management of staff, modalities, materials in research institutes

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Management of Staff, Modalities, & Materials in

Research Institutes

- Example of R4D at IITA

Robert Asiedu IITA


Strategic R4D Goals• Increase major staple food crop (cassava, yam, maize,

banana/plantain, soybean, and cowpea) yields by 60%

• Increase average farm income by 50%, lifting 25% of poor households above the poverty line (over 11 million Africans)

• Reduce the number of malnourished children by 30%

• Restore 40% of farms to sustainable resource management (revitalizing over 7.5 million hectares of degrading farmlands)


IITA Strategy Documents

• IITA 2012-2020 Refreshed Strategy (crops & impact zones)

• Sub-regional: Central, East, South, & West Africa

• Thematic– Biotechnology– Genetic Improvement– Natural Resources Management– Social Science and Agribusiness– Plant Production and Plant Health


Key Crops


Regional hubs

The structureR4D Scientists

West: 77

Central: 25

East: 36

South: 16


Action on the ground

Key Project Sites

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Locations:

60 in Nigeria (49 at Ibadan, 4 at Abuja, 7 at Kano station)

5 at Cotonou station, Benin

8 in Ghana (3 in Accra, 1 in Kumasi, 4 in Tamale)

1 at Gbarnga, Liberia

1 at Njala, Sierra Leone

1 in Mali

1 in Burkina Faso

Staff: IITA-Western Africa

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Disciplinary groupings:

Biotechnology & Genetic Improvement: 28

Social Science and Agribusiness: 13

Natural Resource Management: 9

Plant Production & Plant Health: 25

Cross-cutting:

(Food, Nutrition, & Health Sciences): 2

Staff: IITA-Western Africa


Impact of Soybean Rust

10 g seeds = 196 (D), 89 (H)

0 7

1418

• Premature defoliation

• 60-80% grain yield loss

• Seed size reduced

• HPR ideal for African farmers

Source: Bandyopadhyay, 2010


Source: Bandyopahyay, 2010

Rust Resistance Evaluation - Soybean


Organogram

General Directorate

Western AfricaHub

Biotech andGenetic

Improvement

CRP 3.4 Genebank

Project 1,2,3

Central AfricaHub

Eastern AfricaHub

Southern AfricaHub

Human ResourcesService

Supply ChainService

Information andCommunication

Technology Service

Facilities Management

Service

Finance Directorate

Natural Resource

Management

CRP 5 CRP 1.2 CRP 7

Project 1,2,3

Social Science and Agribusiness

CRP 2 CRP 4

Project 1,2,3

Plant Productionand Plant Health

CRP 3.5 CRP 3.2

Project 1,2,3

Audit

Hub Administration

Partnerships and Capacity Development Directorate

Capacity Development

Office

Project Administration

Office

Communication and Social Marketing

Office

Partnership Coordination

Office

Project Development

Office

Board of Trustees

Research for Development (R4D) Directorate

Corporate ServicesDirectorate

HumidtropicsProgram


Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal

Criteria for Researchers• Work Achievement• Quality of Science• Capacity building• Communications• Management• Other professional

Activities• Personal Effectiveness

• Timely response to call for information, reports, or other requests from management

• Mentoring peers and other colleagues

• Managing staff effectively• Participating in non-project activities• Participating effectively in project

teams• Contribution towards IITA reputation• Acknowledging other colleagues

inputs• Showing gender and diversity

sensitivity in the working place


Work plans; Progress Monitoring; Appraisal

Criteria for non-researchers• Assessment of Goals Performance• Technical/Professional Knowledge• Analytical Ability & Judgement• Resourcefulness and Initiative• Management of Staff• Management of Resources• Performance Under Pressure• Interpersonal Relations

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