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













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SDR/TAC:IAR/98/4

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DRAFT

TAC SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

February 1998


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SUMMARY

Opening Session
Implications of the Centre Financing Plans for the 1998 CGIAR Research Agenda and Priorities and Strategies
Approach to Setting Research Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Study of CGIAR Commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Economic Returns to Agricultural R&D: A Review of the Evidence- A Progress Report by IFPRI
Specialist Panels dealing with Biotechnology, and Proprietary Science and Technology in the CGIAR
Strategic Issues
CGIAR Activity Classification
CGIAR Study on Marginal Lands Research
Future Reviews
Future Meetings
Other Business

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)
Implications of the Centre Financing Plans for the 1998 CGIAR Research Agenda and Priorities and Strategies (Agenda Item 2)
Report from TAC on its Review of the 1998 Centre Financing Plans
Approach to Setting Research Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean (Agenda Item 3)
Study of CGIAR Commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean (Agenda Item 4)
The Economic Returns to Agricultural R&D: A Review of the Evidence. A Progress Report by IFPRI (Agenda Item 5)
Specialist Panels dealing with Biotechnology, and Proprietary Science and Technology in the CGIAR (Agenda Item 6)
Strategic Issues (Agenda Item 7)
CGIAR Activity Classification (Agenda Item 8)
CGIAR Study on Marginal Lands Research (Agenda Item 9)
Future Reviews (Agenda Item 10)
Future Meetings (Agenda Item 11)
Other Business (Agenda Item 12)

ANNEXES

Annex 1: List of Participants
Annex 2: Agenda