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Synthesis of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment's (SPIA) study of the impacts of CGIAR germplasm improvement research prepared by Robert Evenson and Douglas Gollin, and presented at the 2001 Mid Term Meeting by SPIA Chair Hans Gregersen. The study documented the development and diffusion of ...

Proceedings of a workshop organized by the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment of the CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, from May 3-5, 2001 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. The workshop was organized to instruct the formulation of operational guidelines for future impact assessments in the CGIAR on ...

Report of the 26th meeting of TAC held June 23-31, 1981 at IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria, Ralph Cummings presiding. TAC approved a statement on its role in the CGIAR, to be considered in the Second System Review. (Text attached as Annex IV.) It was agreed that the CG and TAC secretariats should consult...

Revised terms of reference and guidelines for panels conducting external reviews of CGIAR centers. Terms of reference cover regular, interim and mid-term center reviews. These were for CGIAR approval at MTM95. Guidelines for both the regular and issue-driven format of regular external reviews wer...

This is a review of the issues on CGIAR support to research on food legumes, considered important because of their high protein content and nitrogen-fixing capacity. The paper covers the background studies done, (by Roberts and Swaminathan) and the existing research programs on the dry bean and s...

Report of TAC 47 held in Washington DC, October 24-29, 1988, Alex McCalla presiding. TAC considered the external program and management reviews of CIMMYT, and concluded that significant changes would be warranted in CIMMYT's draft strategic plan. It sent the reviews to the CGIAR with a commentary...

Draft report of the August 1972 TAC Meeting, Chairman Sir John Crawford presiding. TAC decided to meet immediately prior to International Centers Week (ICW) in 1973 to facilitate sessions with the center directors. It recommended support to the programs and budgets of the five IARCs, endorsing th...

Report of TAC 70 held at CIAT in Cali, Colombia, July 30 - August 4, 1996, Don Winkelmann presiding. TAC discussed the implications of the new CGIAR financing arrangements for its work, and recognized the importance of ensuring continuation of high priority strategic research. The Committee noted...

Report of TAC 54 held in The Hague, March 10-17, 1991, Alex McCalla presiding. TAC reviewed the strategic plan of CIAT, and agreed with its broad directions. TAC looked forward to reviewing the operational implications set forth in the CIAT MTP. The Committee considered the external review of IBP...

Report of TAC 51 held in Rome, March 12-18, 1990, Alex McCalla presiding. TAC reviewed the external program and management reviews of CIP and IITA, and forwarded them with comments (included in the meeting report) to the CGIAR. TAC met jointly with the center directors and center board chairs to ...