"IRRI is leading the way," says the CEO of the new CGIAR consortium

Lloyd Le Page, the first chief executive officer of the new CGIAR Consortium - http://cgiar.org/changemanagement/index.html - visited IRRI headquarters, 22-25 March 2011, during which time he toured the Institute's facilities and attended the Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop for the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP; http://irri.org/our-science/global-rice-science-partnership-grisp ).

This video shows excerpts from his address to IRRI staff on 24 March.

He told the staff that "IRRI has led the way and set the standard with the development of GRiSP as the first approved and funded CRP (CGIAR Research Program), which can be used as an example for the CGIAR's other CRPs." He added that the Consortium is working very hard to make sure that the funding will be coming as rapidly as possible.

Mr. Le Page is leading the CGIAR in the implementation of its new business model. He previously led the Sustainable Agriculture and Development division of Pioneer Hi-Bred, a Du Pont business. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree, he then spent several years running farms in southern Africa. During that period, he was deeply involved in many parts of the value chain ensuring farmers' produce reached consumers, a new facet of CGIAR reform.

He then joined Du Pont business Pioneer Hi-Bred, one of the world's leading agricultural businesses, and ran a number of successful supply operations in Africa. Eventually, he ran the supply management operations throughout Africa for Pioneer and gained experience in linking the private sector with farmers in the developing world. In 2004, Lloyd moved to Pioneer Hi-Bred's head office in Des Moines, Iowa to establish and lead its Pioneer's sustainable development activities.

Mr. Le Page is a British citizen whose parents were missionaries in Africa, where he spent his childhood and the majority of his career.

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