News

Impact SPIA

Posted on Mar 11, 2020

Blog

“Gold Standard” Measurement Approaches: Yes, but Even Gold Comes in Different Carats…

In the last decade, the validity of data collected through agricultural surveys administered in developing countries has been shaken up by new...

Written by

Paola Mallia

Science ISDC

Posted on Feb 22, 2020

Vacancy announcements

Vacancy Announcement: Senior Officer, ISDC

Vacancy Announcement: Senior Officer, Independent Science for Development Council - CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat The newly formed CGIAR...

Science ISDC

Posted on Feb 21, 2020

Call for proposals

Call for Expressions of Interest: ISDC Consultancy

Food and Agriculture Systems Trade-off Report for One CGIAR Timeline: 15 April to 29 May 2020 Proposals Due: 6 March 2020 3 p.m. CET The ISDC is...

Advisory Services CAS

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Vacancy announcements

Vacancy Announcement: Senior Manager, Evaluation - CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat

The newly formed CGIAR Advisory Services (CAS) Secretariat, hosted at Bioversity International in Rome, is recruiting for a Senior Manager, Evaluation...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Jan 21, 2020

Workshops

"Don’t Look for a Donkey in the Lake"

SPIA's first country consultation workshop (agenda and participant list here) in October 2019 was a key part of our strategy of working intensively in...

Written by

James Stevenson

Science ISDC

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Workshops

Delivering Actionable Science Advice to the CGIAR System at a Time of Transition and Change – The ISDC Induction and Planning Retreat

Since the creation of the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) in 2019 as the renewed CGIAR science advisory body, the Council conducted...

Written by

Holger Meinke

Advisory Services CAS

Posted on Dec 16, 2019

Blog

Season’s Greetings and Welcome to the New CGIAR Advisory Services Website

The aim of this website is to share information from three crucial independent advisory services serving CGIAR. The site provides access to a wealth...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Nov 26, 2019

Call for proposals

Can Diffusion Strategies Adapted to the Characteristics of CGIAR Innovations Enhance and Sustain Uptake?

A call for cases for learning-oriented impact studies* Background and scope of the call The CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) is...

Science ISDC

Posted on Nov 04, 2019

Vacancy announcements

Vacancy Announcement: Senior Manager - Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC)

The newly formed CGIAR Advisory Services (CAS) Secretariat, hosted at Bioversity International in Rome, is recruiting for a Senior Manager...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Sep 10, 2019

Call for proposals

New Window for Expressions of Interest for Impact Studies

Estimating the long-term, large-scale impacts of CGIAR research on development outcomes SPIA has re-opened the window for submissions of expressions...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Jun 26, 2019

Call for proposals

Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Intensification - New SPIA Call for Expressions of Interest

SPIA is pleased to announce a call for Expressions of Interest for studies of "The environmental impacts of agricultural intensification". We have...

Science ISDC

Posted on Feb 07, 2019

Video

Use of Targeted Genome Editing

Jennifer Thomson, Emeritus Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town and ISPC member, highlights the potential of targeted genome editing to accelerate CGIAR objectives but also explains the need for work on regulation regarding new breeding technologies to ensure access/benefits to poor/public sector.

Paola Mallia

James Stevenson

Holger Meinke