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TR: COP27 – Interview with Youssef – Regional TV by IWMI, Communication Team

“…Dr Brouziyne featured the importance of dialogue in this regards and he mentioned the example of the High-Level Roundtable on Water Security, where IWMI was represented by its Director General, that helped to showcase the absolute linkages between climate action and water security within the highest diplomatic representations at COP27. …”
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Synopsis of the conference on accelerating agricultural development, economic growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Ato Newai Gebre-Ab (Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director, EDRI) attended all three days of the conference, as did Wro. Samia (Director General of CSA) and other high level figures from a variety of government ministries.…”
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Livestock and human health: Directions for ILRI by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Vish Nene elaborated on the 'biotechnology' and diagnostics aspects of the new work; and Appolinaire Djikeng talks on ways the BecA hub can be used to link genomics and meta-genomics technologies with work on emerging infectious diseases. ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith concluded by arguing in favour of work on the prevention and surveillance side of such diseases.…”
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Market-oriented smallholder development—IPMS experience-sharing workshop by International Livestock Research Institute

“…During the workshop, Dr Edemalem Shitaye, delegate from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), said that market-oriented agricultural production system has a significant role to achieve the GTP. ILRI’s Deputy Director General, Dr John McDermott noted that the IPMS project is working towards the transfer of significant lessons and experiences gained by participatory market-oriented development. …”
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Strengthening ties: IITA welcomes JICA Nigeria chief by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…During the meeting, IITA Director General, Simeon Ehui, emphasized Japan’s role as a trusted partner of Africa and highlighted how the spirit of partnership is key to advancing food security and agricultural transformation. …”
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Livestock emissions and systems in developing countries by International Livestock Research Institute

“…According to Carlos Seré, Director General of ILRI, the livelihoods of a billion people, particularly in Africa and Asia, are attached to livestock - and consequently to their greenhouse has emissions. …”
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Report of the Second Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee: Global Developments in Genetic Resources and Their Implications for the CGIAR by CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee

“…The report covers issues of direct concern to the work of the CGIAR, particularly intellectual property rights, and farmers rights.Annexes are: elements suggested for a statement on behalf of the CGIAR by its chairman to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in November 1995; IPGRI Director General Geoffrey Hawtin's statement to the June 1995 session of the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources; and copies of documents negotiated between the IARCs with germplasm collections and the FAO providing a mechanism for distributing germplasm that has been designated under agreements between the centers and the FAO as under the auspices of FAO. …”
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Report of the TAC Quinquennial Review of ILRAD, 1981 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It was recognized in the discussion that ILRAD had been through a difficult period and implementation of the recommendations would need in part to await actions by the new Director General.The report starts with a summary of conclusions and recommendations, divided into sections providing an overview of ILRAD's achievements and future guidelines, research management and priorities, administration and organizational structure, and training, communication, and technology transfer.The report recommends that ILRAD continue with its efforts to control trypanosomiasis and East Coast Fever (theileriosis) by immunological or related means. …”
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Second External Management Review of CIAT, 1989 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It recommended extension of the principle of participatory management, and suggested that the incoming director general examine the management structure for possible changes. …”
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System Review Follow-Up: Progress Report on Aspects of Integrated Gene Management by CGIAR Center Directors Committee, Reeves, T.G.

“…The report was prepared by the Director General of CIMMYT, T. G. Reeves, on behalf of a CDC committee on intellectual property. …”
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The Role of the CGIAR in Plant Genetic Resources: Towards a System-Wide Strategy by International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

“…This version (prepared earlier in 1993) is introduced by a May memo from Geoff Hawtin, Director General of IBPGR, suggesting revisions to respond to changing circumstances, reflecting comments from representatives of several centers, and stressing the urgency of CGIAR action.The paper is based on the deliberations of the Intercenter Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources. …”
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An Indicative Medium Term Plan for ILRI by International Livestock Research Institute, Rockefeller Foundation

“…The plan was considered "indicative" pending more interaction with other centers and national systems and consideration by the Director General and Board of ILRI following the formal opening of the new center in January 1995.The main headings were: animal health, animal genetics, integrated production systems, ecoregional research in mixed livestock production systems (in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and West Asia and North Africa), socioeconomics and livestock policy, institution building and technology transfer, management, administration and operations.Agenda document at TAC 64 and CGIAR International Centers Week, October 1994.…”
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First External Management Review of ILCA, 1986 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It found, however, that the board's performance in the past five years was lacking in replacing the director general, strategic planning, monitoring and review of programs, and managing its own composition and organization. …”
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Plant breeding successes in African rural development. by Ortíz, R.

“…Author Rodomiro Ortiz, the acting Deputy-Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), says that the development and distribution of high-yielding cassava cultivars led to a 50 percent increase in average yield and a 10 percent increase in per capita output throughout Africa. …”
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Site-specific nutrient management: Its evolution and dissemination in South Asia (Webinar session 6) by Majumdar, Kaushik

“…Kaushik Majumdar, Director General, African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI), will present. …”
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IITA offers host community free medical care by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Earlier this year, IITA commissioned a Primary Health Facility in Idi-ose, Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan, under the leadership of the immediate past Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga. The facility has since served the locals with primary health services in collaboration with the Oyo State Ministry of Health. …”
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ISNAR Annual Report 2002 by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…In the 2002 Annual Report, ISNAR's Director General, Stein W. Bie, argues that the world can only hope to reduce hunger, produce food sustainably, and alleviate poverty if it takes investments in the rural sector in developing countries seriously. …”
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Creating the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) to advance maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and nutrition: A new approach by Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts, Ruel, Marie T.

“…The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN) which advises the Director-General of WHO, marked its first anniversary in April 2021 as it concluded its third virtual meeting. …”
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2017 IFPRI audited financial statements by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI researchers contributed to high-level policy discussions, including the World Trade Organization conference, COP23, and the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting. IFPRI's Director General, Shenggen Gan, received the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award- known as the "Nobel Prize for Management" in China. …”
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Carlos Seré on the launch of the Nile Basin Development Challenge by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Speaking at the Launch of the Nile Basin Development Challenge program (29 September 2010), ILRI Director General Carlos Seré explains why ILRI is partnering in a program focused on improved water management in Ethiopia and the Nile Basin. …”
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