The CGIAR suggests seven Mega-Programs and two cross-cutting platforms for its strategy

In a very recent update on the CGIAR reform, the CGIAR chair Kathy Sierra mentions among others the good start of the GCARD process, as well as a new progress report on the Strategy and Results Framework and Mega-Programs.

This document —a work in progress— outlines a strategy “orientated to results at scale” and suggests the establishments of 7 Mega-Programs defined as “major research efforts reaching across CGIAR centers and their partners that promise to make a major difference to achievement of global development goals.”

The 7 suggested Mega-Programs are:

1. Crop Germplasm Conservation, Enhancement, and  Use
2. Diets, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health
3. Institutional Innovation, ICTs, and Markets
4. Climate Change and Agriculture
5. Agricultural Systems for the Poor and Vulnerable
6. Water, Soils, and Ecosystems
7. Forests and Biomass

In addition the creation of two cross-cutting platforms is suggested.
1.    A Global Platform on gender in Agriculture
2.    A Global Platform on capacity Building

On the latter, it is mentioned that “the design of this cross-cutting program will be a joint effort between the CGIAR and its research partners, represented by GFAR and its constituency. “

The Alliance of the CGIAR invites for comments on this document at: http://alliance.cgxchange.org/strategy-and-results-framework-and-mega-programs