International Workshop on Soil, Water and Nutrient Management Research, 26-30 September 1994, Zschortau, Germany

ANNEXES

Annex 1 - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Annex 2 - AGENDA
Annex 3 - LIST OF DOCUMENTS