Lessons learned on research uptake by next users

CIAT is the leader of the CGIAR Research Program
on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
(CCAFS), and much of CIAT’s work contributes directly
to this global effort. The strength of CIAT’s climate
change research is its focus on disseminating solid
research results through partnerships.
In order to understand the key elements of success of
this participatory and user-oriented approach, CIAT is
implementing a simple but effective monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) system. This includes monitoring results and conducting external validation studies. Based on this M&E system, 3 main lessons have been
learned during the past year and a half, which are
relevant to policy makers and investors.