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114 22. WHAT’S IN A NAME? IGNRM. A PHRASE OR SOME OTHER NAME WOULD BE NICE IGNRM? The full word is at the tip of my tongue, but I can’t say it. Ignoring it is what I have been doing. But there comes a time when you can no longer ignore the technical term, that which I suspect was invented to add some mystery to the science. Or that which was designed to confound science writers like me who already have enough problems grasping for a metaphor or two. A metaphor for a mouthful. IGNRM: integrated genetic and natural resource management. And what would that be, I ask? The name ‘IGNRM’ is a long way from a rose memorable by its pleasant smell. A phrase or some other name would be nice. I anticipate a steep learning curve here, a giddy ride up and down. IGNRM is the strategy adopted by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in her campus in Andhra Pradesh, India to carry out its world-wide mandate (<strong>icrisat</strong>.org), and since I’m applying myself to a study of ICRISAT as an exemplar of a global agency engaged in international research for development (iR4D) in the Age of Information, one that goes from theory to practice in a continuous motion, from poor farmer back to poor farmer, in many different places at the same time, I have to confront this problem of translating the technical to the practical. So whether I like it or not, as an interpreter of research for development, I have to translate this: ICRISAT adopts integrated genetic and natural resource management (IGNRM) as its overarching research strategy to attain scientific excellence and relevance in agriculture in the semi-arid tropics, focusing on key livelihood and income opportunities to improve the well-being of the poor with equity, multi-disciplinarity, sustainability and community participation as core principles.
115 That’s an even bigger mouthful. Long words in a long, complicated single sentence-single paragraph are entirely unnecessary to impress on me that the work of ICRISAT is necessary and significant in R4D for farmers in the degraded lands of the semi-arid tropics, and that IGNRM is that crucial to the work of ICRISAT. My problem right now is that I don’t understand what exactly is IGNRM? I know it means integrated genetic and natural resource management, but I can’t tell myself what does that mean precisely. You understand that I have two problems here. One, I have to be able to explain it to myself before I can write about it; so, I have to go and see if I can extract the essence of IGNRM. Two, I have to understand how the genetic resource is integrated with the natural resource; since nobody is helping me, I have to go and clarify to myself the IGNRM process all by myself. Via the perspective of the social sciences, scientists are able to probe into how the new varieties would impinge on the lives of people sociologically, psychologically, anthropologically, economically, politically, historically. I have to get to the bottom of this. If you can’t solve a problem, change the problem! Since I can’t understand it as a whole at first sight, I will now dismember it – if this is deconstruction I don’t recommend it; I’ve never been an admirer of Jacques Derrida – and see if I can create a whole out of those parts. As usual, I shall consult my favorite American Heritage Dictionary and take it from there: Integrated. Made into a whole by bringing the parts together; something unified. Genetic. Said of genes, which are units of life in a chromosome that determine particular characteristics of an organism such as height, offspring, method of reproduction, resistance to disease (or susceptibility). Natural resource. A material source of good or benefit that occurs in a state not made or altered by man: denizens of the forest, the forest itself, timber, orchids, fresh water, mineral deposits, fish, shellfish, etc. Management. Handling, supervision or control. So, what in heaven’s name, is integrated genetic and natural resource management? Analyzing, I see that that is a good question but not the proper first question; these are the proper first questions, in sequence: What do you mean by genetic management? What do you mean by natural resource management? What do you mean by integrated management? The ICRISAT website tells me: What’s In A Name?
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Contents Preface Author’s Forewor
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Preface T eam ICRISAT is publishing
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10 If I have one, sweet sorghum is
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12 We face a true planetary emergen
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14 Charles Clover (telegraph.co.uk)
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18 1,000 films a year. With India o
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20 Knowledge Initiative has three m
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24 Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), whi
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26 Provide a global framework to su
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28 Fire And Ice Robert Frost Some s
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38 7. LEARNING FROM MICROSOFT R4D.
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40 (a) long-range effects of crop c
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42 A few days ago, the Department o
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48 10. BEING A DIFFERENT KIND OF CV
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56 (2) It multiplies the farmers. H
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58 12. THE TELUGU PARADIGM. UNDERST
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60 Dr BR Ambedkar Open University E
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Page 86 and 87: 76 His maternal uncle helped him th
Page 88 and 89: 78 16. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: WILLI
Page 90 and 91: 80 Our responsibility to our childr
Page 92 and 93: 82 A global crop - Sweet sorghum us
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Page 96 and 97: 86 17. ‘SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Page 98 and 99: 88 Region 05: DD highest, the rest
Page 100 and 101: 90 18. BIOPOWER TO THE PEOPLE! THE
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Page 106 and 107: 96 The old world is dying, and we a
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Page 110 and 111: 100 So, what’s that to UP Los Ba
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Page 116 and 117: 106 That’s a $5 million decrease
Page 118 and 119: 108 from poor to rich soils, advanc
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Page 122 and 123: 112 (6) Primate, come declare your
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Page 130 and 131: 120 The language is technical Engli
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