Earlier this month, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. CIRAD’s Philippe Lecomte kindly accepted to review the near-final version of the proposal before it was submitted. Here are his comments: — The team has made a colossal job and very interesting proposal for this MP. Congratulations for the work done. It is … Continue reading
Earlier this month, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. We greatly benefited from comments on the draft by several people, including Cees de Haan of the World Bank. We share his comments below as we believe they provide a valuable commentary on the overall proposal as well as some of the specific … Continue reading
On 17 September, the four CGIAR Centers working on this proposal – CIAT, ICARDA, ILRI and WorldFish – formally submitted their proposal to the CGIAR Consortium. In their foreword, the Directors General of the four Centers wrote: “In accepting the invitation to develop a CGIAR Research Program to increase global food security through livestock and … Continue reading
From 24-25 August, the four CGIAR partners involved in this program hosted a stakeholder workshop to review the ideas and premises underlying the proposal. Download the report More information on this blog and the supporting wiki. Continue reading
As described in previous weeks of this e-consultation, the Mega Program for ‘More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor’ proposes to serve as the catalyst to align research and development actors in coalitions to address the development challenge of reducing the malnutrition and enhancing food security amongst poor vulnerable households and target … Continue reading
Innovation brokerage (facilitating linkages among actors in the innovation system and negotiating towards common goals) at the local value chain level is an intensive process of facilitation and negotiation, especially with the private sector to level the playing field. Do such skills exist in national partner organizations or should building such capacities be a component … Continue reading
We have highlighted the role of the CGIAR as a catalyst, recognizing that we can make a small but strategic contribution by helping generate the evidence for change and catalyzing the alignment needed to stimulate development of our target value chains. Does this underplay or overplay the role the CGIAR should be playing at country … Continue reading
Connecting the people and partners working in the different value chains and technology development activities will require effective flows of information and innovative communication strategies to inform and engage all the partners involved. What kinds of information and knowledge should the project generate and share? How do you think we might get the lessons and … Continue reading
What kinds of participatory Partnership Monitoring and Evaluation methods would help build a learning orientation in the program (through the working groups and innovation platforms)? What would be some indicators of changes in the habits, practices and behaviours of the partner organizations and individuals – including the CGIAR – that support innovation in value chains? … Continue reading
Value chain development and how it could be best linked to technology development was one of the ‘hot’ issues debated at the recent ILRI-hosted livestock fish Mega Program stakeholder meeting. To help focus the conversations, colleagues from ICARDA and the WorldFish Center illustrated real-life value chain development and how they interface with the envisaged technology … Continue reading
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish 