Report of the Fourth External Programme and Management Review of the Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP)

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Technical Advisory Committee and CGIAR Secretariat

TAC SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

September 1995

SDR/TAC:IAR/95/3

Panel:

David MacKenzie (Chair)
Matthew Dagg
Louis Paul
Carlos Sere

Joan Joshi (Consultant)
Donald Plucknett (Consultant)

Gordon MacNeil (CGIAR Secretariat)
Amir Kassam (TAC Secretariat)

TAC SECRETARIAT

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

February 1995

Table of Contents

Extract from "Summary of Proceedings and Decisions", CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting 1995, Nairobi, Kenya

Letter from TAC Chairman and CGIAR Executive Secretary, transmitting the Report of the Fourth External Programme and Management Review

TAC Commentary on the Fourth External Programme and Management Review of CIP

CIP's Response to the Report of the Forth External Programme and Management Review

Transmittal letter from Panel Chairman to TAC Chairman and CGIAR Executive Secretary

PREFACE

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CHAPTER 1 - BACKGROUND

1.1 Roots and Tubers in the Third Millennium
1.2 Research Needs
1.3 CIP as an Institution

1.3.1 Mandate and Evolution
1.3.2 Governance
1.3.3 Management
1.3.4 Infrastructure

1.4 CIP in Profile

1.4.1 Vision and Strategy
1.4.2 Research Programmes
1.4.3 CIP and its Partners

CHAPTER 2 - CIP'S ACHIEVEMENTS

2.1 Programme Success and Impacts

2.1.1 Biological Control and IPM
2.1.2 Plant Virology
2.1.3 True Potato Seed
2.1.4 PROINPA
2.1.5 Training
2.1.6 Information
2.1.7 Impact Assessment of CIP Research Results
2.1.8 Awards for Research Accomplishments

2.2 Research Programme Management

2.2.1 Formal Priority Setting Process
2.2.2 Project-budgeting
2.2.3 Use of Contract Research

2.3 Institutional Organization and Management

2.3.1 Governance and Management
2.3.2 Transition Through a Violent Period in Peru
2.3.3 Downsizing
2.3.4 Efficiency Enhancements
2.3.5 Positive Responses to the 1989 External Review

2.4 Funding for CIP

CHAPTER 3 - ISSUES ANALYSIS AND PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS

3.1 Centre Mandate and the Ecoregional Approach
3.2 Relations with NARS
3.3 Management of Programmes

3.3.1 Matrix
3.3.2 Programme Planning

3.4 Opportunity Analysis
3.5 Resource Allocation
3.6 Impact Assessment
3.7 Germplasm Enhancement and Breeding
3.8 True Potato Seed (TPS)
3.9 Pest and Disease Management
3.10 International Movement of Research Germplasm
3.11 Seed Distribution to Farmers
3.12 Post-Harvest Technology
3.13 Science Leadership and Quality
3.14 CIP Governance
3.15 Finance and Resources

CHAPTER 4 - CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

APPENDICES

Appendix I - Composition of the Panel and Biographical Information
Appendix II - Terms of Reference for External Reviews of CGIAR Centres
Appendix III - List of Institutions Visited and Persons Met
Appendix IV - Survey on CIP Programmes and Performance
Appendix V - Documents Provided to the Review Panel
Appendix VI - Assessment of CIP's Progress in Implementing the Recommendations of the 1989 External Review
Appendix VII - Glossary of Acronyms