CGIAR

CGIAR
Formation1971; 53 years ago (1971)
TypePartnership of funders and international agricultural research centers; Intergovernmental Organization
PurposeTo reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership.
Location
  • Global
Key people
Juergen Voegele, Chair CGIAR System Council; Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chair CGIAR System Board
Websitecgiar.org
Formerly called
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security.[1] CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural resources.[2][3]

CGIAR research is carried out at 15 centers that collaborate with partners from national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations, and the private sector.[4][5] These research centers are around the globe, with most in the Global South and Vavilov Centers of agricultural crop genetic diversity.[6] CGIAR has an annual research portfolio of just over US$900 million with more than 9,000 staff working in 89 countries.[7]

Funding is provided by national governments, multilateral funding and development agencies and leading private foundations. Representatives of CGIAR Funders and developing countries meet as the CGIAR System Council to keep under review the strategy, mission, impact and continued relevancy of the CGIAR System in a rapidly changing landscape of agricultural research for development.[8]

  1. ^ Lee, Uma (17 March 2021). "Moving towards "One CGIAR"". www.rural21.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "CGIAR launches initiative to build food security policy in 6 countries". Devex. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. ^ "CIP in the CGIAR". International Potato Center. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  4. ^ Rice, Africa. "CGIAR". Consortium.cgiar.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  5. ^ Gates, Bill. "You've probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are essential to feeding our future". gatesnotes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ^ Kloppenburg, Jr., Jack Ralph (2004) First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000, Second Edition, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press
  7. ^ "Funders". CGIAR. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ "The CGIAR at 40 and Beyond : Impacts that Matter for the Poor and the Planet" (PDF). CGIAR cgspace. Retrieved 21 June 2019.