Indo-Gangetic Plains Research
Planning Workshop
Kathmandu, 2-4 April 2003
Workshop Objectives
- Identify methods and research approaches to address GECAFS research questions
- Identify potential regional and international collaborators
- Outline key components of a proposal for research funding
Acknowledgements
The workshop organisers gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from the UKs Department for International Development (DFID)
Programme
(Detailed timings and breaks have been deleted for this web report version)
Wednesday 2 April
Potential Partners Overviews Session
Overviews of relevant aspects of, and potential research links with, GECAFS Partners
- I: Core & Joint Projects of IGBP, IHDP & WCRP:
- Introduction - John Ingram
- GCTE - John Ingram
- LUCC - M K Tiwari
- LAND (5.6Mb) -K S Rajan
- IT (3Mb) - Nutan Kaushik
- CLIVAR - John Ingram
- GWSP (2.3Mb) - Holger Hoff
- II: CGIAR Centers:
- IWMI - Dhrubar Pant
- ICRISAT (17.5Mb) Suresh Pande
General Discussion of GECAFS Research Questions in light of Overviews led by Peter Gregory
Thursday 3 April
Discussions on overall GECAFS IGP Project
- What do we need to know to answer the GECAFS IGP Questions?
- What methodologies need to be implemented?
- Which institutional partners are best equipped to help address the research?
- What would be the time line for research?
Friday 4 April
Brief introduction to CGIAR Challenge Program - an opportunity to fund part of the overall GECAFS IGP agenda
2 Working groups each to determine:
- What specific outputs would we expect from a 3 yr CP research effort to address this goal? and
- What specific activities & methodologies need to be implemented for key outputs?
Report from Working Group 1 discussions
Report from Working Group 2 discussions