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Introduction to training in the CGIAR system. –
IARCs in world agriculture. –
Agricultural knowledge system. –
Evolution of International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR. –
The record of training by IARCs. –
Effects of training. –
The people wo participated. –
Effects on participants. –
Effects in national programs. –
Big impact by few persons. –
A closer look at training. –
Many kinds of IARC training. –
Training to develop research skills. –
Group courses. –
A closer look at numbers. –
A closer look at costs. –
Regional and in-country training. –
Centers and main subjects of training. –
A case example of training. –
Review and points of view. –
Significant benefits. –
Weaknesses, problems, and points of view. –
A look to the future. –
The changing partnership. –
Focuses of training. –
Relations with universities. –
Enhancing country-IARC dialogue. –
A growing sense of system. –
A global system. –
Towards an appropriate agricultural science. –
Towards a world effort to meet training needs. –
What is needed to make training by IARCs more effective and on target in the future? –
Statistical interest in Africa. –
Statistical annex.

"This publication illustrates the efforts to forge and strengthen the partnership. It is based mainly on the report of a study team commissioned by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to the CGIAR to review progress made by the International Agricultural Research Centers and to suggest ways in which this progress can be further enhanced."