Abstract:
In 1995, TAC commissioned an Inter-Centre Review of
Root and Tuber Crops Research in the CGIAR, and that
group’s final report was submitted in April 1996. Among
its findings, the review recommended that the Centers
working on these crops prepare, in consultation with nonCGIAR members, “a comprehensive, documented text that
sets out a vision for root and tuber research employing
Inter-Centre collaborations and institutional
partnerships….” (TAC, 1997). At International Centers’
Week 1996, representatives of CIAT, CIP, IFPRI, IPGRI, and
IITA met, formed an informal committee, and established a
task force to prepare such a report, with CIP and CIAT
representatives acting as co-convenors. This document
synthesizes the principal findings of the subsequent work