Dr. William G. Padolina, former Secretary of Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines, and currently the Deputy Director for Operations and Support Services of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) stresses the fact that to be successful in establishing global partnerships in agriculture, key ingredients will focus on: “efficiency, delivery, and impact.”

Against the backdrop of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty (where South Asian and Sub-Saharan poverty index had been observed to rise from 1993 to 2002), agriculture and global partnerships should be able to provide minimum basic needs (food, housing, potable water, health care, livelihood), and factor in gender and diversity  by understanding the extent of consultation, the role of gender, and the use of participatory approach.

Lastly, Dr. Padolina encouraged the audience that in global partnerships, “We need to factor in the Science of Doing Good.” Agreeing with Fink’s philosophy, Padolina stressed that the principle behind the Science of Doing Good lies mainly on the use of technology in humanitarian efforts. Particular examples of this include using satellite/aerial surveillance or GIS to locate people who need help or areas hardest hit by disaster, standardized drug kits, DNA matching of victims, etc.). ( , KMU)