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200 International Center Michigan State University Winter, 1983 Bean/Dowpea CRSP External Review 1982 The first external review of the Bean/Cowpea CRSP was held in East Lansing, November 1 to 5, 1982. The External Review Panel, chaired by Dr. Clarence C. Gray, III of the Rockefeller Foundation; included Dr. Mel Blase, the Un~iversity of Missouri-Columbia; Dr. Hugh Bunting, the University of Reading; Dr. ULis Camacho, INTSOY Puerto Rico; Dr. Peter E. Hildebrand, the University of Florida; Or. Antonio M. Pinchinat, IICA, 00sta Rica; and Dr. Charlotte E. Roderuck, World Food Institute, Iowa State University. Two days were spent in project reviews with the Principal Investi- gators. A number of U.S. collaborating scientists and Host Country PIs also participated. The External Review Panel met with the Technical Committee, the Board of Directors, representatives of the Management Entity (MSU) and the staff of the Management Office during that week. Representatives from UfSAID, Dr. John Yohe, Dr. Bernard Pollack and Dr. Boyd Whittle, as well as BIFAD representatives, Dr. Fred Hutchinson and Dr. Fred Johnson also attended the review. The report of the External Review Panel is expected to be available soon after January 1, 1983. Dr. Bede Okigbo, Deputy Director of IITA in Ibadan Nigeria (on leave) was present for the project re- views. A number of the project research teams held separate planning meetings while attending the Exter- nal. Review. Team meetings were held by project per- sonnel from the Dominican Republic Project with the University of Nebraska and the University of Puerto Rico; both Nigeria projects with the University of Georgia and Michigan State University; the INCAP project with Washington State University and colla- borators from Colorado State University, Kansas State University, Michigan State University and the Univer- sity of Puerto Rico; the Honduras Project with the Vliversity of Puerto Rico; and the Kenya Project with the University of California at Davis and at River- side. A number of other meetings across projects, and among scientists from related disciplines, such as food science, entomology and plant pathology were also held. Travel Tip for U.S. Participants Most CRSP travelers are located at non-metropoli- tan locations and begin and end their travel at those places. Feeder-airline services providing connections from remote stations to metro-interchange cities are (or can be) one of the most disproportionately high costs of your travel. You should consider the possi- bility of using personal reimbursable transportation or commercial limousine and bus service to reduce the cost of travel and most times, greatly enhance your schedule flexibility once you start and end your travel at a metro facility. Single travelers are sometimes realizing appreciable savings but multiple and group travelers can save "hundreds of dollars" on alternate transportation plans over distances of less than a hundred miles. FROM THE DIRECTOR Final Planned Project Established The eighteenth and final project, planned under the original Bean/Dowpea CRSP Planning Grant, was approved by the CRSP Board of Directors and the Di- rector General of INIA in Mexico in September, 1982. This project is entitled "Improving Resistance to En- vironmental Stress in Beans Through Genetic Selection for Carbohydrate Partitioning and Efficiency of Bio- logical Nitrogen Fixation." The Bean/Cowpea CRSP brought to a close the second implementation year with a full complement of the planned projects. Some changes in the location of two projects were necessary however. (Botswana as project host country replacing Gulyana, and Mexico as project host country with participation by CIAT replacing the original designation of CIAT as project host). Wore than 75 project proposals were received by the CRSP planners in response to their invitation to the bean and cowpea research community. The eighteen projects now in place include concepts and scientists from nearly 30 of the original proposals. This syn- thesis has permitted the CRSP to be much more compre- hensive than would otherwise have been possible, and is responsible for the multi-disciplinary dimension of several projects. In aggregate, the projects make up the global plan for CRSP research, addressing principal constraints to bean and cowpea production and utilization which limit availability of these nutritious staples in many parts of Africa and Latin America. A future challenge to the CRSP will be to assess the progress of existing projects with a view toward re-allocation of CRSP re- sources as current objectives are met, and as new needs are perceived. Everyone who has contributed to CRSP planning, and to Program implementation should be proud to know that the CRSP Global Plan has been established as a working reality. FY-82 Annual Report: Executive Summary The Executive Summary of the Bean/00wpea CRSP FY-82 Annual Report is available from the Management Office. This condensed document notes the establish- ment of the projects and the results