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{{short description|Food security research organisation}}
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| type          = Partnership of funders and international agricultural research centers; [[Intergovernmental Organization]]
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| purpose       = To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership. 
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| key_people    = Juergen Voegele, Chair CGIAR System Council; [[Lindiwe Majele Sibanda]], Chair CGIAR System Board
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'''CGIAR''' (formerly the '''Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research''') is a global partnership that unites [[international organization]]s engaged in research about food security.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Uma |date=17 March 2021 |title=Moving towards "One CGIAR" |url=https://www.rural21.com/english/a-closer-look-at/detail/article/moving-towards-one-cgiar.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=www.rural21.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural resources.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-17 |title=CGIAR launches initiative to build food security policy in 6 countries |url=https://www.devex.com/news/sponsored/cgiar-launches-initiative-to-build-food-security-policy-in-6-countries-103261 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Devex |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CIP in the CGIAR |url=https://cipotato.org/research/cip-in-the-cgiar/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=International Potato Center |language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Africa |url=http://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-consortium/research-centers/ |title=CGIAR |website=Consortium.cgiar.org |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728112044/http://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-consortium/research-centers/ |archive-date=2012-07-28 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gates |first=Bill |title=You've probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are essential to feeding our future |url=https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/How-CGIAR-is-feeding-our-future |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=gatesnotes.com}}</ref> These research centers are around the globe, with most in the [[Global South]] and [[Center of origin|Vavilov Centers]] of agricultural crop genetic diversity.<ref>Kloppenburg, Jr., Jack Ralph (2004) First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000, Second Edition, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press</ref> CGIAR has an annual research portfolio of just over US$900 million with more than 9,000 staff working in 89 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funders |url=https://www.cgiar.org/funders/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=CGIAR |language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10947/2549/cgiar%4040_final_LOWRES.pdf|title=The CGIAR at 40 and Beyond: Impacts that Matter for the Poor and the Planet|website=CGIAR cgspace|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

==Goals==
CGIAR works to help meet the global targets laid out in the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] with an emphasis on five areas of impact:

* Nutrition, Health, and Food Security
* Poverty Reduction, Livelihoods, and Jobs
* Gender Equality, Youth, and Social Inclusion
* Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
* Environmental Health and Biodiversity

==Vision and mission==
CGIAR's vision is: A world with sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems that deliver diverse, healthy, safe, sufficient, and affordable diets, and ensure improved livelihoods and greater social equality, within planetary and regional environmental boundaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strategy |url=https://www.cgiar.org/how-we-work/strategy/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=CGIAR |language=en-US}}</ref>

CGIAR's mission is to deliver science and innovation that advance transformation of food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/110918/OneCGIAR-Strategy.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y |title=CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy |publisher=CGIAR |year=2020 |page=17}}</ref>

== "One CGIAR" reform ==
The concept of a unified and integrated "One CGIAR" was approved by the CGIAR System Council (November 2019) to adapt to rapidly changing global conditions, while also making the CGIAR system more relevant and effective. The fragmented nature of CGIAR's governance and institutions had limited the System's ability to both respond to increasingly interconnected challenges and to consistently deliver best practice and effectively scaled, research solutions needed to maximise impact. One CGIAR includes a unified governance and management through a reconstituted System Management Board and a new Executive Management Team.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Yemi Akinbamijo and Claudia Sadoff |date=2022-04-08 |title=Transforming Africa's food systems is a joint enterprise |url=https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/transforming-africas-food-systems-is-a-joint-enterprise/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=CNBC Africa |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=[Commentary] A renewed CGIAR can better support South Asia to determine its food future |url=https://india.mongabay.com/2022/12/commentary-a-renewed-cgiar-can-better-support-south-asia-to-determine-its-food-future/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Mongabay-India |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Research Portfolio ==
CGIAR's Research Portfolio consists of Initiatives are major, prioritized areas of investment that bring capacity from within and beyond CGIAR to bear on well-defined, major challenges. Thirty-two Initiatives meet a common set of requirements, articulated in System Council documentation and evaluable through the Independent Science for Development Council quality of research for development criteria.

