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| Title : |
Agricultural research planning NARC's present context and future needs |
| Material Type: |
printed text |
| Authors: |
Baniya, B.K., Author ; Joshi S.K, Author ; , |
| Publisher: |
Lalitpur : NARC |
| Publication Date: |
1997 |
| Pagination: |
33-41 p. |
| Keywords: |
Research; Budgeting; Agricultural policy; Agriculture |
| Abstract: |
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) came into being as an autonomous organization under "Nepal Agricultural Research Council Act 1991" with the realization of the need of an efficient, dynamic and cost effective agricultural research system in the country under the policy guidelines of Agricultural Research Executive Board {AREB) formally named as National Agricultural Research Coordination Committee (NARCC)."Under the new research management NARC is destined to address the research challenges through short, medium, and long term research program so that there is an immediate impact of research on agricultural production and productivity, employment/income gen ration, improvement in nutrition and environment in a short run and continued flow of quality research outputs for the long run" (The Status Of Agricultural Research, 1995).Agro-enterprise ·and Technology System Project {ATSP), the USAID funded project is assisting NARC to strengthen research capability and research planning process since the project agreement was signed on September 24, 1990. As a result, new project proposal formats and program budget with a new coding system has been introduced and improved since 1991/92. The new budget code reflecting staff expenses, administrative cost, operational cost and capital cost items are being implemented (ATSP Workplan FY 1994/95). At present NARCs budget coding system is quite different from HMG system. The available documentation of recent research Project proposals shows that scientists are not very conversant to new project proposal formats, mercantile based program-budget account keeping system as well as convergent planning process. Therefore, program-budget account keeping systems has not put into operation in effective manner. Regional Budget Workshops and National Technical Panel meetings are the major activities in the research planning process of NARC to ensure the merger of bottom up approach with top down directives in reflecting national priorities in agricultural research as well as in improving the quality and technical rigor of the station's research proposals. The budget workshops produced research programs and budget for each fiscal year as an output which is further reviewed and finalized at the central review through technical and sectoral panel review meetings based on NARC's current research thrust areas, national priorities and availability of the resources. In preparation of annual workplan, the proposed NARC research .Programs budgets must pass through eight channels namely, subject wise technical panels, sectoral panels, program sub committee, finance sub-committee, NARC Board, Ministry Of Agriculture, Ministry Of Finance, and National Planning Commission. The program budget workshop organized by Regional Agricultural Research Stations at Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Parwanipur, and Tarahara plus regular/special meetings with program coordinators of donor agencies such as Agroenterprise and Technology Systems Project {ATSP), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others institutions are instrumental in the preparation of final research program and required budgetary resources. NARC's proposed research programs and budgets should approve by NARC Board, Ministry Of Agriculture (MOA), Ministry Of Finance (MOF), and National Planning Commission (NPC). The research program and budget must be approved by NARC program sub-committee and finance sub-committee respectively before it is considered for approval by NARC Board. The director of planning and coordination is responsible for overall agricultural research programs and planning and budgeting of NARC.Defending research program budget in every steps is a difficult task. In program budget discussion, most of the time, supportive documents are sort for appropriateness of research project proposals including project activities. Dropping or retention of proposed research project is largely dependent on supportive documents: Comprehensive information such as agreed project documents, program budget formats, past achievements required for making planning decision are scattered elsewhere which are not easily available and difficult to make timely decision . The final outcome of approved annual workplan are very often subject to readjustment of research programs related to trimester breakdown of budget, revision of budgetary allocations, demand of additional budget to run project activities, budget transfer for one budget line item to another etc. Consequently, effective monitoring of research program budget by projects are difficult. The tendency of budget transfers - operational budget into administration, administration budget into capital, capital budget into staff salary expenses and unwillingness to implement approved research activities due to heavy workload or any other causes has shown deficiencies in present research management.The official letters of MOA and NPC show that it is essential to identify core and non-core research project or project activities undertaken by NARC. NARC has not yet developed a concept or approaches in identifying core and non-core projects or priority projects. It is suggested that NARC should develop its own methodology either subjective or objective in order to identify core research projects.Agricultural research planning exercise is the pre-requisite to effective research programs and its implementation to stimulate increase in production and productivity, employment generation and improve the nutritional status of the people. NARC is still a evolving organization where management is in a state of flux. Important procedural aspects are not stabilized as yet. Nevertheless NARC has been successful in initiating a bottom up research program planning process to make the research outputs relevant and client oriented. NARC is currently in the phase of consolidating personal management systems, research planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation systems. In this context, this paper examines /highlights the ·relevancy and adequacy of research program planning and budgeting in NARC. |
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http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=355 |
