?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F319%2F&rft.title=ICRISAT+Annual+Report+2005+'Germinating+the+seeds+of+success+in+the+semi-arid+tropics'&rft.creator=ICRISAT%2C+-&rft.subject=Annual+Reports&rft.description=Last+year%2C+we+sowed+the+seeds+of+success.+This+year%2C+we+have+reaped+a+sweet+and+bountiful+harvest.+Our+collective+and+untiring+efforts+to+help+empower+the+hundreds+of+millions+of+poor+and+unreached+people+in+the+dry+tropics+are+paying+off.+As+we+have+further+strengthened+our+global+research+themes%2C+we+continue+addressing+new+challenges+in+the+dry+tropics.+Among+these+are+achieving+greater+research+impact+in+sub-Saharan+Africa+(SSA)%2C+putting+transgenic+products+in+the+public+domain%2C+addressing+new+horizons+in+crop+improvement+and+protection%2C+enhancing+cross+theme+collaboration%2C+promoting+alternative+uses+of+our+mandate+crops%2C+developing+new+science+tools+and+optimizing+opportunities+in+ICT+and+e-learning.++Moreover%2C+we+are+sustaining+the+momentum+gained+in+2004.+We+are+going+full+blast+in+fine-tuning++decentralization+in+the+SSA+hubs%2C+intensifying+strategic+partnerships%2C+alliances+and+South-South+collaboration%2C+and+more+importantly%2C+strengthening+inter-Center+collaboration+through+the+Alliance+of+Future+Harvest+Centers+of+the+CGIAR.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Annual+Reports&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F319%2F1%2FCO_0004.pdf&rft.identifier=++ICRISAT%2C+-++(2005)+ICRISAT+Annual+Report+2005+'Germinating+the+seeds+of+success+in+the+semi-arid+tropics'.++%5BAnnual+Reports%5D+++++