The Research Portfolio is organized by the three Action Areas detailed in the CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy: Systems Transformation, Resilient Agrifood Systems, and Genetic Innovation. Each Initiative is placed under a primary Action Area, yet most Initiatives involve collaboration across more than one Action Area.<ref name=":4" />

== History ==
=== Early years (1971-1990) ===
[[File:IITA Agricultural Officers Weigh Cassava.jpg|thumb|IITA agricultural officers weigh cassava in 1970.]]
CGIAR arose in response to the widespread concern in the mid-20th century that rapid increases in human populations would soon lead to widespread [[famine]]. Starting in 1943, the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] and the [[Federal government of Mexico|Mexican government]] laid the seeds for the [[Green Revolution]] when they established the Office of Special Studies, which resulted in the establishment of the [[International Rice Research Institute]] ([[IRRI]]) in 1960 and [[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center]] (CIMMYT) in 1963 with support from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] and [[Ford Foundation]]. These centers work toward developing high-yielding, disease-resistant varieties that dramatically increased production of these staple cereals, and turned India, for example, from a country regularly facing starvation in the 1960s to a net exporter of cereals by the late-1970s.<ref>{{Cite report |last=Baum |first=Warren |title=Partners against hunger: consultative group on international agricultural research (CGIAR) |url=https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/568651468162563497/Partners-against-hunger-consultative-group-on-international-agricultural-research-CGIAR |access-date=2022-12-14 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |language=en}}</ref>

But it was clear that the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations alone could not fund all the agricultural research and development efforts needed to feed the world's population.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Barbara Shubinski and Barry Goldberg |date=January 6, 2022 |title=The Birth of International Agricultural Research Institutes in the Mid-20th Century |url=https://resource.rockarch.org/story/the-birth-of-international-agricultural-research-institutes-in-the-mid-20th-century/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=[[Rockefeller Archive Center]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1969, the [[Pearson Commission on International Development]] urged the international community to undertake "intensive international effort" to support "research specializing in food supplies and tropical agriculture".<ref name="Model-Development">{{cite journal | last1=Byerlee | first1=Derek | last2=Lynam | first2=John K. | title=The development of the international center model for agricultural research: A prehistory of the CGIAR | journal=World Development | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=135 | year=2020 | issn=0305-750X | doi=10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105080 | article-number=105080| s2cid=225007416 }}</ref>

In 1970, the Rockefeller Foundation proposed a worldwide network of agricultural research centers under a permanent secretariat.<ref name=":1" /> This was further supported and developed by the [[World Bank]], FAO and UNDP. The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) was established on 19 May 1971, to coordinate international agricultural research efforts aimed at reducing poverty and achieving [[food security]] in developing countries.<ref>{{Cite report |author=[[World Bank]] |date=1971-06-01 |title=CGIAR First Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1971: Summary of Proceedings |url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10947/260 |language=en}}</ref>

Australian economist [[John Crawford (economist)|Sir John Crawford]] was appointed as the inaugural chair of the Technical Advisory Committee.<ref name="fund">{{cite web | title=Sir John Crawford | website=The [[Crawford Fund]] | url=https://www.crawfordfund.org/about/sir-john-crawford/ | access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>

CGIAR originally supported four centers: CIMMYT, IRRI, the [[International Center for Tropical Agriculture]] (CIAT) and the [[International Institute of Tropical Agriculture]] (IITA). The initial focus on the staple cereals—rice, wheat and maize—widened during the 1970s to include cassava, chickpea, sorghum, potato, millets and other food crops, and encompassed livestock, farming systems, the conservation of [[genetic resources]], plant nutrition, water management, policy research, and services to national agricultural research centers in developing countries.<ref name=":0" />

By 1983, there were 13 research centers around the world under its umbrella.<ref>Establishment of CGIAR - see Mark Dowie, ''American Foundations: An Investigative History'', [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]: [[MIT Press]], 2001, (p.114)</ref>

=== Expansion and consolidation (1991-2000) ===
By the 1990s the number of centers supported by CGIAR had grown to 18. Mergers between the two livestock centers the [[International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases]] (ILRAD) and the [[International Livestock Centre for Africa]] (ILCA)) and the absorption of work on bananas and plantains into the program of the [[International Plant Genetic Resources Institute]] (IPGRI; now [[Bioversity International]]) reduced the number to 16. Later another center (ISNAR) was absorbed{{clarify|date=March 2017|reason=into what?}}, reducing the total number of supported centers to 15.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cgiar.org/who/history/index.html#5 |title=History of CGIAR|website=CGIAR|access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531113448/http://www.cgiar.org/who/history/index.html#5 |archive-date=2012-05-31 }}</ref><ref name="World-Bank-review">{{Cite report|access-date=2022-12-28|language=en|number=1|volume=1|series=OED Working Paper Series|publisher=[[World Bank]] Operations Evaluation Department|year=1999|pages=xi{{NBSP}}+{{NBSP}}98|first2=Dana|id=31967|first1=Jock|last1=Anderson|last2=Dalrymple|title=The World Bank, the Grant Program, and the CGIAR: A Retrospective Review |url=https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/699361468163156017/The-World-Bank-the-grant-program-and-the-CGIAR-a-retrospective-review}}</ref>