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Agricultural research planning NARC's present context and future needs [printed text] / Baniya, B.K., Author ; Joshi S.K, Author ; , . - Lalitpur : NARC, 1997 . - 33-41 p. | Keywords: |
Research; Budgeting; Agricultural policy; Agriculture |
| Abstract: |
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) came into being as an autonomous organization under "Nepal Agricultural Research Council Act 1991" with the realization of the need of an efficient, dynamic and cost effective agricultural research system in the country under the policy guidelines of Agricultural Research Executive Board {AREB) formally named as National Agricultural Research Coordination Committee (NARCC)."Under the new research management NARC is destined to address the research challenges through short, medium, and long term research program so that there is an immediate impact of research on agricultural production and productivity, employment/income gen ration, improvement in nutrition and environment in a short run and continued flow of quality research outputs for the long run" (The Status Of Agricultural Research, 1995).Agro-enterprise ·and Technology System Project {ATSP), the USAID funded project is assisting NARC to strengthen research capability and research planning process since the project agreement was signed on September 24, 1990. As a result, new project proposal formats and program budget with a new coding system has been introduced and improved since 1991/92. The new budget code reflecting staff expenses, administrative cost, operational cost and capital cost items are being implemented (ATSP Workplan FY 1994/95). At present NARCs budget coding system is quite different from HMG system. The available documentation of recent research Project proposals shows that scientists are not very conversant to new project proposal formats, mercantile based program-budget account keeping system as well as convergent planning process. Therefore, program-budget account keeping systems has not put into operation in effective manner. Regional Budget Workshops and National Technical Panel meetings are the major activities in the research planning process of NARC to ensure the merger of bottom up approach with top down directives in reflecting national priorities in agricultural research as well as in improving the quality and technical rigor of the station's research proposals. The budget workshops produced research programs and budget for each fiscal year as an output which is further reviewed and finalized at the central review through technical and sectoral panel review meetings based on NARC's current research thrust areas, national priorities and availability of the resources. In preparation of annual workplan, the proposed NARC research .Programs budgets must pass through eight channels namely, subject wise technical panels, sectoral panels, program sub committee, finance sub-committee, NARC Board, Ministry Of Agriculture, Ministry Of Finance, and National Planning Commission. The program budget workshop organized by Regional Agricultural Research Stations at Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Parwanipur, and Tarahara plus regular/special meetings with program coordinators of donor agencies such as Agroenterprise and Technology Systems Project {ATSP), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others institutions are instrumental in the preparation of final research program and required budgetary resources. NARC's proposed research programs and budgets should approve by NARC Board, Ministry Of Agriculture (MOA), Ministry Of Finance (MOF), and National Planning Commission (NPC). The research program and budget must be approved by NARC program sub-committee and finance sub-committee respectively before it is considered for approval by NARC Board. The director of planning and coordination is responsible for overall agricultural research programs and planning and budgeting of NARC.Defending research program budget in every steps is a difficult task. In program budget discussion, most of the time, supportive documents are sort for appropriateness of research project proposals including project activities. Dropping or retention of proposed research project is largely dependent on supportive documents: Comprehensive information such as agreed project documents, program budget formats, past achievements required for making planning decision are scattered elsewhere which are not easily available and difficult to make timely decision . The final outcome of approved annual workplan are very often subject to readjustment of research programs related to trimester breakdown of budget, revision of budgetary allocations, demand of additional budget to run project activities, budget transfer for one budget line item to another etc. Consequently, effective monitoring of research program budget by projects are difficult. The tendency of budget transfers - operational budget into administration, administration budget into capital, capital budget into staff salary expenses and unwillingness to implement approved research activities due to heavy workload or any other causes has shown deficiencies in present research management.The official letters of MOA and NPC show that it is essential to identify core and non-core research project or project activities undertaken by NARC. NARC has not yet developed a concept or approaches in identifying core and non-core projects or priority projects. It is suggested that NARC should develop its own methodology either subjective or objective in order to identify core research projects.Agricultural research planning exercise is the pre-requisite to effective research programs and its implementation to stimulate increase in production and productivity, employment generation and improve the nutritional status of the people. NARC is still a evolving organization where management is in a state of flux. Important procedural aspects are not stabilized as yet. Nevertheless NARC has been successful in initiating a bottom up research program planning process to make the research outputs relevant and client oriented. NARC is currently in the phase of consolidating personal management systems, research planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation systems. In this context, this paper examines /highlights the ·relevancy and adequacy of research program planning and budgeting in NARC. |
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http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=355 |
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