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Item What traits of collaboration networks are associated with project success? The case of two CGIAR agricultural research programs for development(Journal Article, 2024-06-15) Plex Sulá, A.I.; De Col, Valentina; Etherton, B.A.; Yanru Xing; Agarwal, A.; Ramić, L.; Bonaiuti, Enrico; Friedmann, M.; Proietti, Claudio; Thiele, Graham; Garrett, Karen A.CONTEXT Understanding research collaboration in diverse scientific communities is key to building global agricultural research systems that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Characterizing collaboration patterns can inform decisions to enhance the structure and dynamics of research programs. OBJECTIVE We introduce a new analytic framework for evaluating collaborative research networks based on scientific publications, and an associated conceptual framework for the role of research networks in achieving societal goals. We analyzed two CGIAR Research Programs: Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) and Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). The analysis provides a multi-dimensional perspective on a set of key questions related to research team composition, research management structures, and performance of scientific publications. METHODS We quantified network structures of research collaborations at the level of authors, institutions, countries, and management structures, including use of temporal exponential random graph models. We used regression models to understand the associations between the characteristics of authors and publications, and the corresponding citation rates and Altmetric Attention Scores. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS We identified key network hubs in the collaboration networks of both CGIAR programs. The proportion of women as authors in publications was less than a third, with a low likelihood of co-authorship between women. Institutional hubs were identified by institutional categories; these were often institutions that are considered CGIAR program “participants”, and a few were “planning partners”. For both GLDC and RTB, the countries that were the focus of most research coincided with the program's priority countries. Most international collaborations occurred between institutions headquartered in Global South countries, but most intercontinental collaborations occurred between Global South and Global North countries. Most institution and author co-authorships occurred in only one year and rarely lasted two or three consecutive years. High diversity in the geographic affiliations of authors, along with highly collaborative teams, as opposed to simply the number of authors, consistently were associated with more citations and higher Altmetric Attention Scores. SIGNIFICANCE These analyses reveal key structures in research collaboration networks in GLDC and RTB research programs, with potential to guide agricultural research systems for sustainable development. Considering these outcomes from past research management can help scientists, program managers, and funders increase the success of new research projects. Specifically, future research management strategies need to fortify existing scientific capacity and development through gender parity and balanced international collaborations, working toward more impactful publications and increased development relevance, while team size increases over time.Item Understanding gendered trait preferences: Implications for client-responsive breeding programs(Journal Article, 2022-08-30) McDougall, Cynthia; Kariuki, Juliet; Lenjiso, Birhanu Mergesa; Marimo, Pricilla; Mehar, Mamta; Murphy, Seamus; Teeken, Béla; Akester, Michael J.; Benzie, John A.H.; Galiè, Alessandra; Kulakow, Peter A.; Mekkawy, Wagdy; Nkengla-Asi, Lilian; Ojango, Julie M.K.; Tumuhimbise, Robooni; Uwimana, Brigitte; Orr, AlastairClient-responsiveness is a foundation for effectiveness of public sector breeding programs in agriculture, aquaculture and livestock. However, there remains a considerable lack of clarity about what this means, specifically in terms of how programs can be gender-responsive. This study contributes to addressing that need. It does so through sharing higher-level insights emerging from the combined experiences of eight gendered trait preference cases from across nine countries in Asia and Africa. The cases spanned crops, fish and livestock. This study inquires into the nature of gendered trait preference information that can be generated, if there are systematic gendered preference differences and how to understand these, and implications for breeding programs seeking to be more gender-responsive. Key findings include that while not all data are immediately usable by programs, the information that is generated through mixed method, intersectional gender preference assessments usefully deepens and widens programs’ knowledge. The study evidences differences in trait preferences between women and men. It also reveals that these differences are more complex than previously thought. In doing so, it challenges binary or homogenous models of preferences, suggesting instead that preferences are likely to be overlapping and nuanced. The study applies a novel ‘Three models of gendered trait preferences’ framework and sub-framework and finds these useful in that they challenge misconceptions and enable a needed analytical nuance to inform gender-responsive breeding programs. Finally, the study highlights implications and offers a call to action for gender-responsive breeding, proposing ways forward for public breeding programs, teams and funding agencies. These include investments in interdisciplinary capabilities and considerations for navigating trade-offs while orienting to sustainable development goals.Item CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Annual report 2021(Annual Report, 2022-06) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsItem CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Annual report 2020(Annual Report, 2021-08) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsItem CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals 2019 Annual report(Annual Report, 2020-07) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsItem CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - Plan of Work and Budget 2020(Internal Document, 2020-02) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsThe Theory of Change for FP1 remains largely unchanged and the team is making efforts to ensure that adequate progress is made towards the set outcome targets. For FP3, no adjustment was made to date, but some changes may occur following the flagship meeting in the first quarter of 2020 when the ToC will be revisited. Similarly, there are currently no major changes in the Theories of Change (ToC) for FP4 and FP5.Item CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - Plan of Work and Budget 2019(Internal Document, 2019-01) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsThe CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) is an international consortium led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and CGIAR implementing partners including the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and Bioversity International. In addition to the CGIAR, GLDC is implemented by IRD and CIRAD from France and CSIRO from Australia, besides various NGOs, NARS, and private sector partners. This consortium strives to support beneficiaries in 13 priority countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a mission of delivering improved rural livelihoods and nutrition by prioritizing demand-driven innovation to increase production and market opportunities along value chains.Item CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals 2018 Annual report(Annual Report, 2019) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsItem CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - Plan of Work and Budget 2018(Internal Document, 