The reduction in the number of supported centers was not enough to address problems facing the group. These included the logistics of funders and the group alike in dealing with a large number of centers. This led to the creation of three classes of centers, divided into high, medium, and low impact delivery.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

At the same time, a number of aid recipient countries like China, India, and Malaysia created their own development agencies and developed cadres of agricultural scientists. Private donors and industries also contributed, while research institutions in the rich world turned their attention to problems of the poor. CGIAR, however, failed to embrace these changes in any effective way.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

=== CGIAR reforms (2001-2007) ===
Seeking to increase its efficiency and build on its previous successes, CGIAR embarked on a program of reform in 2001. Key among the changes implemented was the adoption of Challenge Programs as a means of harnessing the strengths of the diverse centers to address major global or regional issues. Three Challenge Programs were established within the supported research centers and a fourth to FARA, a research forum in Africa:
* Water and Food, aimed at producing more food using less water;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/SearchResearchDatabase.asp?ProjectID=60685 |title=Research for Development > Water and Food Challenge Programme |publisher=[[Department for International Development]] (DFID) |date=2008-11-14 |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref> (Including [[Basin Focal Projects]])
* HarvestPlus, to improve the micronutrient content of staple foods;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://knowledge.cta.int/en/S-T-Organisations/International/HarvestPlus |title=HarvestPlus / International / S&T Organisations / Home - Knowledge for Development |website=[[Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)]] Knowledge |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325025125/http://knowledge.cta.int/en/S-T-Organisations/International/HarvestPlus |archive-date=2012-03-25 }}</ref> and
* Generation, aimed at increasing the use of [[plant genetic resources|crop genetic resources]] to create a new generation of plants that meet farmers and consumers needs.<ref name="Generation-Challenge">{{cite journal|publisher=[[Hindawi Publishing]]|title=The Generation Challenge Programme Platform: Semantic Standards and Workbench for Crop Science|journal=[[International Journal of Plant Genomics]]|volume=2008|article-number=369601|date=2007-09-22|doi=10.1155/2008/369601|pmid=18483570|pmc=2375972|last1=Bruskiewich|first1=Richard|last2=Senger|first2=Martin|last3=Davenport|first3=Guy|last4=Ruiz|first4=Manuel|last5=Rouard|first5=Mathieu|last6=Hazekamp|first6=Tom|last7=Takeya|first7=Masaru|last8=Doi|first8=Koji|last9=Satoh|first9=Kouji|last10=Costa|first10=Marcos|last11=Simon|first11=Reinhard|last12=Balaji|first12=Jayashree|last13=Akintunde|first13=Akinnola|last14=Mauleon|first14=Ramil|last15=Wanchana|first15=Samart|last16=Shah|first16=Trushar|last17=Anacleto|first17=Mylah|last18=Portugal|first18=Arllet|last19=Ulat|first19=Victor|last20=Thongjuea|first20=Supat|last21=Braak|first21=Kyle|last22=Ritter|first22=Sebastian|last23=Dereeper|first23=Alexis|last24=Skofic|first24=Milko|last25=Rojas|first25=Edwin|last26=Martins|first26=Natalia|last27=Pappas|first27=Georgios|last28=Alamban|first28=Ryan|last29=Almodiel|first29=Roque|last30=Barboza|first30=Lord|last31=Detras|first31=Jeffrey|last32=Manansala|first32=Kevin|last33=Mendoza|first33=Michael|last34=Morales|first34=Jeffrey|last35=Peralta|first35=Barry|last36=Valerio|first36=Rowena|last37=Zhang|first37=Yi|last38=Gregorio|first38=Sergio|last39=Hermocilla|first39=Joseph|last40=Echavez|first40=Michael|last41=Yap|first41=Jan|last42=Farmer|first42=Andrew|last43=Schiltz|first43=Gary|last44=Lee|first44=Jennifer|last45=Casstevens|first45=Terry|last46=Jaiswal|first46=Pankaj|last47=Meintjes|first47=Ayton|last48=Wilkinson|first48=Mark|last49=Good|first49=Benjamin|last50=Wagner|first50=James|last51=Morris|first51=Jane|last52=Marshall|first52=David|last53=Collins|first53=Anthony|last54=Kikuchi|first54=Shoshi|last55=Metz|first55=Thomas|last56=McLaren|first56=Graham|last57=van Hintum|first57=Theo|doi-access=free|s2cid=6980767}}</ref>

