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Vacancy: CRP Review Technical Officer (Consultancy)

Quality of Research for Development in the CGIAR Context

As CGIAR implements its One CGIAR reform, ISDC can play an important role by helping to ensure that CGIAR research is of high quality and has a clear path to impact for development outcomes. Using the...

Quality of Research for Development in the CGIAR Context

As CGIAR implements its One CGIAR reform, ISDC can play an important role by helping to ensure that CGIAR research is of high quality and has a clear path to impact for development outcomes. Using the...

DNA Fingerprinting for Crop Varietal Identification: Fit-for-Purpose Protocols, their Costs and Analytical Implications

This study provides guidance to agricultural researchers wanting to integrate DNA fingerprinting of crop varieties into their field research. The authors draw on experience from a number of...

Advisory Services – Fact Sheet 1

CGIAR Advisory Services include the activities of the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC), the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and the external evaluation function. The...

ISDC - Fact Sheet 1: Foresight as a Foundation to Understanding Trade-Offs

The ISDC 2020 workplan focuses on CGIAR System Council’s request for thought-leadership to the System on trade-offs. Responsible science takes time. The research and analysis underpinning ISDC’s...

Seeking New Members for the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC)

Ricardo Labarta

Ricardo Labarta is a Principal Scientist working with the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) and the technical lead for scoping and designing causal impact assessments of CGIAR research. He is...

SPIA Approach to Impact Assessment for CGIAR

The CGIAR portfolio spans a wide spectrum of research, development, and policy engagement activities, involving a multitude of disciplines and approaches, and a large set of causal pathways, and...

Building a Portfolio of Impact Studies for Accountability and Learning: Progress, Lessons, and Opportunities

Message From SPIA Chair on Learning Impact Studies

Vacancy Announcement: Evaluation Officer

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

ISDC - Fact Sheet 2: Trade-offs - The Value of Understanding the Consequences of Choices

ISDC leads various rigorous, science-based activities guided by the principle of independence to support the One CGIAR reform. The 2020 approved workplan focuses on delivering thought-leadership to...

Foresight and Trade-off Implications for One CGIAR

In early 2020 the CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) commissioned foresight reviews and a trade-off analysis report. The goal of the research was to provide ISDC members with an...