Report on the Desertification Convention

Report by ICRISAT on its participation on behalf of the CGIAR in the negotiations between May 1993 and June 1994 leading to the International Convention to Combat Desertification, itself an outgrowth of UNCED. ICRISAT cited the Desert Margins Initiative, a CGIAR ecoregional initiative which ICRISAT itself headed, as a CGIAR response to the Convention.The statement of James Ryan, ICRISAT Director General, at the signing ceremony, and relevant portions of the Convention are annexed.Agenda document, CGIAR International Centers Week, October 1994

Agreement for Cooperation between V.I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Vaskhnil) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Agreement for cooperation between the V.I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Vaskhnil) USSR and ICRISAT signed at Patancheru, India on April 25, 1990. This agreement establishes collaborative research between the two parties. Agreement signed by N. Z. Milaschenko, First Vice-President for Vaskhnil and L. D. Swindale for ICRISAT. Agreement is in English and contains seven articles

General Agreement for Technical Cooperation betwene the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics

General agreement for technical cooperation between the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and ICRISAT signed on February 5, 1997. Agreement is in English and contains six articles

Agreement between the Federal Military Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Agreement between Nigeria and ICRISAT signed at Lagos, Nigeria on September 15, 1987. This agreement establishes that ICRISAT undertake a West African sub-regional research and training program on sorghum and millet from the central base in Nigeria. Agreement is in English and contains seven articles

Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation between the Government of Eritrea and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Memorandum of understanding between the Government of Eritrea and ICRISAT signed on October 3, 1995. This MOU establishes collaborative research between the two parties for research work in sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, chickpea, pigeonpea, and groundnut. MOU is in English and contains seven articles

Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Mali and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics for the Creation of a West African Regional Sorghum Research Center

Memorandum of agreement between Mali and ICRISAT signed on September 11, 1987 for the purpose of establishing a West African regional Sorghum research center. Agreement is in English and French and contains eight articles

Molecular markers for the determination of fertility restorer lines

ICRISAT has adopted the CGIAR IA Principles which require that CGIAR Centers carefully consider whether to register/apply for (or allow third parties to register/apply for) patents and/or PVP over the CGIAR Centers’ respective Intellectual Assets. Under the policy, as a general rule, such applications will not be made unless they are necessary for the further improvement of the Intellectual Assets or to enhance the scale or scope of impact on target beneficiaries, in furtherance of the CGIAR Vision. This disclosure is in fulfilment of the CGIAR IA Principles to provide justifications for the patent applications filed by ICRISAT

Constitution of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Constitution of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics prepared on July 5, 1972. The Constitution is in English and contains eleven articles