=== A new CGIAR (2008-2021) ===
In 2008, CGIAR embarked on a change process to improve the engagement between all stakeholders in international agricultural research for development—donors, researchers and beneficiaries—and to refocus the efforts of the centers on major global development challenges.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yojana Sharma |url=http://www.scidev.net/en/features/a-revolution-to-combat-world-hunger.html |title=A revolution to combat world hunger |website=[[Science and Development Network]] (Scidev) |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cgiar.org/changemanagement/briefs/march08.html |title=Browsing by Subject "CGIAR newsletters" |website=CGIAR |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414185839/http://www.cgiar.org/changemanagement/briefs/march08.html |archive-date=2012-04-14 }}</ref> A key objective was to integrate the work of the centers and their partners, avoiding fragmentation and duplication of effort.

CGIAR components during this time included the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, the CGIAR Fund,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/ |title=CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905190501/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/|website=CGIAR|archive-date=2011-09-05 }}</ref> the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencecouncil.cgiar.org/ |title=Independent Science & Partnership Council: ISPC home |website=CGIAR Science Council|access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref> and partners. Research was guided by the CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/sites/cgiarfund.org/files/Documents/PDF/CGIAR-SRF-March%202011_BROCHURE.pdf |title=Strategy and Results Framework brochure |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331111653/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/sites/cgiarfund.org/files/Documents/PDF/CGIAR-SRF-March%202011_BROCHURE.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-31 }}</ref> The CGIAR Consortium united the centers supported by CGIAR; it coordinated limited research activities of about 15 research projects (see list below) among the centers and provided donors with a single contact point to centers. The CGIAR Fund aimed to harmonize the efforts of donors to contribute to agricultural research for development, increased the funding available by reducing or eliminating duplication of effort among the centers and promoted greater financial stability. The CGIAR ISPC, appointed by the CGIAR Fund Council, provided advice to the funders of CGIAR, particularly in ensuring that CGIAR's research programs are aligned with the Strategy and Results Framework. It provided a bridge between the funders and the CGIAR Consortium. The hope was that the Strategy and Results Framework would provide the strategic direction for the centers and CGIAR Research Programs, ensuring that they focus on delivering measurable results that contribute to achieving CGIAR objectives. However the research programs were designed prior to the Framework being ready, so now some refitting had to take place to get the programs inline with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CGIAR-SRF-Feb_20_2011.pdf|title=Strategy and Results Framework|website=CGIAR Consortium|access-date=21 June 2019|archive-date=19 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119034051/http://consortium.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CGIAR-SRF-Feb_20_2011.pdf}}</ref>

====CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers====
The '''CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers''' was established in April 2010 to coordinate and support the work of the 15 international agricultural research centers supported by CGIAR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgiar.org/research/|title=Research|website=Cgiar.org|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> It played a central role in formulating the CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework (SRF)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/our-strategic-research-framework/ |title=Our strategic research framework|access-date=2011-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928002728/http://consortium.cgiar.org/our-strategic-research-framework/ |archive-date=2011-09-28|website=CGIAR Consortium}}</ref> that guided the work of CGIAR-supported centers on CGIAR funded research and developing CGIAR Research Programs under the SRF. The work of the CGIAR Consortium was governed by the Consortium Board, a 10-member panel that had fiduciary responsibility for CGIAR Research Programs, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting progress to donors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/about-us/the-consortium-board/ |title=The Consortium Board|website=CGIAR Consortium|access-date=2011-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034056/http://consortium.cgiar.org/about-us/the-consortium-board/ |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref> CGIAR Research Programs were approved and funded by the CGIAR Fund<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/ |title=CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711021646/http://www.cgiarfund.org/ |archive-date=2012-07-11 }}</ref> on a contractual basis through performance agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/how_the_fund_works |title=How the Fund Works &#124; CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101080923/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/how_the_fund_works |archive-date=2011-11-01 }}</ref>

==== Agri-Food Systems CGIAR Research Programs ====
Agri-Food Systems CGIAR Research Programs were multi-center, multi-partner initiatives built on three core principles: impact on CGIAR's four system-level objectives; making the most of the centers' strengths; and strong and effective partnerships.

