Prioritizing Agricultural Research for

Systematic empirical analysis is needed to help guide limited public resources to those research areas that have the greatest potential to produce benefits for the poor and the environment. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. Chapters present approaches that have been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and research priorities, while also considering their strengths and weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.

David A. Raitzer is currently the Research Impact Assessment Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research, where he is responsible for impact evaluation of the centers research, and he leads center level research planning.

Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Acronyms	p. xvii
Introduction to Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development	p. 1
Background Tools
Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) and Research Priority Assessment	p. 8
Institute-Level Approaches
Research Priority Assessment at the International Potato Center (CIP)	p. 25
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture's (IITA) Experience in Priority Assessment of Agricultural Research	p. 44
Priority Assessment at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): Confronting the Challenges of a Policy-oriented Natural Resources Management Research Portfolio	p. 64
Research Evaluation and Priority Assessment at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT): Continuing Cycles of Learning to Improve Impacts	p. 82
Using Multiple Objectives in Participatory Assessment of International Livestock Research: Lessons Learned	p. 102
Priority Assessment for Rice Research in sub-Saharan Africa	p. 116
Highlights of the Evolution of Priority Assessment and Targeting at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)	p. 136
System And Regional Approaches
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas' (ICARDA) Experience in Agricultural Research Priority Assessment	p. 156
Strategic Priorities for Agricultural Development in Eastern and Central Africa: a Review of the Institutional Context and Methodological Approach for Undertaking a Quantitative, Subregional Assessment	p. 172
Methods and Approach to Identify the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) System Priorities for Research	p. 192
Synthesis And Ways Forward
Synthesis and Option for Enhanced Priority Assessment for Agricultural and Natural and Resources Research	p. 208
Index	p. 227
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