CRP1.1 is driven by a conceptual framework in which four Strategic Research Themes (SRTs) cut across the five focus Regions. These SRTs represent the steps in the impact pathway. The outputs required to achieve each SRT have been defined. SRT2 and SRT3 focus on agro-ecosystems with different relative emphasis on increasing resilience versus increasing productivity.
SRT1: Approaches and models for strengthening innovation systems, building stakeholder innovation capacity, and linking knowledge to policy action;
SRT2: Reducing vulnerability and managing risk;
SRT3: Sustainable intensification for more productive, profitable and diversified dryland agriculture with well-established linkages to markets;
SRT4: Measuring impacts and cross-regional synthesis.