The following research programs comprised the CGIAR Research Portfolio of 2017-2021 (lead centers shown in brackets):

* FISH - Fish Agri-Food Systems<ref>{{Cite web|title=FISH CRP|url=https://fish.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=CGIAR Research Program on FISH|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ([[WorldFish]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WorldFish|url=https://www.worldfishcenter.org/|url-status=live|access-date=24 October 2021|website=WorldFish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021104073726/http://www.worldfishcenter.org:80/ |archive-date=4 November 2002 }}</ref>
* FTA - Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=Forests, Trees and Agroforestry}}</ref> ([[CIFOR]])
*Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals<ref>{{Cite web|title=GLDC|url=http://gldc.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals|language=en-US|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121054959/http://gldc.cgiar.org/}}</ref> ([[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics|ICRISAT]])
*WHEAT<ref>{{cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on WHEAT|url=https://wheat.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Research Program on WHEAT}}</ref> - Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World ([[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center|CIMMYT]])
*Livestock<ref>{{Cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock|url=https://livestock.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock|language=en}}</ref> ([[International Livestock Research Institute|ILRI]])
*Maize<ref>{{Cite web|title=This is Maize CRP|url=https://maize.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Research Program on MAIZE|language=en-US}}</ref> (CIMMYT)
*Rice<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://ricecrp.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=RICE: CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agri-Food Systems|language=en-US}}</ref> ([[International Rice Research Institute|IRRI]])
*{{visible anchor|RTB}} - {{visible anchor|Roots, Tubers and Bananas}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.rtb.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Roots, Tubers, and Bananas Program (RTB-CGIAR)}}</ref> ([[International Potato Center|CIP]])<ref>{{cite web|title=CIP|url=https://cipotato.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=[[International Potato Center]] (CIP)}}</ref>
'''Global Integrating Programs'''

Cross-cutting Global Integrating Programs framed to work closely with the Agri-Food Systems Programs within relevant agro-ecological systems. Four programs formed part of the 2017-2021 Portfolio.

* CCAFS - Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security<ref>{{cite web|title=CCAFS: CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security|url=https://ccafs.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security}}</ref> (CIAT)<ref>{{cite web|title=HOME|url=https://ciat.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=[[International Center for Tropical Agriculture]] (CIAT)}}</ref>
* A4NH - Agriculture for Nutrition and Health<ref>{{cite web|title=Agriculture for Nutrition and Health|url=http://a4nh.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health}}</ref> ([[International Food Policy Research Institute|IFPRI]])
* PIM<ref>{{cite web|title=Policies, Institutions and Markets - CGIAR Research Program|url=http://pim.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Policies, Institutions and Markets}}</ref> - Policies, Institutions, & Markets ([[International Food Policy Research Institute|IFPRI]])
* WLE - [[Water, Land and Ecosystems]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Water, Land and Ecosystems|url=https://wle.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems}}</ref> ([[International Water Management Institute|IWMI]])

'''Former programs'''

*GRiSP - A [[Global Rice Science Partnership]] (IRRI)<ref>{{cite web|date=2010-11-12|title=European Commission : CORDIS : Go local: Member States Newsroom|url=http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=MSS_NEWS_ALL&ACTION=D&DOC=4&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=012b4b073857:b44b:5b7f7a50&RCN=32754|access-date=2012-07-18|website=[[European Commission]] CORDIS|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014185947/http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=MSS_NEWS_ALL&ACTION=D&DOC=4&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=012b4b073857:b44b:5b7f7a50&RCN=32754}}</ref>
* Aquatic Agricultural Systems<ref name="aas.cgiar.org">{{Cite web|title=Home &#124; Aquatic Agricultural Systems|url=http://aas.cgiar.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211061513/http://aas.cgiar.org/|archive-date=2013-02-11|website=CGIAR Aquatic Agricultural Systems}}</ref> - Harnessing the Development Potential of Aquatic Agricultural Systems<ref name="aas.cgiar.org" /> for the Poor and Vulnerable ([[WorldFish Center|WorldFish]])
* More Meat, Milk and Fish<ref>{{cite web|date=8 February 2013|title=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish - More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor|url=http://livestockfish.cgiar.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208142445/http://livestockfish.cgiar.org/|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> by and for the poor (ILRI)<ref>{{cite web|title=International Livestock Research Institute|url=https://www.ilri.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=International Livestock Research Institute}}</ref>
* Dryland Systems<ref>{{Cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems / CGIAR|work=CGIAR |url=http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-dryland-systems/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707031122/http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-dryland-systems/|archive-date=2012-07-07}}</ref>
* Humidtropics
* Grain Legumes<ref>{{cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes / CGIAR|url=http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-grain-legumes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123220025/http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-grain-legumes/|archive-date=2013-01-23|access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> (ICRISAT)

