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Bayer and other companies to oversee IRRI's hybrid rice consortium
by GRAIN | 23 Sep 2008The Advisory Committee will have the following terms of reference:
* Screen applications for membership and recommend acceptance of membership to the
IRRI director general.
* Review the annual HRDC work plan and budget for the approval of the IRRI director
general.
* Determine and recommend the rates of annual membership contributions.
* Recommend to the IRRI director general the proper charges for accessing materials.
* Establish mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the operations and impact of the HRDC.
* Formulate policies and guidelines for the smooth implementation and management of
the Consortium.
The Advisory Committee will be assited by a secretariat and will also participate in determining how the funds collected by the HRDC will be spent on research.
The information about the composition of the Committee is unfortuantely not up on the website for the HRDC, as far as we could tell. However there is some further information about the functioning of the Committee.
Author: GRAIN