Prioritizing agricultural research for development experiences and lessons /

Priority assessment for commodity improvement programmes has received methodological attention. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
Other Authors: Raitzer, David A., Norton, George W.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to prioritizing agricultural research for development / David A. Raitzer and George W. Norton
  • Participatory impact pathways analysis (PIPA) and research priority assessment / Boru Douthwaite ... [et al.]
  • Research priority assessment at the International Potato Center (CIP) / Keith O. Fuglie and Graham Thiele
  • The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture's (IITA) experience in priority assessment of agricultural research / Victor M. Manyong, Diakalia Sanogo and Arega D. Alene
  • Priority assessment at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): confronting the challenges of a policy oriented natural resources management research portfolio / David A. Raitzer
  • Research evaluation and priority assessment at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): continuing cycles of learning to improve impacts / Jupiter Ndjeunga and Cynthia Bantilan
  • Using multiple objectives in participatory assessment of international livestock research: lessons learned / Patti Kristjanson ... [et al.]
  • Priority assessment for rice research in Sub-Saharan Africa / Aliou Diagne ... [et al.]
  • Highlights of the evolution of priority assessment and targeting at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) / John Dixon and Roberto La Rovere
  • The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) experience in agricultural research priority assessment / Kamel Shideed ... [et al.]
  • Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa: a review of the institutional context and methodological approach for undertaking a quantitative, sub-regional assessment / Stanley Wood and Jock R. Anderson
  • Methods and approach to identify the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system priorities for research / Peter Gardiner
  • Synthesis and options for enhanced priority assessment for agricultural and natural resources research / George W. Norton and David A. Raitzer.