West and Central Africa - Special Programme for African Agricultural Research (SPAAR) information system

1 3q;5 SPAAR Inforniatioii Syste, WEST & + CENTRAL AFRICA Special Program for Africam Agricultural Research -rugranuo e Speca pour la RechercheAcde en Afr:q. e internationaal agransch C _. SP'xAR - , >-  Wageninge 14 SepMnter 1994 Dear reader, Tlis s a 1hadxp seecwn of data from the SPAAR kh aion Sysm (SS per March 1994. The SfI5databas contains rilrTaton remgading anerit aulural research prjects ided or executed by organiaon in donor cotmri j te lst 5S1- meetin Roae 1994 flte ationa Agicula: Centre (IAC) ii te Netherands *as asked to dishtbute hardcop cntouts on demand during 19941995. 'This docimnent contiais a sebction of proects conceonig West & Ceo" Afrka (Ben. Camneo. Congo. C6te dhcire. Eqor Gunea. Gabon. Ghana. Guie GuineaZGsau, Leria, Nigeri Sao Tone and Pripe. Sierra Leone. Togo. Za"e) and is pesented i 3 pals - ar overview o pojects by red discipine (yellow pages): -an ovev of prets by com (grey pages); -desadons of prcject-cortent (white pages), The Specid Progrzue for Akrm Agicufural Research (SPAAR) emerged as an ir'bawe in the nm1-eig1ies to ence agiculkral prodction in Ainca by rcreasing donor c aDruiabon ihe lle of agricttual research. The SPAAR khirmaim System (SIS) was developed o oxne to grs with the mreasig nunber of acrites. nt oompleents the registration of naronal wdxed projects o FAOFs databs CAFRS- At present over 4000 proects are ecorded n S;S wliich are now avalable on varDtus CD-ROMs (AGRRISEARCSilver Patter and DAI-R4DWIDRC) The SS operates as a system in which la point donor coouines or agecies are responsible o co4eton of donor- olect data. Foal points are ATSAF (Gennarr). NRI (Jnited Kigdom). iDRC (Carada ad for Japanese data). USAID (United States od AMec). CIRAD (France) and IAC (tle Netherland). Oew ocal poIns ame bcated in aid-agerrcis such as the WViod Bank The SPAAR Sereu iat at the Word Bak s r e for updatig and dbtig the cdtabase to SiS focal orits. uisers n ieonal research sysrs aid oter relevant ovgwizabons. The software is based on CDS-ISE P order to acktate free dstribubon. The ciass6cataan of projects is done on the bais of ASFE-CAS keywords ard in adcbon keywords ae alted from FACYs AGAOCOC-thea ns. Free cassicaton terns are developed by tAC to aggreate proects axier major themes by contibm AGFUSICARIS categoris You are welcom to contaz the SPAAR-SecretaiL Mr F. Neumnai K.Vernnooten at tAC or your nearest SL--focal pont for hirther wiomnatioregardig SIS or for obtaiing the database Yours si "re, Frans Nernnan Karin Verrnooten The SPAAR scretaiat Ir. F. Neuarrhs- K. Vernooten Ihe Wod Bark IAC Wagewgen 1818 H Sreet. N-W. P.OBox 88 WwJV DC 2433 6700 AS Wageigi USA The Nedobeds Phone: (202) 473-8964 Phore:- (+31-XO)8370 9C234190676 Fax: M) 473-8231 Faxc i+31.-X0)8370 18552 Telex 248 423 WOPLD BANK N\ (IAC @ FNAGRO.I Tht s p b awas na te poss ie ty The b wasksrVxeto(die kesearch. Prograre DSTve dST ffhe M' eiayo(Fcw Aa,s he NeAertands  IL - ----- -- - - s-s - e e- - - - - t I jS 69- - ------ ..............................................-. ... 4........ ...... -NX)(W 609- ------------------------- ----- - - - ---- -- - - - - - - - - - - wq6w 69 .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .Xanq pup- soeux jw qsa&u p 69 \ ---- -- --- - --- - -- - --O L9 . w zw<<f pain Ixe a:3uRU4 Ie Is 99, ,, , , e,,,,, ,,, ,,,, .. peD,uoqialu 99 ....................... ................. $..dse r wa o 3 uo mu.nu erqiH s99---------------- --. .. . pte s.sipu. -s--wouoo a ' O1 C9 . ...................... . .t)ojd lueld to wo wd pe a6eJiois o0f w ,e 6tpJUH