Pct40

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Africa RISING PCT #40
16 April 2020
Skype call


Present

  1. Siboniso Moyo (SM) - Chair
  2. Bernard Vanlauwe (BV)
  3. Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IHZ)
  4. Jerry Glover (JG)
  5. Carol Jenkins (CJ)
  6. Carlo Azzari (CA)
  7. Peter Thorne (PT)
  8. Mateete Bekunda (MB)
  9. Fred Kizito (FK)
  10. Kindu Mekonnen (KM)
  11. Jonathan Odhong' (JO) – Secretary


Agenda

  • Quick opening comments by PCT Chair – 5 mins.
  • Situation report by the 3 Chief Scientists – 10 mins by each
[updates should touch on: (a) effect of COVID 19 curfews, lockdowns, travels bans, work from home policies etc. on activities – what has been postponed and the implications of postponement, (b) current project management/lead center response/posturing in light of these realities]
  • Further PCT recommendations/ideas/suggestions for action – 20 mins.
[Any additional recommendations for action by PCT members]
  • AoB/ Closing the meeting – 5 mins

Opening comments by PCT Chair


  • Our focus for this meeting is to ensure that we are taking measures for mitigating the disruption of project implementation posed by the global COVID-19 epidemic.
  • The goal is to as much as possible keep essential services within the program going.
  • Most of the work with farmers is partly continuing through partners and this varies from country to country and these are influenced by the directives given by each country's governments.
  • Different CGIAR has so far issued certain common guidelines for activity implementation, however, there may also be a few slight differences. Additionally, the CGIAR is also working on different scenarios for a post-COVID comeback with some assumptions that some of the lockdown guidelines may go on for months ranging from 3 - 9 months (some cases even going well into 2021).
  • The question is therefore what is the impact of these scenarios on our work for activities. I will share a link for the CGIAR response to the situation after the call. Since we only have 1 hour, I wouldn't want to say more, but ask the chief Scientists to provide updates from their projects.

Situation report by the 3 Chief Scientists



Further PCT recommendations/ideas/suggestions for action