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A member of CGIAR consortium www.iita.org
Management of Staff, Modalities, & Materials in
Research Institutes
- Example of R4D at IITA
Robert Asiedu IITA
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Strategic R4D Goals• Increase major staple food crop (cassava, yam, maize,
banana/plantain, soybean, and cowpea) yields by 60%
• Increase average farm income by 50%, lifting 25% of poor households above the poverty line (over 11 million Africans)
• Reduce the number of malnourished children by 30%
• Restore 40% of farms to sustainable resource management (revitalizing over 7.5 million hectares of degrading farmlands)
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IITA Strategy Documents
• IITA 2012-2020 Refreshed Strategy (crops & impact zones)
• Sub-regional: Central, East, South, & West Africa
• Thematic– Biotechnology– Genetic Improvement– Natural Resources Management– Social Science and Agribusiness– Plant Production and Plant Health
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Key Crops
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Regional hubs
The structureR4D Scientists
West: 77
Central: 25
East: 36
South: 16
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Action on the ground
Key Project Sites
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Locations:
60 in Nigeria (49 at Ibadan, 4 at Abuja, 7 at Kano station)
5 at Cotonou station, Benin
8 in Ghana (3 in Accra, 1 in Kumasi, 4 in Tamale)
1 at Gbarnga, Liberia
1 at Njala, Sierra Leone
1 in Mali
1 in Burkina Faso
Staff: IITA-Western Africa
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Disciplinary groupings:
Biotechnology & Genetic Improvement: 28
Social Science and Agribusiness: 13
Natural Resource Management: 9
Plant Production & Plant Health: 25
Cross-cutting:
(Food, Nutrition, & Health Sciences): 2
Staff: IITA-Western Africa
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Impact of Soybean Rust
10 g seeds = 196 (D), 89 (H)
0 7
1418
• Premature defoliation
• 60-80% grain yield loss
• Seed size reduced
• HPR ideal for African farmers
Source: Bandyopadhyay, 2010
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Source: Bandyopahyay, 2010
Rust Resistance Evaluation - Soybean
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Organogram
General Directorate
Western AfricaHub
Biotech andGenetic
Improvement
CRP 3.4 Genebank
Project 1,2,3
Central AfricaHub
Eastern AfricaHub
Southern AfricaHub
Human ResourcesService
Supply ChainService
Information andCommunication
Technology Service
Facilities Management
Service
Finance Directorate
Natural Resource
Management
CRP 5 CRP 1.2 CRP 7
Project 1,2,3
Social Science and Agribusiness
CRP 2 CRP 4
Project 1,2,3
Plant Productionand Plant Health
CRP 3.5 CRP 3.2
Project 1,2,3
Audit
Hub Administration
Partnerships and Capacity Development Directorate
Capacity Development
Office
Project Administration
Office
Communication and Social Marketing
Office
Partnership Coordination
Office
Project Development
Office
Board of Trustees
Research for Development (R4D) Directorate
Corporate ServicesDirectorate
HumidtropicsProgram
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Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal
Criteria for Researchers• Work Achievement• Quality of Science• Capacity building• Communications• Management• Other professional
Activities• Personal Effectiveness
• Timely response to call for information, reports, or other requests from management
• Mentoring peers and other colleagues
• Managing staff effectively• Participating in non-project activities• Participating effectively in project
teams• Contribution towards IITA reputation• Acknowledging other colleagues
inputs• Showing gender and diversity
sensitivity in the working place
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Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal
Criteria for non-researchers• Assessment of Goals Performance• Technical/Professional Knowledge• Analytical Ability & Judgement• Resourcefulness and Initiative• Management of Staff• Management of Resources• Performance Under Pressure• Interpersonal Relations
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