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

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SDR/TAC:IAR/99/1

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
February 1999

Table of Contents

SUMMARY

Opening Session
External Programme and Management Reviews

a) CIFOR EPMR
b) ICRAF EPMR

First External Review of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP)
Centre Financing Plans
TAC Study of CGIAR Commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean
1998 King Baudouin Award
CGIAR Logframe and Activity Classification
Future Reviews
CGIAR Study On Marginal Lands
Strategic Issues
Future Meetings
Other Business

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)
External Programme and Management Reviews (Agenda Item 2a) - CIFOR EPMR

TAC Commentary on the CIFOR EPMR

External Programme and Management Reviews (Agenda Item 2b) - ICRAF EPMR

TAC Commentary on the ICRAF EPMR

First External Review of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) (Agenda Item 3)

TAC Commentary on the First External Review of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme

Centre Financing Plans 1999 (Agenda Item 4)
TAC Study of CGIAR Commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (Agenda Item 5)
1998 King Baudouin Award (Agenda Item 6)

TAC Commentary on the 1998 King Baudouin Award

CGIAR Logframe and Activity Classification (Agenda Item 7)
Future Reviews (Agenda Item 8)

a) ILRI and ICLARM EPMRs
b) ICARDA, IIMI, and WARDA EPMRs
c) CIAT, IITA and CIP EPMRs
d) Review of Systemwide Programmes with an Ecoregional Approach
e) Inter-Centre Review of Cereals
f) Incorporation of gender data in future EPMRs
g) SCOER working arrangements
h) Consideration of review reports

CGIAR Study on Marginal Lands (Agenda Item 9)
Strategic Issues (Agenda Item 10)
Future Meetings (Agenda Item 11)
Other Business (Agenda Item 12)

Report of FAO
Poverty Workshops
Poverty as a Strategic Issue in TAC's Priority Setting
Research Returns Redux: A Meta-Analysis of Agricultural R&D Evaluations
Workshop on Assessment of Organizational Impacts of ISNAR's PM&E Project, Washington DC, 4-6 August 1998
Climate Change and Agriculture: CGIAR Research Relevant to Mitigation and Adaptation
NGO-TAC Interactions
System Review

ANNEXES

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