?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F3685%2F&rft.title=Institutional+History+of+Watershed+Research%3A+The+Evolution+of+ICRISAT%E2%80%99s+Work+on+Natural+Resources+in+India+ICRISAT.Global+Theme+on+Agroecosystems+Report+no.+12&rft.creator=Shambhu+Prasad%2C+C&rft.creator=Hall%2C+A+J&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=In+recent+years+international+agricultural+research+centers+had+to+respond+to+changed+mandates+with+a+more%0D%0Aexplicit+focus+on+poverty+reduction+and+environmental+sustainability+from+an+earlier+focus+on+improved%0D%0Aagricultural+productivity.+Natural+resource+management+(NRM)+research+has+been+an+important+area+that%0D%0Ahas+witnessed+several+institutional+changes+within+the+CGIAR+system+for+the+fulfillments+of+these+goals.%0D%0AMost+research+centers+have+sought+and+promoted+innovations+through+concepts+such+as+participatory%0D%0Aresearch%2C+partnerships+and+alternatives+to+the+transfer+of+technology+approach.+In+this+report+we+argue+that%0D%0Awhile+these+changes+have+indeed+contributed+to+a+greater+poverty+focus+of+the+CG+centers%2C+there+is+a+greater%0D%0Aneed+to+understand+the+practice+of+science+amongst+these+centers+and+the+underlying+institutional%0D%0Aconstraints+that+hinder+or+enhance+learning+in+the+proposed+transition+of+these+research+centers+into+learning%0D%0Aorganizations.+In+this+study+the+institutional+history+of+a+CG+center+has+been+used+as+a+tool+to+promote%0D%0Ainstitutional+learning+and+change.+It+demonstrates+that+research+managers+in+the+CG+system+have+not%0D%0Aadequately+accessed+the+institutional+innovations+of+its+own+scientists+in+facilitating+changes+under+newer%0D%0Amandates.+By+tracing+the+various+ups+and+downs+of+ICRISAT%E2%80%99s+thirty-year+involvement+in+NRM+research%2C%0D%0Athis+report+points+to+the+need+for+greater+sensitivity+in+research+design+towards+institutional+constraints+that%0D%0Aprevent+faster+learning+and+the+need+for+evolving+mechanisms+to+enable+real+time+learning+in+projects.%0D%0AThis+publication&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F3685%2F1%2F477-2004.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shambhu+Prasad%2C+C+and+Hall%2C+A+J+and+Wani%2C+S+P++(2005)+Institutional+History+of+Watershed+Research%3A+The+Evolution+of+ICRISAT%E2%80%99s+Work+on+Natural+Resources+in+India+ICRISAT.Global+Theme+on+Agroecosystems+Report+no.+12.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++