I was in Juba, South Sudan on 13–16 November. This mission was a follow up to one in May 2018 when a CGIAR delegation visited the country to explore how CGIAR could contribute to rebuilding resilience in South Sudan. Continue reading
Tom Randolph and I were in Montpellier on 4–7 June for the 2018 Science Leaders Meeting and I attended the Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy week in Accra, Ghana on 25–29 June. Continue reading
On 6-8 July, I attended a conference at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on Impacts of International Agricultural Research: Rigorous Evidence for Policy organized jointly by the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). This is a modified version of my address. Continue reading
ILRI ‘Impact book’ In June we have had John McIntire, our former deputy director general (DDG), in Nairobi. John is editing a book that we will be publishing describing the impact of research by ILCA/ILRAD/ILRI over the past 40 years and has been working with the authors of a number of chapters over the past … Continue reading
The CGIAR Consortium Office challenged scientists to present their research in an exciting way as part of the CGIAR Development Dialogues which was held in New York in September and to post the stories on-line. 42 entries were received for the “Talking Science” competition. The entries were judged by both a jury and by public … Continue reading
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