1988/89 annual report : Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

It is the Group"s first step toward adopting an expanded vision and enlarged constituency for the coming decade, while at the same time affirming its initial purpose -- to expand food production in developing countries. This 1988/89 annual report examines key aspects of the CGIAR, including its new program initiatives, ongoing relationship with national programs, postharvest research, and financial status. Over the past year, the Group reviewed the work of ten international centers outside the CGIAR system to assess how the research conducted at those centers might be integrated with that of the CGIAR. In addition, a system-wide committee began exploring the means by which all CGIAR-supported research could address the problem of farming systems sustainability. Opportunities were outlined for collaboration among centers, and between centers and national agricultural research systems. The CGIAR also renewed its commitment to strengthening the relationship between international centers and national research systems. (Author abstract, modified)