Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Technical Advisory Committee
TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
June 1997
This document comprises:
(a) Extract from "Summary of Proceedings and Decisions", CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting 1996, Jakarta, Indonesia(b) Letter from TAC Chairman transmitting the Report on Priorities and Strategies for Soil and Water Aspects of Natural Resources Management in the CGIAR
(c) Report on Priorities and Strategies for Soil and Water Aspects of Natural Resources Management in the CGIAR
and two background documents:
(i) Report on a Strategic Review of Natural Resources Management Research on Soil and Water(ii) Report on a Synthesis of Current Activities in Soil and Water Research in the CGIAR
Extract from "Summary of Proceedings and Decisions", CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting 1996, Jakarta, Indonesia
Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
1. Introduction and Background
1.1. Scope and Limitations
1.2. Justification
1.3. Previous Studies that have Recommended Soil and Water Aspects of NRM Research
1.4. Task Force Reports
1.5. The IFPRI Initiative: A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment2. Research on Natural Resources Management
2.1. Links between NRM and Sustainable Alleviation of Poverty
2.2. Lessons from Successes and Failures
2.3. The Role of International Public Sector Research in NRM2.3.1. The Role of the CGIAR
2.3.2. A Synthesis of Current Activities in Soil and Water Research in the CGIAR
2.3.3. CGIAR Links to Other Suppliers in NRM Research3. An Integrated Approach to NRM in the CGIAR
3.1. Integrated Natural Resources Management
3.2. Priorities for Soil and Water Research4.1. Criteria for Assessing the Relative Importance of the Substance of Proposals for INRM Research in the CGIAR System
4.2. Operational Factors to Consider in Assessing the Relative Merits of Alternative Approaches
4.3. Alternative Structures
A Strategic Review of Natural Resources Management Research on Soil and Water
1.1. Scope
1.2. Objectives and Focus
1.3. Sustainability and Productivity
1.4. Land Use
1.5. Global Change
1.6. A Watershed Approach2. Critical Biophysical Processes
2.1. The Nutrient Cycle and the Chemical Fertility of the Soil
2.2. The Structure and Physical Protection of the Soil
2.3. Soil Organic Matter and the Carbon Cycle
2.4. The Plant Water Relationship
2.5. Other Hydrological Processes3. Critical Socioeconomic Processes
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Collective Action and Common Property Resources
3.3. Profiles of Benefits and Costs4. Soil and Water Problems - An Analysis of the Present Position
4.1. The Physical Framework
4.2. Assessment of Problems According to Terrain
4.3. Techniques and Benefits of Management
4.4. Applications and Uses of NRM Research
4.5. Three Cogent Questions for NRM Policy and Management Research5. Present Position of CGIAR Work
5.1. Soils and Plants Research
5.2. Hydrology and Water Use
5.3. Ecoregional Programmes
5.4. Socioeconomic, Policy and Public-Management Research6.1. Operational needs
6.2. Specific Research Topics
6.3. The Watershed Experiments
A Synthesis of Current Activities in Soil and Water Research in the CGIAR
2.1. Agricultural Land Types
2.2. The Scope of S&W Research
2.3. The Research Approach3. Gathering and Analyzing the Information
4. Allocation of Resources by CGIAR Centres to Soils and Water Research
4.1. Overall Resource Allocation to S&W Research
4.2. Agricultural Land Types
4.3. Research Scope
4.4. Research Approach