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Background Papers
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These are papers that were presented at the June 1997 Cassava
Review Workshop.
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GCS
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This the final
version of
A
Global Strategy for Cassava: Transforming a Traditional Tropical
Root Crop. (revised March 2000)
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Background Notes
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Phase
I Report
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This
is the FAO commissioned report on Global
Cassava End-Uses and Markets: Current Situation and
Recommendations for Further Study.
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Phase
II Report
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This is the IDRC-IFAD comminsioned Global Cassava
Market Study: Business Opportunities for the Use of Cassava.
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Schedule
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In the future this section will contain dates of
important cassava related activities .
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Status
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This section may be used to track the development
of major cassava based activities.
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Search
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A search engine will be added to support the
activities of those interested in the Global Cassava Strategy.
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Discussions
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When this site becomes public it might be
beneficial to promote discussions on key issues.
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Interesting Links
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Links to other Cassava related sites will be
added.
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This WEB site is the outgrowth of a visionary effort of a number of
individuals and institutions dating from 1996. These individuals and
institutions spurred renewed interest in cassava and it link to the
development process.
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What may be called a rebirth in the interest in cassava can be dated to the
International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) initiated meeting
in May of 1996. As an outcome of this meeting a Task Force was formed to
spearhead the development of a strategy for cassava. The goal of the Task
Force was to realise the shared vision for cassava and move it closer to
action and reality. International experts in 1998 prepared a Global Cassava
development Strategy (GCDS) document. The GCDS was officially endorsed at
the Validation Forum held at Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
Headquarters in Rome in April 2000. An implementation plan was also adopted.
A Coordination Group formed by representatives of the organizations that
played an active role in the development and endorsement of the Strategy
will facilitate the coordination of the Strategy.
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GCDS Coordination group:
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Marcio C. M. Porto, FAO, AGPC - Chair |
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NeBambi
Lutaladio, FAO, AGPC - Secretary |
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Mpoko
Bokanga, IITA |
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Hernán Ceballos
, CIAT |
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Guy
Henry, CIRAD |
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Truman
Phillips, dTp Studies |
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Andrew
Westby, NRI |
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Douglas
Wholey, IFAD |
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Concepción
Calpe, FAO, ESCB |
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Anna
Coccia, FAO, ESCB |
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M.
Satin, FAO, AGSI |
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Rosa Rolle,
FAO, AGSI |
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Manuela,
Allara, FAO, AGPP |
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Frances
Spiers-Centioni, FAO, AGPC |
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Christoph Diederichs, FAO, TCIL |
Through
time there have been some changes. Guy Henry replaced Troude
from CIRAD, CBN was combined with CIAT and FAO became a
member of the task force.
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The
chronology of events following the May 1996 meeting is
outlined below. February 1997 the Intergovernmental Group on
Grains recommended that FAO cooperate closely with the IFAD
global cassava strategy task force.
At the same meeting the Group on Grains agreed to
extend its Terms of Reference to include roots, tubers and
pulses:
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In
June of 1997, IFAD sponsored the Global Cassava Development
Strategy Progress Review Workshop.
The agenda of the Workshop included discussion of:
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the
formulation of the global strategy
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a
prospective implementation plan
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the
design and scope of relevant cassava-related R & D
projects, and
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confirmation
of the relevance of roots and tubers, especially
cassava, as a possible entry point in developing a
country or regional strategy, with special reference to
specific ecological zones or socio-geographic
communities, either from the viewpoint of food security
or income generation and economic diversification.
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Input for
the Rome Workshop was in the form of comprehensive reports
on the status of cassava in the three major producing
continents, Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the
Caribbean, and selected country-specific papers.
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In
November 1997 IFAD commissioned the drafting of A
Global Strategy for Cassava: Transforming a Traditional
Tropical Root Crop.
This draft Strategy has been review by stakeholders at a
series of regional meetings. The final strategy document,
containing inputs and feedback from the regional meetings,
will be presented and discussed in a Global Forum to be held
later in 1999.
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In December 1997 Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) contracted The European Group on Roots,
Tubers and Plantain to prepare a report on Global
Cassava End-Uses and Markets: Current Situation and
Recommendations for Further Study.
This reports is also referred to as Phase I.
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In January 1998 International Development
Research Centre (IDRC), with support from IFAD, contracted
dTp Studies Inc. to co-ordinate this study, Global
Cassava Market Study: Business Opportunities for the Use of
Cassava, referred to as Phase II.
The objective of this study is to identify viable business opportunities for the use of cassava,
with the input of industry, traders and producing countries.
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| The outgrowth of these actions has been the
development of a vision for cassava and a strategic approach
that may be used to realise this vision |
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