Design process

The Program was designed through a process of stakeholder interaction. The major milestones are listed below:

Date	Event
1 April 2010	CGIAR Consortium agreed the thematic area on sustainable rice, wheat and maize systems for ensuring global food security will be expanded to be more inclusive of other crops as well as fish and livestock
April/early May	Drafting of concept note by staff from ILRI, WorldFish, CIAT, and ICARDA
10 May	CRP3.7 concept note submitted to Consortium Board
17 June	CRP3.7 concept note approved by Consortium Board and reviewers’ feedback provided
6-8 July	CGIAR Centers meeting, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya
20 July	Side event, hosted by ILRI, WorldFish, CIAT, and ICARDA and held during FARA Africa Agriculture Science Week, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
13 July to 10 September	e-consultation: see https://livestockfish.wordpress.com/
26 July	Consultations held in Bamako, Mali to explore opportunities for focusing on small ruminant value chains in Mali
17-20 August	Consultations held in Uganda to explore opportunities for focusing on fish value chains in Uganda
24/25 August	Stakeholders’ consultation, ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: see http://livestock-fish.wikispaces.com/addis_stakeholder_meeting
9-10 September	Consultations held in Uganda to explore opportunities for focusing on pig value chains in Uganda
Late August/early September	CRP3.7 full proposal drafted
3-10 September	Draft of full proposal circulated for comment by CG partners and external reviewers
17 September 2010	Full proposal submitted to Consortium Board
2 February 2011	Consortium Board review comments received
9 February to 5 March 2011	e-consultation: see https://livestockfish.wordpress.com/
1-3 March 2011	CGIAR Centers meeting, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya
5 March 2011	Revised proposal submitted to Consortium Board
8 April 2011	Revised proposal presented to the Fund Council (FC), Montpellier, France; decision deferred to Fund Council meeting in July
18 May 2011	Comments from Independent Science & Partnership Council (ISPC) received, with additional comments from individual Fund Council members (Australia, FAO, World Bank) received in June
14 June 2011	ILRI and CIAT convene a Stakeholder consultation on R&D for the smallholder pig value chain in Uganda, Kampala
28 June 2011	Response to ISPC and Fund Council (FC) members submitted to the FC
7 July 2011	The CGIAR Fund Council approved the Proposal
13 October 2011	ILRI’s Tom Randolph named Director of the CRP3.7 Program.
2 December 2011	Consultative meeting with stakeholders
16 December 2011	The CRP3.7 Program agreement between ILRI and the Consortium Office was signed.
1 January 2012	CRP3.7 officially started.