Capacity Strengthening

Towards the One Corporate System (OCS): The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a partnership that unites 15 agricultural research centers carrying out a diverse portfolio of projects across 150 locations around the world. In order to create a common system for managing projects, human resources, finances, and other administrative and reporting functions, CGIAR centers are working towards adopting a new system – the One Corporate System (OCS).
Improving incomes and nutritional health in Bangladesh through potato, sweetpotato and vegetables: Poverty affects 40 percent of people in Bangladesh, and malnutrition is among the highest in the world, with 56 percent of preschoolers underweight. In an effort to combat these alarming numbers, the International Potato Center (CIP) is launching a new program in disaster-prone southern Bangladesh to raise incomes and improve nutritional health through potato, sweetpotato, and vegetables.