SORGHUM/MILLET RESEARCH PROGRAM PLANNING

EVALUATION COVERS THE PERIOD 8/77 TO 2/79 AND IS A TERMINAL EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACT. AN EXTENSIVE DESIGN AND PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT WAS CARRIED OUT BY UOM. THIS PROCESS DREW HEAVILY ON THE EXPERTISE OF SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES IN PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF GRAIN SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION IN LDC"S. IN ALL, UOM SUBMITTED FOUR REPORTS TO AID; ONE OF THESE WAS A FINAL PROGRAM PROPOSAL WHICH WAS USED AS THE CRSP PROJECT"S PROGRAM PLAN. PLANNED CRSP ACTIVITES COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER CATEGORIES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE MOST URGENT RESEARCH NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING PRINCIPAL CONSTRAINTS TO IMPROVED GRAIN SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION IN LDC"S. THE CRSP PROJECT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF OVERLAP BETWEEN US AND LDC NEEDS FOR RESEARCH-BASED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVED PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND UTILIZATION OF THESE TWO CROPS. EXPERIENCE WITH THE UOM CONTRACT TAUGHT THAT CLEAR AND PRECISE GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT MUST BE FORMULATED FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.