CRP3 Commo‐dities

CRP1.1 DryAES

CRP1.2 WetAES

CRP1.3 CoastAES

CRP2 Instit.ns

CRP4 Health

CRP5 Water

CRP7 C.Change

CRP6 ForTree

GRP+CRP‐GRP‐CRP+GRP+CRP‐GRP‐CRP= NoChange?

CRP‐X met GRP‐Y in the line“Who are you?,Your name sounds mineBut you’re packaged a bit new?”

“CRP is your title you say,I think after the R should come A.With the algebra I learned at school,The numbers are mixed up, or am I a fool?”

Meine van Noordwijk, 6/9/10 

2=1, as our GRP2 integrates trees on farm,CRP1.1 does so where dryness is the keyCRP1.2 the same, for high humidityand CRP1.3 if it’s close to the seaBut none do it cold, all like it warm

3=2, as our GRP3 links farms to a market value chain,Which is close, with all respect,to the way CRP2, yes 1 less again,studies how institutions, markets & farmers connect

If you think you found a system here,I tell you, logic doesn’t get you near,‘cause 4 = 3 simply isn’t true,Of old, CG was rice+maize+tubers+goats+fish+

+beans&don’t forget wheatbut under CRP3 this work, isn’t it neat?, commodities will all become branded brand new

0.1 = 4: CRP4 brings focus on human health,But no, the medicinal trees of GRP1 are no good,Because they contribute to human wealthIts CRP6 where they fit, CRP4 is about food

4 = 5, as CRP5 knows water and soil might end,And GRP4 is our sentinel for the health of land,Better use all we have well, it won’t expand

1+6=6, as GRP6 & 1 link landscape to gene,It’s about integration and scale,and so it has beenCRP6 will see both the forest and the tree,ah, almost forgot it is actually about agroforestry

5=7; in GRP5 the climate changes fastIn CRP7 too, how long will this last?

Transforming lives&landscapes, our tagline states GRP/CRP/Megaprograms/ThemeAreas, it’s all

in the loopA few things will stay as they’ve ever been,One day we may see how nicely it all relates,For now its transformational acronym soup,But grass on farms with trees looks more green

Do we need more focus? 

or is the world changing too fast?