Modalities of Collaboration

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Modalities of Collaboration

• Working Together Globally

Fionna Douglas June 2002
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Changing ContextsStrategic Alliances for
Impact Existing Collaboration Opportunities
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CGIARs unique niche

• Strategic alliance for the poor
• Ensuring that knowledge remains in public domain
• Agricultural research lies at the heart of
  concerns for growth, equity, social issues and
  the environment

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CGIAR Partnership

• Global alliance
• Members 22 developing and 21 industrialized
  countries
• Cosponsors FAO, IFAD, UNDP, World Bank
• Membership poised to grow
• 8,500 scientists and staff in more than 100
  countries
• 340 million budget

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CGIAR-supported Future Harvest Centers
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Quality Protein Maize (QPM)

• Has twice the amount of lysine, tryptophan
  essential amino acids
• World Food Prize 2000
• QPM planted on one million hectares, in 20
  countries, boosting food, nutrition, health and
  income security
• In Ghana, record yields of 7 tons/ha achieved

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Integrated Aquaculture/Agriculture (IAA)

• Aquaculture accounts for 30 of fish food
  production
• New Tilapia grows 60 faster, can be harvested 3
  times a year
• In Malawi, IAA farms produce 1.3-1.6 tons of
  fish/ha (avg. lt 1 ton/ha)

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Changing Contexts
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Changing contexts

• Massive scientific change and exchange
• New partners, newer alliances needed
• Pace of change increasing
• Spiraling private sector investment
• Public sector remains dominant (60)
• Intellectual property rights, environmental and
  social issues top development agenda
• Rapid changes in operating environment (strength
  of NGOs, strong NARS)

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Growth rates, public investments in agricultural
research, 1991-96
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5
4
3
Percentage per year
2
1
0
-
1
Developed
Sub
-
Mid
-
East
Latin
Other
China
Developing
Saharan
and North
Countries
America
Asia
countries
Africa
Africa
Source Pardey and Bientema, IFPRI, 2001
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Public-private spending on agricultural RD,
circa 1995

Expenditures


Shares


Public

Private

Total


Public

Private

Total


(
billion
1993 international dollars
)


(
percent
)

Developing countries

11.5

0.7

12.1


94.5

5.5

100


Developed countries
10.2

10.8

21.0


48.5

51.5

100

Total

21.7

11.5

33.2


65.3

34.7

100

Source Pardey and Bientema, IFPRI, 2001
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Emerging issues

• Knowledge divide
• Under-provision of public goods
• Social, environmental, ethical issues
• Competition for funds
• Potential of new information communication
  technologies

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Strategic Alliance for Impact
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Rationale for CGIAR Reform

• Strengthening science and forging new alliances
• Increasing impact and relevance of CGIAR
  research
• Nimbler decision-making
• Designing new mechanisms to attract funds for
  innovative, effective research

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CGIAR Reforms and iSCFour Pillars

• Challenge Programs
• Executive Council
• Science Council
• System Office

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The CGIAR System
COSPONSORS FAO, IFAD, UNDP, WB
INVESTORS Countries International
Organizations Regional Organizations Foundations
ADVISORY COMMITTEES Science Council GRPC PARTNE
RSHIP COMMITTEES NGOC PSC
CENTER COMMITTEES CBC CDC
CGIAR Secretariat
CGIAR System Office
PARTNERS Civil Society Private Sector
National Agricultural Research Institutes
Advanced Research Institutes
Future Harvest Foundation
Science Council Secretariat
Center Services
Centers CIFOR CIAT CIP CIMMYT ICARDA
ICLARM ICRAF ICRISAT IFPRI IITA ILRI
IPGRI IRRI ISNAR IWMI WARDA
CGIAR Secretariat, January 2002
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Challenge Programs

• Time bound, high impact, independently governed
  program of research
• Targets CGIAR goals in relation to complex
  issues of global or regional significance
• Requires partnerships among a range of
  institutions in order to deliver
• Will generate significant outputs and impact
• Open to all stakeholders

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Challenge Programs

• Pilot
• 3 CPs Genetic Resources, Biofortified Crops,
  and Water Food to advance to full proposal
  development stage
• Full proposals to be ready for iSC review by July
  15, 2002
• Process on website (www.cgiar.org)

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Regular Challenge Programs

• 13 themes identified
• Call for pre proposals on themes
• An open competitive process - not restricted to
  those who submitted original ideas
• No funds available for preparation - but
  possible for full proposal development
• Deadline August 31

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Existing Collaboration
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Existing Collaboration

• Joint Advocacy
• Expertise contracted for analysis
• Contribution to strategy development
• Winning of competitive grants funded by World
  Bank
• Bank loans and grants used by countries to
  contract CGIAR
• CGIAR contribution to capacity building
  complements national strategies

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Opportunities
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Opportunities

• More complete inventory and analysis
• Build on success
• Mainstream collaboration
• Achieve more visible congruence of objectives
• Ensure input at entry
• Strengthen Knowledge Management
• Strengthen linkages - increase knowledge
  resource exchange

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Opportunities

• CG Centers as hubs
• Joint projects / design / evaluation
• Increase linkage with operations
• Rapid response
• Private sector partnerships
• Extend the partnerships anchored in the common
  good
• Better bridge the world of high science, the
  traditional wisdom of farmers, and the needs and
  concerns of society