CGIAR Consortium Study Papers
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Item Intensificación Sostenible de la Agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe (Reporte de síntesis de una consulta electrónica)(Internal Document, 2014-09-01) CGIAR Consortium OfficeIntensificación Sostenible de la Agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe (Reporte de síntesis de una consulta electrónica)Item CGIAR Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Latin America and the Caribbean(Report, 2014-09-01) CGIAR Consortium OfficeSustainable Agricultural Intensification in Latin America and the Caribbean (A Synthesis Report from an Electronic Consultation)Item Lessons learned and ways forward on CGIAR capacity development: A discussion paper(Report, 2013-04-01) Staiger Rivas, Simone; Dror, Iddo; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rudebjer, P.G.; Kosina, Petr; Diop, N.N.; Maru, Joyce; Bamba, ZoumanaThis paper is a contribution to the establishment of a new capacity development (CD) strategy, a process that the Consortium Office will facilitate, with external input, during 2013. The paper explores the lessons learned from CGIAR’s experience with CD and reflects the findings of a working group that was brought together in late 2012.Item 2013 CGIAR Stakeholder Engagement Partnership Action Plan(Internal Document, 2013-06-06) CGIAR Consortium OfficeIn response to the results of the independent assessment of the perceptions of CGIAR Stakeholders, the CGIAR Consortium has started work on an Action Plan on Partnerships to be implemented in the next two years, in order to improve in the areas where most important weakness were identified by our stakeholders: Accessibility, Collaboration and Transparency.Item 2012 CGIAR Stakeholder Perceptions Survey Final Public Report(Internal Document, 2013-06-05) CGIAR Consortium Office; GlobeScanStrong, collaborative partnerships are vital to the success of CGIAR. As such, CGIAR commissioned GlobeScan to undertake a global survey of current and important potential stakeholders and partner organisations. The purpose of the survey is to gain insight into how stakeholders perceive the organisation to be performing with regard to partnership, and to also gain a better understanding about how it currently partners with its stakeholders.Item 2012 CGIAR Stakeholder Perceptions Survey: Update and Highlights(Internal Document, 2013-04-22) CGIAR Consortium Office; GlobeScanIn the second half of 2012, the CGIAR Consortium commissioned GlobeScan to conduct an independent assessment of the perceptions of CGIAR Stakeholders, in an effort to have a clearer picture of where and how we need to improve our partnership efforts. The full report is expected by mid of May 2013, but this fact sheet provides some early highlights. The results of the survey make it clear that while there are generally positive impressions from stakeholders, there is still much work for us to do to improve how we work with our partners. This report will serve as a valuable baseline against which we can measure progress in the years to come, and will help us focus our attention on areas for improvement.Item Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Growth and Bridging the Gap for Small-Family Farms: Interagency Report to the Mexican G20 Presidency(Report, 2012-06-12) Bioversity International; CGIAR Consortium Office; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Fund for Agricultural Development; International Food Policy Research Institute; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Coordination team of UN High Level Task Force on the Food Security Crisis; World Food Programme; World Bank; World Trade OrganizationIn 2011, G20 leaders committed to sustainably increase agricultural (production and) productivity (paragraph 43 of the Cannes Declaration). They "agree(d) to further invest in agriculture, in particular in the poorest countries, and bearing in mind the importance of smallholders, through responsible public and private investment," they "decide(d) to invest in research and development of agricultural productivity. Early in 2012 Mexico, as G20 President, invited international organisations to examine practical actions that could be undertaken to sustainably improve agricultural productivity growth, in particular on small family farms. The preparation of this report, co-ordinated by the FAO and the OECD, responds to this request. It is a collaborative undertaking by Bioversity, CGIAR Consortium, FAO, IFAD, IFPRI, IICA, OECD, UNCTAD, Coordination team of UN High Level Task Force on the Food Security Crisis, WFP, World Bank, and WTO. We, the international organisations, are pleased to provide you with this joint report and look forward to continuing collaboration within the G20 framework to further elaborate and, as appropriate, implement the recommendations that it contains.Item CGIAR Consortium Board-Commissioned Genetic Resources Scoping Study(Report, 2011-02-06) CGIAR Consortium OfficeGenetic resources provide the biological foundation for human sustenance and represent a key component of our planet’s natural resources that can be productively used in agro- and aqua-ecosystems. Genetic resource collections have a dual role in the CGIAR Centers. They are the targets of research, particularly to create improved varieties and breeds, but the CGIAR also performs the service of conservation and distribution of these resources.Item The Cost to the CGIAR Centers of Maintaining and Distributing Germplasm(Internal Document, 2011-04-06) CGIAR Consortium OfficePlant genetic resources conserved in the CGIAR genebanks underpin the Centers' breeding programs and supply breeders, researchers and farmers throughout the world with a broad diversity of crops and their wild relatives. Given the international legal requirement that the Centers maintain the collections to international standards and make them available without restriction, it is important that the CGIAR Consortium have an accurate estimate of the costs involved in meeting these obligations so that the necessary funding can be guaranteed as a matter of priority.Item Gender Scoping Study(Internal Document, 2010-12-09) CGIAR Consortium Office; International Center for Research on WomenThe scoping study is intended to help CGIAR quickly and effectively mainstream gender across the CGIAR Research Programs.