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From: The Secretariat
May 13, 1994
AGR/TAC:IAR/94/6
TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
May 1994
Mid-Term Meeting, May 23-27, 1994
New Delhi, India
The CGIAR in the 21st Century: Options for Structural Change
At ICW93, the Group requested TAC to initiate a critical examination of CGIAR programmes in the context of the long-term vision, presented in 1990, and current funding trends, and to present MTM94 with options for structural change. TAC undertook this analysis at TAC 63 in March in Rome. A Preparatory Consultation for MTM94 on strategic issues, convened by the CGIAR Chair in Washington DC on April 13, 1994, requested TAC to present its analysis with options for change in two parts. The attached paper provides Part I of TAC's analysis. It contains the analytical framework used by TAC to underpin its deliberations and provides the Committee's views on options for a CGIAR structure in the longer term. Following discussion of this paper by the Group, TAC is prepared to proceed, if requested, with Part II of its analysis for discussion at ICW94.
This is one of four papers that will provide the background for the Group's discussion of "A Vision for the CGIAR".
Attachment
Distribution
CGIAR Members
Center Board Chairs
Center Directors
TAC Chair
TAC Members
TAC Secretariat
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - Technical Advisory Committee
2.1. Guiding Principles for TAC's Analysis
2.2. Medium- and Long-Term Vision of the CGIAR
2.3. CGIAR Priorities2.3.1. Activities
2.3.2. Regions
2.3.3. Agroecological Zones/Ecoregions
2.3.4. Production Sectors
2.3.5. Commodities2.4. Institutional Capacity, Governance and Management Considerations
2.4.1. Institutional Capacity
2.4.2. Governance and Management2.5. Improved Systemwide Efficiencies
2.5.1. Research
2.5.2. Research-Related Activities
2.5.3. Administration, Governance and Management
3. Towards a CGIAR Strategy for the 21st Century
3.1. The Future Role of the CGIAR
3.2. Highest Priority Programmes in the Long and Medium Term
3.3. Systemwide Initiatives
3.4. Structural Options for the CGIARGenetic resources
Cereals
Roots and tubers
Livestock
Aquatic resources management
Forestry and agroforestry
Public policy and public management/services to NARS
Other options
(i) Global mechanism for research on natural resources management
(ii) Global information and training service centreWest and Central Africa
East and Southern Africa
Latin America
Arid and semi-arid Asia/WANA
Humid and sub-humid areas of Asia