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Centers and Members Day 05 December 2005
Annual General Meeting 2005
Marrakech, Morocco
The Alliance of Future Harvest Centers
Convergence and Collective Action for
the CGIAR
William D. DarChair, Alliance Executive and
Director General, ICRISAT
This presentation• Context of collective action• Milestones of the Alliance• Alliance members in
collective action• Continuing challenges
Reforms in the CGIAR
CGIAR has undergone unprecedented reforms:• a re-focused vision and mission• streamlined governance• strengthened scientific advice• coordinated central support• elevated program profile
Centers are committed to play a proactive and constructive role
The Future Harvest Alliance
• Formal alliance of 15 CGIAR Centers• Built on existing governance mechanisms• Aims to enhance effectiveness and efficiency
without bureaucracy • Operates at minimal cost • Instrument of reform in the CGIAR
Imperative for collective action
•Focus partners on new priorities•Focus on innovative systems and impact •One authoritative voice on global issues•Support for institutional learning and synergy•Cost efficiency in services•Reduce tensions
Benefits of collective action
• More focused programs• Responsive to more opportunities• Streamlined access to the Centers• More effective
application of global public goods
• Lower transaction costs
• Built on existing CGIAR practices• Informed by a new vision • Principles and Procedures of
collaboration established
• Guided by the Alliance Board and managed by the Alliance Executive
• Supported by the Future Harvest Alliance Office
Collective action framework
Milestones of the Alliance
Milestones at AGM04
• Alliance created by CBC and CDC• Guiding principles declaring Alliance’s
allegiance is first and foremost to the poor• Alliance Executive (AE) transformed from CDC
Principles and Procedures (P&P)
• P&P a roadmap for decision-making, collective action of Centers
• Draft document discussed by Centers and reviewed by the World Bank
• Chairs and DGs will approve in principle; Boards will review and approve final draft
• Ask CG members to include approved version in CGIAR Charter
Milestones in 2005
Joint Medium Term Plans with partners
• Developing joint MTPs for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
• ILRI and ASARECA lead in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
• WARDA and CORAF lead in Western and Central Africa (WCA)
• MTPs will serve as vehicles for CGIAR program alignments in SSA
Milestones in 2005
• Quarterly newsletter and diary for 2006• Input to SC’s research priorities and SC’s
comments on Center MTPs • Assessment report on SWEPs• Workshop on public-private sector agricultural
research (jointly with CGIAR’s Private Sector Committee and Secretariat)
Milestones in 2005
• Rapid adoption of common policies on GMOs and Center germplasm collections
• Orientation program for new Board members
• Grievance and conflict resolution mechanism for Centers drafted
Milestones in 2005
Alliance members in collective
action
New CGIAR Intranet (CGXchange)
•To be launched during AGM05•Access to information resources of CGIAR and
unique tools for seamless global collaboration
Gender and diversity
• Centers’ gender and diversity associates (GDAs) met in Bogor, Indonesia
CGIAR Gender and Diversity Program
• GDAs assessed progress on gender and diversity goals and planned future
CIAT: Biofortification for the poor
• Collaboration to improve human nutrition of the poor
• Major health and productivity benefits for women and children
Centro InternacionaI de Agricultura Tropical
(With CIMMYT, CIP and 10 partners from Latin America)
• Media campaign on floods, deforestation and forest-based livelihoods
• 50 stories released by leading media and key non-English publications
CIFOR: Creating environmental awareness
Center for International Forestry Research
(With ICRAF, IWMI and FAO)
• Selection for synchrony in flowering under controlled drought stress
• 45,000 tons of seed of stress-tolerant maize varieties for Africa
• Average yield gains of 15-20% in Eastern and Southern Africa
CIMMYT: Stress breeding for maize
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
(With CGIAR Centers and national partners)
• Making sweet potato more edible for pigs• Combination of ensilaging and feed
