{"id":17262,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/from-the-desk-of-the-ddg-research\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:53:45","slug":"from-the-desk-of-the-ddg-research","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/from-the-desk-of-the-ddg-research\/","title":{"rendered":"From the desk of the DDG-Research"},"content":{"rendered":"Ylva Hillbur, IITA Deputy Director General Research for Development, has enjoined scientists to comply with the directive of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGIAR<\/a>\u00a0system by ensuring that all publications are properly tagged in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cgspace.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGSpace<\/a>\u00a0as this is now a criterion for allocating funds to research institutes.\n<div id=\"attachment_1183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/02\/desk-ddg-research\/1024_dsc0084\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-1183\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC0084.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of DDG Research for Development Ylva Hillbur.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1183\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DDG Research for Development Ylva Hillbur.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIn an email to scientists this week, Hillbur said \u201cThe CGIAR system (including donors) is moving towards performance-based fund allocation and \u2018number of publications\u2019 is one performance criteria by which CGIAR Research Programs (CRP) are evaluated. It is thus important that publications are clearly linked to CRPs in CGSpace\u2015the open repository for the CGIAR. To ensure that this happens is actually quite simple; when scientists forward their publications to the Knowledge Center (<a href=\"mailto:b.ayinla@cgiar.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bosede Ayinla<\/a>) for uploading into CGSpace, they should include the CRP the publication is linked to; this ensures it gets properly tagged.\u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ylva Hillbur, IITA Deputy Director General Research for Development, has enjoined scientists to comply with the directive of the CGIAR 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