1. Report from the Partnerships Sessions
P1.1 National Food Security – K. Cassman, CGIAR ISPC Chair
P1.2 Household Nutrition Security – B. Burlingame, FAO
P2.1 Sustainable Use of Biodiversity – G. Ejeta, CGIAR Consortium Board
P2.2 Land, Water, Forests and Landscapes - J. Sayer, CGIAR Science Council
P2.3 Climate Change - F. Rossi, WMO
P3.1 Partnerships for Livelihood Impacts – R. Cooke, Consultant, ex-IFAD
P3.2 Partnerships for Smallholder Market Linkages – P. Kiriro, EAFF
P3.3 Rebuilding Livelihoods in Protracted Crises - M. Solh, ICARDA

2. P1.1 Partnerships to Achieve National Food
Security
 Develop guidelines and standards and mainstream skills and
tools to strengthen partnerships between research and
development actors [CGIAR with partners]
 Demand clarity of purpose in all partnerships [CRPs]
 Identify and promote funding arrangements that enable (rather
than constrain) partnerships [CGIAR with partners and donors]

3. P1.2 Household Nutrition Security
• Political commitment • Evidence: Data, methods,
• Intersectoral: Agriculture, indicators, M&E,
health and environment communities of practice
(nutrition-driven and • Impact: Gender, 1000
nutrition-sensitive) days, MDGs, ZHC

4. P2.1 Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Strengthened research and development on in
situ and on farm dimensions of agricultural
biodiversity management, use and conservation in
CGIAR and in other partner organizations.
Strengthened Partnerships: .... CGIAR with
national and international research institutions and
with civil society organization in in situ and on-farm
management of biodiversity.
Global Strategy: A GFAR-CGIAR led global strategy
for in situ and on-farm ABD research for development
across countries and regions, initiated.

5. P2.2 Land, Water, Forests and Landscapes
• Foster communities of practice on metrics and impact logic
• Focus efforts on a few sentinel landscapes as models of optimal
landscape approaches
• Produce a special journal issue on landscape approach
successes
• Include landscape logic in GCARD foresight work and place on
agenda of GCARD 2014
• Encourage networks of landscape science practitioners
• Produce best practice guidelines for landscape-scale interventions

6. P2.3 Climate Change
A global problem, synergies and exploitation of existing
resources.
New partnerships, contextualization and common
agendas.
Different partners, different expertise: capacity
building and common dialogue. Understanding and
evaluating priorities. Dealing with inter-sectoral
partnerships (agriculture-environment-climate).
Financial and institutional sustainability of partnerships
Institutional coordination of partnerships: focal points if necessary
Developing partnerships through call for proposals: Examples from European Commission
Potential partnership and opportunities

7. P3.1 Partnerships for livelihood impacts
• Prioritize smallholder, multi-stakeholder innovative processes to
foster farmer innovation
• Develop action-research on partnerships and innovation platforms
as an essential research area to strengthen future partnerships and
move innovations to scale
• Pursue transparent and effective communication essential to define
roles and responsibilities, develop trust and deliver partnerships
• Recognize the importance of scaling up innovation processes:
develop the capacity of research institutions and development
partners to move from innovations to scaling up processes

8. P3.2 Partnerships for Smallholder Market Linkages
• Research on market linkages and enabling policies provides triggers for innovation. Efforts
mobilised through GFAR networks for increased research funds for inclusive market-oriented
development
• Farmer Organisations are supported to resolve challenges in value chains including evidence-
based proposals for improved policies and institutions e.g. ESFIM phase 3
• No single model for partnerships exists: experimentation with innovative models and knowledge
sharing on existing models in place
• CRPs: CRP2 - enhanced equitable partnership with Farmer Organisations in research
prioritisation. Coherence across all CRPs in framing research to reflect market conditions facing
smallholders established
• Incremental crosscutting CGIAR funds used to strengthen alignment and coordination of
CGIAR, national and regional research on smallholder market linkages
• Mechanism in place for good practice learning in smallholder market linkages including
cooperative development

9. P3.3 Rebuilding Livelihoods in Protracted Crises
Outcomes
o Lessons and past experience and successes achieved in Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq and Rwanda case provide a
valuable resource for improving livelihoods in countries affected by wars/conflicts and natural disasters.
o Disaster preparedness, leadership and vision, capacity development, emphasis on seed relief, rapid impact of
agriculture technologies and rural development as well as coordination among supporting organizations are
key primers for building resilience and improving livelihoods.
o It is essential to phase out the food aid emergencies soonest possible towards more sustainable development.
Commitments to Collective Actions 2012-2014
o Establishment of a consultative Learning Platform among 2PC countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
o Needs assessment for identifying priorities and inventory of physical resources of 2PC countries.
o Capacity development of national research institutions extension and advisory services, producer
organizations, local community and stewardship of agro-dealership system, both formal and informal sectors.
o Regional integration of agricultural research for development strategies, value chain development and market
access provision.