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April 5, 1996
Dr. Donald L. Winkelmann
Chairman
CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Rome 00100, Italy
Dear Dr. Winkelmann:
It is my pleasure to transmit to you the final report on the Inter-Centre Review of Root and Tuber Crops Research in the CGIAR.
This report is the result of a multi-step process that built on the outcomes of three External Program and Management Reviews of the International Agricultural Research Centres that are engaged in root and/or tuber crops research (CIAT, CIP and IITA). Immediately following the three EPMRs a workshop was held in College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. The workshop attendees are listed in an appendix to this report, and specifically included administrators and scientists from several IARCs, technical specialists, and a professional facilitator to keep the meeting on task. The purpose of the Maryland workshop was to inventory the issues and opportunities relevant to CGIAR priorities and organization, and to explore alternative approaches for Centres carrying out research with the mandated root and tuber crops. The standing panel subsequently took this wealth of information and conducted analyses and evaluations to assemble a progress report for TAC's July 1995 meeting in Rome, Italy.
In response to the July 1995 TAC meeting commentary, a second chapter was developed by the standing panel's chair to address specific topics, and to provide more information and examples for illustrative purposes. The intent of the second stage of reporting was not to significantly modify the workshop's reported outcomes, or to change the intended recommendations of the standing panel. TAC's requests were clearly of a nature to obtain more information. The second chapter was reported to TAC at its December meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, and merely added to the information without intentionally changing the earlier consensus report.
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Following the December 1995 TAC meeting, TAC asked for a revised final report that would integrate the two chapters into one report. The final, integrated report is to have been reviewed and agreed to by the standing panel members, and submitted in time for distribution for the May 1996 Mid-Term Meeting of the Group in Jakarta, Indonesia.
This assignment is now fulfilled with the submission of this final report. The requested revisions have been made and approved by the standing panel.
In closing, I would like to express my appreciation for the opportunity to serve the CGIAR system and its Technical Advisory Committee. I wish to once again express my appreciation to the standing panel members, the participating IARCs, and the TAC Secretariat for both their cooperation and contributions.
Sincerely,
David R. MacKenzie
Chair of the Standing Panel
Inter-Centre Review of Root and Tuber Crops Research in the CGIAR