supplements;doubles production • Great impact on livelihoods in Vietnam• Extended to Indonesia, China and India
CIP: Sweet potato for pigs
Centro Internacional de la Papa
(With ILRI and national partners)
• Rebuilt seed systems and key agricultural stations
• Germplasm collection• Capacity building
ICARDA: Rebuilding agriculture in Afghanistan
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(With CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, ICRISAT,IFPRI, ILRI, IPGRI and IWMI)
Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan:
• 2.5 million hectares of Brazilian forest not converted to pastures
• Pro-poor policies to avoid conflicts and environmental degradation
ICRAF: Alternative to slash and burn
Alternative to Slash and Burn
World Agroforestry Centre
(With CGIAR Centers and national partners)
ICRISAT: Promoting ‘Healing Wounds’
• Media dialogue on CGIAR’s Healing Wounds• Healing Wounds helps rehabilitate
livelihoods of tsunami survivors in Asia and countries affected by conflicts
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(With CIMMYT, CIP, ILRI, IRRI and IWMI)
IFPRI: Exploring partnerships
• Research on public-private partnerships for more impact on poverty reduction, food security and agricultural development
• Launched research and organized workshops*
International Food Policy Research Institute
(*With ICRISAT in India )
• Coordination of GOAFU
IITA: Public awareness of mycotoxin
• Communication campaign with partners on the dangers of mycotoxin
• Reached about 10 million people in Ghana, Togo and Benin
• Innovative technologies to manage mycotoxins*
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(*Developed with CIMMYT and ICRISAT )
ILRI: Empowering women as household providers
• Northern Nigerian women provided with cowpea and sorghum varieties for their goats and families during the dry season
• Women’s goat-rearing groups are growing exponentially
International Livestock Research Institute
(With IITA and the Systemwide Livestock Program)
IPGRI: Higher profile for animal and fish genetic resources
System-wide Genetic Resources Program: • Meeting to give farm animal and fish
genetic resources a higher profile
• Inputs on Center agreements with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and standard Material Transfer Agreement
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
(With CGIAR Centers)
IRRI: Harnessing ICT to meet people’s needs
The Rice Knowledge Bank:• 3 million hits in 2005 and 13 country sites • Premier source of rice-related training and
extension material• Proposal for Cereal Knowledge Bank with CIMMYT
International Rice Research Institute
CGIAR Consortium of Spatial Information:
IWMI: Consortium on spatial information
International Water Management Institute
Data management & coordination, geographic dimension of crop varieties, impact assessment, natural resource degradation, integration & capacity building and poverty mapping.
• Benin: 6% increase in school enrolment; 2% reduction in child sickness
• Uganda: New cash crop supports education
• Guinea: Area planted to NERICA increased by 50% between 2002-2003
WARDA: From rice to riches
New Rice for Africa (NERICA):
Africa Rice Center
(With CGIAR Centers and national partners)
• Addresses root causes of vulnerability
• Ensures that communities attain better situations than before the tsunami
WorldFish: Rebuilding better lives after the tsunami
WorldFish Center
Consortium to Restore Shattered Livelihoods of Communities in Tsunami Affected Nations:
(With CGIAR Centers and national partners)
Challenges and concerns
Continuing challenges
1. Institutional learning 2. Collective versus independent action 3. Recognition and incentives 4. Performance measurement 5. Leadership and executive capacity 6. Conflict resolution
1. Costs of the Alliance Office2. Buy-in of the Alliance by Centers and CG members3. Governance of the Alliance Board over the Alliance 4. Cost and benefits of the Alliance
Other concerns
• The Alliance is a proactive force to help reform the CGIAR
• Broad support needed for the Alliance’s success
Conclusion
ICRISAT is humbled to have served the Alliance!
Chair, AB
Uzo MokwunyeBoard Chair
Chair, CDDC
Dyno KeatingeDDG-Research
Chair, AE
William DarDG
Thank Thank youyou
The Alliance’s allegiance is first and foremost to the poor