CGIAR Speeches
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Item Food Crisis and High Prices of Food: Which Way Africa(Internal Document, 2008-12-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Obasanjo, OluseguntbdItem The Great Use-It or Lose-It Intelligence Test(Internal Document, 2007-12-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Calvin, William H.tbdItem Where Agriculture Began: Gateway to the Future(Internal Document, 2006-12-01) Johnson, IanOpening speech by CGIAR Chairman Ian Johnson at the CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2005, held in Marrakech, Morocco.Item L'Alimentation pour tous: un défi pour le 21eme siecle(Internal Document, 2006-12-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Lizin, Anne-MarietbdItem Food for All: A Challenge for the 21st Century(Internal Document, 2006-12-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Lizin, Anne-MarietbdItem Innovations to Achieve the Millenium Development Goals(Internal Document, 2004-10-01) Wang, Ren; Rege, J.E.O.Speech delivered by Ren Wang (IRRI) and Ed Rege (ILRI) on the occassion of Centers and Members Day October 25, 2004 during the CGIAR annual general meeting 2004.Item Development, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction : Achievements and Challenges(Internal Document, 2004-10-01) Bourguignon, FrancoisSpeech delivered by Francois Bourguignon on October 27, 2004 during the CGIAR annual general meeting 2004.Item A Bridge to the Future : CGIAR Chairman's Opening Statement at AGM 2004(Internal Document, 2004-10-01) Johnson, IanChairman Ian Johnson's opening statement at the CGIAR annual general meeting on October 27, 2004, Mexico City.Item The Mystery of Capital: The Role of Property Rights in Creating Wealth and Alleviating Poverty(Internal Document, 2004-10-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Soto, Hernando detbdItem Fulfilling the Promise: the Role for Agricultural Research(Internal Document, 2003-10-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Whelan, SusantbdItem Repondre aux Attentes: le Role de la Recherche Agricole(Internal Document, 2003-10-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Whelan, SusantbdItem Ecological Sustainability and Food Security : Challenges and Opportunities(Internal Document, 2002-12-01) El-Ashry, Mohammed T.Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Global Environment Facility, during CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2002.Item The CGIAR and Sustainable Development : Global Partnerships for Local Impact(Internal Document, 2002-10-01) Johnson, IanCGIAR Chairman Ian Johnson's opening speech at AGM02. Speech was delivered on October 30, 2002 at the Stakeholders Meeting in Manila, Philippines.Item Ecological Sustainability and Food Security: Challenges and Opportunities(Internal Document, 2002-10-01) CGIAR Secretariat; El-Ashry, Mohammed T.tbdItem Agriculture Research in the Global Quest for Peace and Progress(Internal Document, 2002-10-01) Montemayor, Leonardo Q.Speech delivered by Secretary Leonardo Montemayor at the opening program of AGM02, Philippine Day, at Umali Auditorium, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, October 28, 2002.Item Philippine Culture and Agriculture(Internal Document, 2002-10-01) Montemayor, Leonardo Q.Speech delivered by Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor on the occassion of the Philippine reception for the CGIAR general meeting participants, October 30, 2002 at the Dusit Hotel in Manila.Item Feeding the World, Sustaining the Earth: The Critical Importance of Population Issues(Internal Document, 2001-10-01) CGIAR Secretariat; Sadik, NafistbdItem Building Blocks of Change: CGIAR Chairman's Opening Speech at CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 2001(Internal Document, 2001-05-01) Johnson, IanOpening statement by CGIAR Chairman Ian Johnson at the 2001 Mid Term Meeting in Durban, South Africa.Item Global Climate Change: Why does it Matter for the CGIAR?(Internal Document, 2001-05-01) Watson, Robert T.Presentation by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman and World Bank Chief Scientist Robert T. Watson on the implications of global climate change for sustainable development, biodiversity, crop yields and ecosystems, and the potential effectiveness of mitigation measures. The presentation provides evidence that developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It also argues for the appropriateness of climate change as the focus of a CGIAR Global Challenge Program.Agenda item, CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 2001.Item Genomics: From Microbes to Man(Internal Document, 2001-03-01) Venter, J. CraigSir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by J. Craig Venter, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Celera Genomics Corporation and founder and Chairman of the Board of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), during CGIAR International Centers Week 2000. Venter describes the development of new technologies and methods for rapidly characterizing and sequencing genomes. He refers to collaboration between TIGR and ILRI on the sequencing of the genome of Theileria parva, the tick-born parasite that causes East Coast Fever, as a step toward development of a vaccine. More generally, he discusses the significance of comparing genes across species, and the potential applications of this knowledge in developing vaccines and predicting individual susceptibility to specific diseases.