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CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry CONTENTS Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 A. KEY MESSAGES .................................................................................................................................. 4 B. IMPACT PATHWAY AND INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES ................................ 5 C. PROGRESS ALONG THE IMPACT PATHWAY ................................................................................ 6 D. GENDER RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS ......................................................................................... 11 E. PARTNERSHIP BUILDING ACHIEVEMENTS ................................................................................ 12 F. CAPACITY BUILDING ...................................................................................................................... 13 G. RISK MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................................ 13 H. LESSONS LEARNED ......................................................................................................................... 14 I. CRP FINANCIAL REPORT ................................................................................................................ 14 Annex 1: Indicator Table………………………………………………………………………………………15 Annex 2: Technical Progress Report 2014…………………………………………………………………….27 Annex 3: Publications in 2014………………………………………………………………………………..139 Annex 4: Gender relevant outputs……………………………………………………………………………181 Annex 5: Capacity Development numbers 2014……………………………………………………………..185 Annex 6: Compliance table with evaluation recommendations……………………………………………...186 Annex 7: FTA Intermediate Development Outcomes and indicators…………………………………..........188 Annex 8: “L” financial tables for 2014………………………………………………………………………189 1 Abbreviations A4NH CGIAR Research Program on IPB Bogor Agricultural University Agriculture for Nutrition and Health AAS CGIAR Research Program on IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Aquatic Agricultural Systems Change ACM Adaptive Collaborative Management ISPO Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil APFORGEN Asia Pacific Forest Genetic ITTO International Tropical Timber Resources Program Organization ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nations Nature ATBC Association for Tropical IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Biology&Conservation Organizations CARE Cooperative for Assistance and LAMIL Landscape Management for Improved Relief Everywhere Livelihoods CATIE Tropical Agriculture Research and LANDac The Netherlands Academy for Land Higher Education Center Governance CCAFS CGIAR Research Program on LG-MSD Land Governance Multi-stakeholder Climate Change, Agriculture and Dialogue Food Security CF Custodian Farmer LUWES Land-use planning for low-emission development strategies CIFOR Center for International Forestry MAAP The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Research Project CIRAD Centre de coopération internationale MOU Memorandum of Understanding en recherche agronomique pour le développement COGENT Cocnut genetic resources for NGO Non-governmental organization enhanced livelihoods COMIFAC Central African Forest Commission NRM Natural resources management CRA Cocoa Research Association PES Payments for environmental services CRC Cocoa Research Centre PIM CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets CRP CGIAR Research Program POWB Program of Work and Budget D.R.C. Democratic Republic of the Congo PRESA Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa DPRK Democratic People's Republic of REDD+ Reduced emissions from deforestation Korea and forest degradation 2 Drylands CGIAR Research Program on REDD- Reducing Emissions from Dryland Systems ALERT Deforestation and Degradation through Alternative Landuses in Rainforests of the Tropics EU European Union RSPO Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil EVD Ebola Virus Disease RUPES Rewarding the Upland Poor for Environmental Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization SLM Sloping Land Management of the United Nations FAO COFO Food and Agriculture Organization SLO CGIAR System Level Outcomes of the United Nations Committee on Forestry FGR Forest Genetic Resources SRF Strategic results framework FSC The Forest Stewardship Council SWAMP The Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Project FTA CGIAR Research Program on TFT Tropical Fruit Trees Forest, Trees and Agroforestry GEIRS Gender Equality in Research Scale ToC Theory of Change GFEP Global Export Panel on Food UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention Security COP20 on Climate Change GLF Global Landscape Forum UNFCCC The 40th session of the Subsidiary Body for SBSTA Scientific and Technological Advice to 40 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change GPA FGR Sustainable Use and Development of UNREDD United Nations Programme on Forest Genetic Resources Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation GSCC Global Strategic Cacao Collection USD The United States dollar GTPS Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable W1/2 funds disbursed from Window 1 and Livestock Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund ICHORD Indonesian Center for Horticulture W3 funds disbursed from Window 3 of the Research and Development CGIAR Fund ICQCR International Cocoa Quarantine WCF World Cocoa Foundation Centre ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre WFP United Nations World Food Programme IDO Intermediate Development WLE CGIAR Research Program on Water, Outcomes Land and Ecosystems IEA The CGIAR Independent Evaluation WWF World Wildlife Fund Arrangement IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development 3 FTA PERFORMANCE MONITORING REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2014 A. KEY MESSAGES In 2014, significant senior management and researcher time was invested in the full independent evaluation of FTA (the first in the CGIAR) and the preparation of the 2015-2016 extension proposal. We received in May the results of the evaluation conducted by IEA, concluding that FTA had high relevance and emphasizing the need to continue funding the program while recommending a series of adjustments. FTA management developed a response to the evaluation, took these recommendations into account in the 2015-2016 extension proposal and started implementation during the second part of 2014 (see compliance with evaluation in Annex 6). Given the results of the evaluation, there has been no notable re-orientation of the CRP in 2014 but changes were planned for and explained in the extension proposal. We have continued improving our business processes with the development of an interactive FTA project database and monitoring tools that will allow us to develop a systematic approach to capturing, learning from, and communicating the evidence of our contributions, successes and failures (as discussed in 2013 Annual Report). The ambition of “greening” the economy has become widely supported as a way to reconcile the SLO’s of the CGIAR SRF, and the Sustainable Development Goals. FTA scientists worked with national partners in Indonesia as part of a World Bank effort (parallel activities in Vietnam and the Philippines) to provide the most comprehensive and critical analysis to date of how ambitions relate to reality, and what steps the Government of Indonesia can take to create more synergy among policies that so far have been separately conceived. The review included rice as the primary staple and four globally traded commodities: rubber, coffee, cocoa and palm oil, of which Indonesia is among the top five global exporters. The analysis of these commodities brought to light that rural income based on tree crops exceeds the value of local food production and that common routes out of rural poverty imply a further specialization of landscapes focused on rice production, and those where export income is earned. This aligns with a recent analysis of tree cover transitions and food security in Southeast Asia and evidence for a role of tree cover in supporting dietary diversity, rather than staple food production. The FTA analysis contributed to the way the new government tries to improve on past performance and face the challenges in a more integrated way. FAO’s first Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources and associated Global Plan of Action for Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources (GPA FGR) were published in 2014. Presented to the governments of the world, the 27 priority actions at the national, regional and international levels integrated issues, priorities and recommendations derived from FTA research (Appendix F, pages 33- 56). Building on this, representatives of the 14 countries of the Asia Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Network (APFORGEN) met in September to plan for implementation of the GPA FGR in Asia and the Pacific, defining action plans for three priority actions: mobilizing political and financial support for the implementation of the GPA FGR; developing conservation and sustainable use strategies for regionally important and threatened tree species; and strengthening tree seed programs to facilitate ecosystem restoration and support local livelihoods and climate change adaptation and mitigation. FTA expenditure in 2014 was USD 81.9m. The expenditures were met 37% by funding from W1/2, 57% by funding from W3 and bilateral sources and the rest from Center/partner own sources. The partners’ shares in expenditures were: CIFOR, 42%; ICRAF, 41%; Bioversity, 7%; CIRAD,
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