Report of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee













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Agenda Item 6 - TAC Chair's Report

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

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From: The Secretariat

September 15, 1993
AGR/TAC:IAR/93/9.1

International Centers Week
October 25-29, 1993
Washington D.C.

Attached is the Report of the 60th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee held at FAO headquarters, Rome, from 22 March to 2 April 1993.

The document is transmitted for information and should be considered as background material to the TAC Chair's Report, Agenda Item 6.

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Distribution

CGIAR Members
Center Board
Chairs Center Directors
TAC Chair
TAC Members
TAC Secretariat

THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAC SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

July 1993


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SUMMARY

ICRAF External Review
CIMMYT Interim External Review
IRRI External Review
WARDA External Review
Inter-Centre Review of Rice
Ecoregional Approach to Research in the CGIAR
Priorities and Strategies for Livestock Research in the CGIAR
Task Force on Banana and Plantain
Centres' Medium-Term Plan Proposals for 1994-1998

IBPGR
ICARDA
ICLARM
ICRAF
IFPRI
ILCA
ILRAD
INIBAP
IRRI
WARDA

Progress Report on CIFOR
Inter-Centre Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources
ECART
Future Reviews
Future Meetings

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)

Opening Remarks
Adoption of the TAC 59 Report
Adoption of the Agenda
Report from the CGIAR

IRRI External Review (Agenda Item 2)
WARDA External Review (Agenda Item 3)
Ecoregional Approach to Research in the CGIAR (Agenda Item 4)
Inter-Centre Review of Rice (Agenda Item 5)
External Review of ICRAF (Agenda Item 6)
Interim External Review of CIMMYT (Agenda Item 7)
Centres' Medium-Term Plan Proposals for 1994-98 (Agenda Item 8)

IBPGR
ICARDA
ICLARM
ICRAF
IFPRI
ILCA
ILRAD
INIBAP
IRRI
WARDA

An Elaboration of TAC's Views on Priorities and Strategies for Livestock Research in the CGIAR (Agenda Item 9)
Future Reviews (Agenda Item 10)
Future Meetings (Agenda Item 11)
Other Business (Agenda Item 12)

Task Force on Banana and Plantain
CIFOR
ECART
Report of the Inter-Centre Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources

ANNEXES

Annex 1: List of Participants
Annex 2: Agenda
Annex 3: List of Documents