Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Research Priorities
Setting Exercise
Over the past six months, the Offices of Agriculture (EGAT/AG)
and Natural Resources Management (EGAT/NRM) in USAID’s
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade (EGAT)
have been working to identify a coherent vision and priorities
that will direct their future research investments. These
offices manage a range of research grants and agreements that
bring the experience and expertise of U.S. Universities, Non-governmental
Organizations, International Research Centers and U.S. Government
Agencies to bear on addressing critical development questions.
A major part of this research is conducted through nine Collaborative
Research Support Programs (CRSPs) implemented by U.S. Universities
and their partners.
The goals of this research priority setting exercise are
to:
- 1) Identify a joint research framework for EGAT/AG and
EGAT/NRM that addresses Administration mandates, global
development needs, EGAT priorities, and U.S. comparative
advantage; and
- 2) Propose mechanisms for implementation of this framework
that will include but not be limited to a revised Collaborative
Research Support Programs (CRSP) Portfolio. Both the research
framework and CRSP Portfolio will be phased-in over the
next four years.
To complete this exercise, the two Offices have developed
the following documents:
- An “Overview of the Research Framework” (click
here to read this document);
- A “Research Framework for the Offices of Agriculture
and Natural Resources Management” (click
here to read this document);
- “Proposed Criteria for the Selecting USAID’s
Collaborative Research Support Program Portfolio”
(click
here to read this document); and
- The revised Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
Research Priorities Desktop Review (3,493 mb PDF) (click
here to read this document).
All stakeholders are encouraged to read these documents
and to share the documents with others who might not be aware
of this process. Your comments on the documents and process
are welcome. Taking into account the four documents listed
above and your own experiences in international development,
EGAT/AG and EGAT/NRM would also like to receive specific recommendations
for the composition of a CRSP portfolio. Comments should be
sent to research.feedback@usaid.gov
by August 31, 2005.
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