Announcements


Welcome to New Board Chairs

• Gaston Grenier, Africa Rice Center, succeeding Richard Musangi
• Tony Gregson, IPGRI, succeeding Benchaphun Ekasingh Shinawatra

Awards

• Ismail Cakmak, CIMMYT Board member, was awarded the 2005 IFA International Crop Nutrition Award in recognition of his contribution to human well-being and innovative crop research.

CGIAR Publications

The following updated CGIAR publications are available from the Secretariat. Please send your request to cgiar@cgiar.org

• CGIAR Corporate Brochure, May 2005 (in Arabic, Chinese, English and Japanese)

• Good News on the CGIAR, May 2005

• Snapshot of CGIAR Impacts, May 2005

New Report Available Online
The 2004 Annual Report of the CGIAR System Office is now available online. It is a useful compendium of service offerings and achievements of the eight units that are working together to enhance the CGIAR’s performance.

The report is available at: www.cgiar.org/soar/2004/index.html