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













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SDR/TAC:IAR/98/16

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
August 1998


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SUMMARY

Opening Session
External Programme and Management Reviews

a) Fourth External Programme and Management Review of CIMMYT
b) Third External Programme and Management Review of IFPRI
c) Fifth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI

1999 Research Agenda
First External Review of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP)
Centre Commissioned External Review (CCERs)
CGIAR Logframe and Activity Classification
Reports from the Biotechnology Panels

a) Report of the CGIAR Panel on Proprietary Science and Technology
b) Report of the CGIAR Panel on General Issues in Biotechnology

CGIAR Study on Marginal Lands
Future Reviews
Future Meetings
Other Business

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)

Fourth External Programme and Management Review of CIMMYT (Agenda Item 2a)

TAC Commentary on the Fourth External Programme and Management Review of CIMMYT

Third External Programme and Management Review of IFPRI (Agenda Item 2b)

TAC Commentary on the Third External Programme and Management Review of IFPRI

Fifth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI (Agenda Item 2c)

TAC Commentary on the Fifth External Programme and Management Review of IRRI

The 1998 Research Agenda (Agenda Item 3)

Implications of Centre Proposals for CGIAR Priorities
TAC Commentary on Centre Proposals

First External Review of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) (Agenda Item 4)

Centre Commissioned External Reviews (CCERs) (Agenda Item 5)

CGIAR Logframe and Activity Classification (Agenda Item 6)

CGIAR Panel Reports on Biotechnology (Agenda Item 7)

a) Report of the CGIAR Panel on Proprietary Science and Technology

TAC Commentary on the Report of the CGIAR Panel on Proprietary Science and Technology

b) Report of the CGIAR Panel on General Issues in Biotechnology

TAC Commentary on the Report of the CGIAR Panel on General Issues in Biotechnology

CGIAR Study on Marginal Lands (Agenda Item 8)

Future Reviews (Agenda Item 9)

Future Meetings (Agenda Item 10)

Other Business (Agenda Item 11)

a) Climate Change
b) The Central Asia Proposal
c) The 1998 King Baudouin Award
d) ICRISAT's Progress in the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Fourth External Review

TAC Commentary on ICRISAT's Response to the Recommendations of the Fourth External Review

ANNEXES

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