2018-05-01) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsCGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) - Plan of Work and Budget for 2018Item ISPC Commentary: Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-Food Systems(Independent Commentary, 2016-09-16) CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership CouncilISPC Commentary on the Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) CRP-II revised proposal (2017-2022) submitted 31 July 2016Item Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Performance Indicator Matrix (PIM) Tables(Proposal, 2016-08-10) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesItem Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Addenda(Proposal, 2016-08-10) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesItem Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Annexes(Proposal, 2016-08-10) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesItem Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-08-10) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesTurning agriculture into a business is ‘easily said, difficult to do’ in the context of smallholder agrifood systems. The reality is that agriculture as a business is highly aspirational for many poor smallholder farmers because the agrifood systems in which they farm function poorly and the incentives for investment are low due to the high risks. In much of the smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, agricultural production and food systems are underperforming; the livelihoods of over 300 million poor people who live in these regions are not improving; and the current and projected impacts of climate change are most acutely borne (ISPC, 2015). The overarching logic of the Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) CRP is that improved capacities of agrifood systems of key cereal and legume crops will enable coherent production, market and policy innovations that deliver resilience, inclusion, poverty reduction, nutritional security and economic growth. An agrifood system includes women and men farmers and their farming and livelihood system, businesses and markets, policy makers and policies including regulation and incentives, investments in infrastructure, education and research and organizational policies that shape how business, research and policy-making is practiced (Box 1). A high level organizing principle for GLDC is that targeted agrifood systems cover the full continuum from: a) Subsistence agriculture, where farmers produce and consume on farm, selling and buying locally in good and poor seasons; through tob) Commercial agriculture, where commodities are produced for specific end-markets. This coverage of agrifood systems allows GLDC research to deliver both resilience in food and nutritional security and opportunities for market-oriented development for smallholder farmers. Beyond the major global commodities of rice, wheat and maize, there are cereal and grain legume crops: sorghum, pearl millet, barley, chickpea, common bean, cowpea, groundnut and pigeonpea: that are important in the food systems of developing countries. These crops are found in shared, but also different, agro-ecologies and farming systems. However, in contrast to the major commodities, these important crops all share the same constraints of underdeveloped agrifood systems due to inadequate support and investment by the public and private sectors. They also share their multiple values in agrifood systems as nutritious and resilient food for local consumption and as traded commodities, or as feed and fodder for livestock, and in their particular importance for women farmers and consumers.Item Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-Food Systems: Cover Letter(Proposal, 2016-08-10) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland CerealsItem Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Budget Files 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-04-08) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesConsolidated base budget documents for Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems 2017-2022 for Flagships 1-5Item Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Performance Indicator Matrix tables 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-04-08) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesPerformance Indicator Matrix tablesItem Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: CRP and Flagship Budget Narratives 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-04-08) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesDCL is supported by an annual budget of $105 MM in 2017 under the base budget scenario. This amount includes $11.5 MM W1/W2 and $93.5 MM W3/bilateral funds. Considering that roughly 90% of the program is supported by W3/bilateral projects, it is imperative to evaluate goals of existing and future bilateral projects mapped to the CRP, ensure their alignment to program goals, identify existing gaps in W3/bilateral coverage of program goals, and ensure appropriate resource mobilization. Of the available W1/W2 ($11.5 MM), program management cost will use $2 MM, which is intended to cover (1) the cost of the Program Management Unit, (2) salaries of the Flagship Leaders and Clusters of Activities Leaders, (3) one major annual planning and review meeting, (4) honoraria and related expenses of the Independent Steering Committee, (5) CRP-level Gender strategy, (6) CRP-level impact assessment, (7) CRP-level capacity building, and (8) Intellectual Assets policy, and others. An amount of $1 MM is set apart for Competitive Calls for strategic research. The remaining $8.5 MM is allocated to the five flagships. This allocation in 2017 will be in the proportion of 15, 25, 30, 15 and 15% to FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4 and FP5, respectively. This proportion has been arrived at primarily using the level of bilateral support to each Flagship at the present time. (Please note that the Online Submission system has not been able to recognize the input of figures for management and competitive grants yet, and hence these amounts are detailed in this section).Item Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Intellectual Assets Management Plan(Proposal, 2016-04-08) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesThis Intellectual Assets Management Plan for DCL details the effective management of intellectual assets by the CRP with an ultimate aim of maximizing global accessibility and impact.Item Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-04-08) CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and LegumesThe CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems (DCL AgriFood System or DCL) will contribute significantly to realize the goals laid out in the Strategic Results Framework. Through a broad partnership with seven GIAR Centers and numerous national and international collaborators DCL is uniquely positioned to serve the poorest in the drylands to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals before 2030. The twelve crops within DCL is a nutritionally dense basket of commodities critical for climate-smart agriculture and innovative food systems that deliver more nutrition per drop. DCL is focused on demand-driving innovation along the agri-food value chain that integrates with livestock and agroforestry to provide new economic opportunities, while improving the natural resource base and resilience in the drylands. Our focus is on smallholder farm families in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia where poverty levels are among the highest in the world, and the impact of climate change most acute. These challenges are exacerbated by weak institutions and policy environment to support equitable development; it is where challenges are the greatest that the best science, strategic partnerships and innovation systems need to be leveraged to improve livelihoods of the poorest, and ensure we all live within the ecological boundaries of the planet.