Organisation and management

Contracting agricultural research

ISAR may be the main contractor of the research services required by the project. A number of themes, in particular those related to IPM and to methods to eliminate the “potato” taste in coffee, may be directly contracted by the PCU to specialised outfits with experience and previous success in the specific fields. Similarly, research work on new cash crops may require know-how and experience not available at ISAR, which may be contracted to other regional or international research institutes. OCIR-Thé, OC IR-Café, and TWIN will assist the PCU in contracting and monitoring research projects, and will monitor the performance of ISAR and/or other research outfits in the tea and coffee sub-sectors. The research contracts with ISAR will include the commitment to keep an up-to-date data bank to keep abreast of world wide research developments and results related to all of the crops funded by the project, and to keep contacts worldwide, with research workers in these fields through the INTERNET network.