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CGIAR Annual Report 2004 : Innovations in Agricultural Research. Section 4: The Spirit of Innovation by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Section includes the essays on the performance measurement system, the challenge programs and the System Office.…”
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CGIAR Annual Report 2005: Science-Based Solutions: the Science Behind Growth and Development. Section 4: Spirit of Innovation by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Section includes reports from the Challenge Programs, the Performance Measurement System, the Executive Council and the System Office.…”
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CGIAR Annual Report 2006: Focus on Partnerships for Effective Research. Section 4: Innovation through Partnership by CGIAR Secretariat

“…This section includes essays on the Science Awards of 2006, the Challenge Prorgrams, a Global CGIAR, performance measurement, the Executive Council and the System Office.…”
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What is social capital? A comprehensive review of the concept by Bhandari, Humnath, Yasunobu, Kumi

“…Conceptual and measurement imprecision has led the concept prone to vague interpretation, less empirical application, and underestimation of its value. …”
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CGIAR Annual Report 2003: Impact Everybody's Business. Section 4: Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation. by CGIAR Secretariat

“…This section is entitled "Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation" and includes essays on the Challenge Programs, optimizing impacts through improved information and knowledge management, developing a new approach to performance measurement and an update on the System Office.…”
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A random regression model based on a single-step method for improving the genomic prediction accuracy of residual feed intake in pigs by Wang, Y., Diao, C., Kang, H., Hao, W., Mrode, Raphael A., Chen, J., Liu, J., Zhou, L.

“…Residual feed intake (RFI) is considered as a measurement of feed efficiency, which is greatly related to the growth performance in pigs. …”
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Conclusions and Recommendations of the Summary of Proceedings of the Eighth ExCo Meeting, May 31, 2005

“…Topics discussed: the 2004 financial report, the CGIAR Priorities and Strategies 2005-2015, the Science Council Program Report, the Challenge Programs, EPMRs for IFPRI and CIMMYT, the Pilot Performance Measurement System, the Sub Saharan Task Forces and the Science Council Membership. …”
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Fifteenth Meeting of the Executive Council, October 1-2, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal : Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…On the agenda: the Independent Review of the CGIAR, the CGIAR Change Management Process, GRPC, Challenge Program oversight and Cycle 2 proposals, Performance Measurement System and Center MTPs and 2009 Financial Plans.…”
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IPMS project shares monitoring and evaluation approach with Ethiopian Agricultural Growth Program by Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…He outlined the main topics covered in the workshop: An introduction to results-based M&E; the development of a logic model and performance framework of a project; the performance measurement framework; the need for participatory M&E with stakeholders and how to do this; the selection and specification of indicators; data collection and analysis; the production and dissemination of of timely M&E reports; and the institutionalization of M&E and M&E units. …”
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Sixteenth Meeting of the Executive Council, June 4-5, 2009, Cali, Colombia: Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…On the agenda: the CGIAR Change Management Process and Transition, the Performance Measurement System 2008 and external reviews for both IRRI and ICRISAT. …”
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Liksidighet hos häst och ryttare : en experimentell studie med sadeltrycksmätare by Borgström, Maria Birgitta

Importance of evaporative depletion by non-crop vegetation in irrigated areas of the humid tropics by Renault, D., Hemakumara, M., Molden, David J.

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Sixth Meeting of the Executive Council, May 10-11, 2004, Montpellier, France: Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The agenda included discussions on the following topics: the 2003 financial report, the Science Council, Challenge Programs, the review of Partnership Committees, the CGIAR compensation study, the Working Group on Performance Measurement, the CGIAR charter, selecting CGIAR-nominees on Center Boards, the CGIAR charter, the GRPC work plan and budget, the task forces on programmatic and structural alignment, the ISNAR-IFPRI transition and the Global Open Agriculture and Food University.…”
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Conclusions and Recommendations of the Summary of Proceedings of the Ninth ExCo Meeting, October 31, 2005 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Topics discussed were: the revised Science Council Priorities and Strategies 2005-2015, strengthening the research-development linkage in the CGIAR, the medium term plans and 2006 financing plan, the CIMMYT EPMR, the Pilot Performance Measurement System, the Sub Saharan Task Forces follow up, the CGIAR engagement with CSOs and the Funding System Priorities Task Force. …”
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Revolutionizing the Evolution of the CGIAR, 2001-2007: A Contribution to the Institutional Memoir and Some Thoughts for the Future by Reifschneider, Francisco José B., Corea, Ernest, Johnson, Ian

“…These pillars paved the way to additional components such as a system-wide Performance Measurement System, a compensation study and more. …”
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2003 CGIAR Annual Report : Impact Everybody's Business by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Also featured are CGIAR centers individual success stories from 2003, descriptions of the new performance measurement activities, challenge programs, and science and communications awards. …”
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Assessing gender and social inclusion in seed access: A framework and Indicators by Bomuhangi, Allan, Puskur, Ranjitha, Yila, Jummai, Nchanji, Eileen, Tennet, Suchaita, Tihanyi, Krisztina, Mugoya, Mainza

“…While the past two decades have seen a growing demand for measurements, benchmarking and comparison to assess seed access and seed systems performance across and within countries, the existing seed metrics lack holistic evaluation and overlook key gender dimensions in their measurement frameworks. …”
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First Meeting of the Science Council, May 12-15, 2004, Aleppo, Syria : Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Science Council

“…Also discussed were the communication strategy, the performance measurement working group report and an update on the Sub-Saharan Africa Task Force. …”
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Out of the loop: Why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done by Shanley, P., López, C.

“…Engagement with the media (5%), production of training and educational materials (4%) and popular publications (5%) as outlets for scientific findings was perceived as inconsequential (o14%) in measuring scientific performance. Less than 3 percent of respondents ranked corporate actors as an important audience for their work. …”
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A framework for identifying country-specific MRV improvement needs in the livestock sector: Lessons from Kenya, Ethiopia and Nigeria by Wilkes, Andreas, Wassie, Shimels Eshete, Dijkman, Joroen

“…Step 3: Assess how livestock sector trends, policies and measures may affect GHG emissions Phase 2: Assess current MRV arrangements and stakeholders’ demands for MRV improvement Step 4: Build an overview of current MRV arrangements and performance. …”
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