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Foro Regional de las Américas para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario. From Priority-Setting to Project Implementation By Compton L. Paul. Methodology R&D priorities for CARICOM R&D programme formulation for CARDI Project implementation
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Foro Regional de las Américas para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario
From Priority-Setting to Project ImplementationBy Compton L. Paul
Methodology • R&D priorities for CARICOM • R&D programme formulation for CARDI • Project implementation • Lessons learnt
Evaluation Criteria(Scoring Method) • Economic importance 0.4 • Social importance 0.3 • Institutional importance 0.2 • Environmental importance 0.1
Priority Setting Exercise Establish Working GroupCompile Baseline InformationSend to clients and stakeholders, IICA, ISNARConduct priority-setting exerciseRegional Workshop of CARDI staff and key stakeholders(IICA and ISNAR Consultants assist)SMC finalizes options PREFERRED OPTIONDispatched to BOD50th BODRecommendations to BOGImplementation(2001-2006)
Steps in Research Programme Formulation Steps in Research Programme Formulation
Approved Strategic Option for CARDI 2001-2006(R&D Focus) • Leewards • St Kitts/Nevis, • Montserrat, Antigua • Water use • Agronomy (fruits,vegetables) • Entomology • Dry • Ecozone • Seeds • Belize • Seeds (Hot Pepper, Cereals, Grain legume) • Seeds • Windwards • St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, • St Vincent/Grenadines • Agronomy (fruits, roots, vegetables) • Pathology • PHT • Jamaica • IPM • Land & Water Use • Goats • Wet, hilly • Ecozone • Seeds • Barbados • Improved Plant Germplasm • Blackbelly Sheep • T/C material • Headquarters (Trinidad) • Executive Management • PROCICARIBE • R&D Directorate • Corporate Services (HR, Fin.) • Info & Comm • Resource Mobilisation • Biometrics • Marketing/Quality Assurance • Agric Economics • Trinidad & Tobago • Sheep • Organic Farming • Biometrics • Marketing • Agribusiness
Relationship between Operational, Medium-Term and Strategic Plans at CARDI
Expected Impact Expected Impact
Expected Impact • Partnerships • Strategic Alliances • Information systems • Technical Assistance • Institutional Capacity Development • Farmer Participatory Research • Resource Mobilization • Research Coordination • Commercial and Subsistence Farmers, Other Clients /Stakeholders
Lessons Learnt • Cross-section of stakeholders • Preparation of stakeholders • Databases • Dubious previous priority-setting methodologies • Commodity bias • Constraints analyses lacking • Political bias • Countries jockey for political clout Continued
Lessons Learnt (Ctd) • Large number of countries complexity of process • Donor preferences • Commodity vs constraints
Foro Regional de las Américas para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario