The Deputy Director General-Research (DDG-R) reports to the Director General, and provides strategic scientific direction and leadership to the Institute. The position will be based at ICRISAT’s Headquarters, near Greater Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, I…
Archive for September, 2012
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish sets out plans for Uganda smallholder pigs value chains
On 24-25 Sep 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish convened a meeting of ILRI staff to prepare an overall work plan for value chain development activities in the Uganda smallholder pig value chain.
Tenure rights and access to forests
Part I of this guide has been created with the purpose of summarising the most important aspects of forest tenure rights and resource access, because of the relevance of these issues to research on forests, as well as providing guidance on the selectio…
Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes
The first continent-wide perspective of African ape suitable environmental conditions distribution shows dramatic declines in recent years. The model has potential for informing international policymaking, mitigation of resource extraction and infrastr…
40-year CGIAR history published: Lots of lessons for the ‘New CGIAR’
From CGIAR comes a new ‘look back’ at its evolution over 40 years. The book is titled The CGIAR at 40: Institutional Evolution of the World’s Premier Agricultural Research Network. It was written by Selçuk Özgediz, who was affiliated with CG…