What is IITA

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RESEARCH-for-DEVELOPMENT
The DEBATE The R4D Project at IITA
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The R verses The D
X
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society
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driving force Development
Always has been. Always will be.
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Keep your eye on the red circle
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Millennium Development Goals
MDG
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DEVELOPMENT

• Knowledge
• Quality of Life
• Technologies
• Condition

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For Society
Research is a tool important, vital, critical,
but a tool
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Research for Development
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Science Council ? Supply Driven IITA ?
Demand Driven
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KINDs OF RESEARCH

• Basic
• Strategic
• Applied
• Adaptive

upstream
downstream
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TIME LAGS
D
Basic
D
Adaptive Applied
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TIME LAGS
Di1
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Di2
Basic
Din
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Adaptive Applied
D
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
Basic Research - Difficult Scientists Faciliti
es Sustained financing Time ? Urgent
needs NEED results of basic research!
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
How solve this dilemma? Advanced Research
Institutes Scientists Facilities Time
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
No CG breakthrough via links with another CG
center.
Exchanges plant/insect - YES Administrative
- YES Science - NO
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Examples of current challenges

• cyanide ? Denmark
• wilt in banana ? China
• pod borer cowpea ? Australia
• rapid viral identification ? Germany
• maize improvement ? USA
• CBSD ? UK

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PARTNERS and PATHWAYS

• ARIs ? IPG
• NARs ? NPG
• ARIs ? IPGs ? NARs ? NPGs ? IPGs

Who said it would be easy?
NARs ARIs NARs
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
At IITA we start Developmental Need
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
Relevance
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
D both guide and goal
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R ? address Identified Need
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Define the need
D
envision potential IMPACT
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Address the need
R
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D ? R ? D ? Realize Impact
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Define the need
Baseline Ex-Ante
Ex-post
IMPACT
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Ex-Ante forward looking assessment
Baseline determinate data
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Ex-Ante

• illustrates plausibility
• impact ?(many other factors)

Ex-ante important - Science Council Ex-Post
important - Donors
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potential impact
R4D Design Outputs
Need
Baseline Ex-ante
Ex-post
Credible IMPACT
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Envision Success Potential IMPACT
gtDrives gtEncourages gtGives strength
Life is tough Frustrations abound
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Little IITA
Success IMPACT
partners
ARI 1 ARI n NAR 1 NAR n
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Success IMPACT
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Partners
Needs
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Perpetuity
X
potential IMPACT
Exit
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African Union
Potential IMPACT
Exit
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national regional partners
consumers
private sector
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potential IMPACT
African Union
Exit
?
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national regional partners
consumers
private sector
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Putting it all together
Success IMPACT
African Union
Exit
?
partners
Need
?
national regional partners
consumers
private sector
Baseline Ex-ante
Ex-Post
credible IMPACT
Source Hartmann, 2006, IITA
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Envision the whole
What How Who When So what
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CONCLUSION
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PURPOSE of an Organization DETERMINANT
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R
X
D
X
R and D
X
Research for Development
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PURPOSE ? Reduce Hunger and Poverty
Research-for-Development
VISUALIZE
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Success IMPACT
Partner/clients
?
Exit
partners
Need
?
Baseline Ex-ante
Ex-Post
credible IMPACT
Source Hartmann, 2006, IITA
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The End Thank you for our patience