of their first year of implementation. It was distributed to atten- deas at the recent External Rleview Meeting. Although most of the projects have been operational for less than a year, some interesting leads are already being reported. More detailed information is available from the respective principal investigators. Copies of the Executive Summary are available upon request. MSU Qan Af/bmaniv Action/JqudCl OpornmityInstitution BEAN/COWPEA C SP Co mmuniq ue 1983 Board of Directors & Technical Committee New members of the Board of Directors and the Technical Committee of the Bean/Cowpea CRSP were welcomed during the meetings held in East Lansing the first week in November. New officers were elected for each group. The 1983 Board of Directors include: Dr. Donal D. Johnson, Chrairman (Colorado State Univ.) Dr. Landis Boyd, Secretary (Washington State Univ.) Dr. Dale P. Harpstead (Michigan State Univ.) Dr. Calvin Qualset (Univ. of California-Davis) Dr. Antonio Velez-Ramos (Univ. of Puerto Rico) Their next meeting will. be held February 10 in Denver, The 1983 Technical Committee includes: Dr. Fred Bliss, Chairman (Univ. of wisconsin) Or. Tony Ha~ll, Secretary (Univ. of Calif.-Riverside) Or. Ricardo Bressani (INCAP, GuJatemala) Or. Dermot P. Done (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln) Or. Jullio Lopez-Rosa (Univ. of Pu~erto Rico) Dr. Matt Silbernagel (washington State Univ.) Dr. Shiv R. Singh (IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria) Their next meeting will be January 13 in Detroit. Bean/Compea Special Thanks The Bean/Cowpea CRSP is most appreciative of the extensive work and dedication of the out-going mem- bers of' the Board of Directors and Technical Com- mittee in bringing the CRSP through its first two years and getting all 18 of the planned projects im- plemented. A special note of thanks is expressed to the out-going Technical Committee Chairperson of two years, Dr. Barbara Webster (UC, Davis) and out-going secretary Dr. Larry Beuchat (Univ. of G;A). The unique and insightful contributions of Or. Aart Van Schoon- have~n (CIAT) have been particularly valuable as were the important ideas' contributed by Dr. Azuka Dike (Unliv. of Nigeria, Nsukka). The Board will miss the able support and guidance of Dr. joe Metz (Cornell) and Dr. Bob Hougas. The CRSP is inoeed grateful for the significant work on its behalf Dy these persons. CRSP PERSONAITIES Meet the Chairperson of the External Review Panel 3r. Clarence G. G~ray, III Dr. Gray is an outstanding scientist with more than twenty years of professional experience in rural development and international agriculture in deve~lop- ing countries. He is Associate Director for Agricul- tural Sciences for the Rockefeller Foundation, having had supervisory responsibility for the Foundation's Agricultural programs in Asia. He has also had re- sponsibility for development programs in China, Nlepal, Ceylon, Jordan, Egypt, with the United States Agency for International Development as well as the R~ocke- feller Foundation. Prior to his international in- volvement, Dr. Gray, his wife, Shirley, and their three children were at Virginia State College where he held an appointment as Associate Professor of agronomy. Dr. Gray received his Master's and Ph.D. in Soil Sciences at Michigan State University. Cr gently he serves as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of the International Rice Research Institute, as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the New York College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Dornell University. Dr. Gray's exceptional dedication to: science and human service provide the leadership so valuable to the goals of the Beari/Cowpea CRSP. His tenure as Chairperson of the External Review Panel of the Be~an/00wpea CRSP will be very important in the substantive evolution of the CRSP. Or. Okiqbo Consults with_ Bean/00wpea Dr. Bede Okigbo, Deputy Director of IITA, is at Cornell University and Michigan State University for his sabbatic leave. During his stay at MSU, he will spend some of his time with the Bean/Cowpes OTSP to review ad evaluate the individual CRSP projects. His review will have special emphasis on the projects' potential for impact on the CR5P goal identified in the grant as "to make a significant contribution in improving the living conditions of small producers in LOCs and increased availability of low cost nutritious Poodstuffs in the marketplace for the rural and urban poor in LOCs." Dr. Okigbo, who received his Ph.0 from Cornell ;-liversity, has extensive experience in research management, and combines the perspective of the international centers with his earlier experience as Professor and Head of Plant/Soil Sciences Department of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to bring unique expertise to the CRSP. Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program Room 200, Center for International Programs Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 U.S.A. Telephone: (517)355-4693 Telex: 8102510737 |
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