A new strategy and results framework was approved in 2015 and the portfolio of research programs revised. The systems programs dryland systems, aquatic agricultural systems, and Humidtropics ceased to be standalone programs, even though they were seen as what was new to the reformed CGIAR, but were not given a real chance to take off and prosper, mainly due to funding reductions, but also because of a refocus on commodity value chains. These commodity programs were renamed to, for example, RTB Systems Program or Rice Systems Program. Some work of the earlier systems programs were incorporated, but most was lost.

==== Research platforms ====
CGIAR supported four research platforms from 2017 to 2021:
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Excellence in Breeding}} Platform<ref name="Excellenceinbreeding">{{cite web | title=Excellenceinbreeding | website=[[CGIAR Excellence in Breeding]] | url=http://excellenceinbreeding.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Genebank Platform}}<ref name="Genebanks">{{cite web | title=CGIAR Genebank Platform | website=[[CGIAR Genebank Platform]] | url=http://www.genebanks.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Platform for Big Data in Agriculture}}<ref name="bigdata">{{cite web | title=CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture | website=[[CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture]] | date=2020-12-10 | url=http://bigdata.cgiar.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref><ref name="Arnaud-et-al-2020">{{cite journal | last1=Arnaud | first1=Elizabeth | last2=Laporte | first2=Marie-Angélique | last3=Kim | first3=Soonho | last4=Aubert | first4=Céline | last5=Leonelli | first5=Sabina | last6=Miro | first6=Berta | last7=Cooper | first7=Laurel | last8=Jaiswal | first8=Pankaj | last9=Kruseman | first9=Gideon | last10=Shrestha | first10=Rosemary | last11=Buttigieg | first11=Pier Luigi | last12=Mungall | first12=Christopher J. | last13=Pietragalla | first13=Julian | last14=Agbona | first14=Afolabi | last15=Muliro | first15=Jacqueline | last16=Detras | first16=Jeffrey | last17=Hualla | first17=Vilma | last18=Rathore | first18=Abhishek | last19=Das | first19=Roma Rani | last20=Dieng | first20=Ibnou | last21=Bauchet | first21=Guillaume | last22=Menda | first22=Naama | last23=Pommier | first23=Cyril | last24=Shaw | first24=Felix | last25=Lyon | first25=David | last26=Mwanzia | first26=Leroy | last27=Juarez | first27=Henry | last28=Bonaiuti | first28=Enrico | last29=Chiputwa | first29=Brian | last30=Obileye | first30=Olatunbosun | last31=Auzoux | first31=Sandrine | last32=Yeumo | first32=Esther Dzalé | last33=Mueller | first33=Lukas A. | last34=Silverstein | first34=Kevin | last35=Lafargue | first35=Alexandra | last36=Antezana | first36=Erick | last37=Devare | first37=Medha | last38=King | first38=Brian | title=The Ontologies Community of Practice: A CGIAR Initiative for Big Data in Agrifood Systems | journal=[[Patterns (journal)|Patterns]] | volume=1 | issue=7 | year=2020 | issn=2666-3899 | doi=10.1016/j.patter.2020.100105  | doi-access=free |pmc=7660444 | article-number=100105| pmid=33205138 }}</ref>
*CGIAR GENDER (Gender Equality in Food Systems Research) Platform<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home page|url=https://gender.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Gender Platform|language=en}}</ref>

== Impacts ==
[[File:Emasculation of durum wheat.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Much of the impact of CGIAR research comes from crop genetic improvement. A field technician at [[International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas|ICARDA's]] research station in Terbol, Lebanon [[Emasculation|emasculates]] a durum [[wheat]] spike to prepare for pollination.]]
The impacts of CGIAR research have been extensively assessed.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite journal |last1=Renkow |first1=Mitch |last2=Byerlee |first2=Derek |title=The impacts of CGIAR research: A review of recent evidence |journal=Food Policy |date=October 2010 |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=391–402 |doi=10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.04.006 |url=https://iaes.cgiar.org/node/11501 }}</ref> Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=SoAR Report Finds International Agricultural Research Investment Generates 10 to 1 Return |url=https://supportagresearch.org/news/soar-report-finds-international-agricultural-research-investment-generates-10-to-1-return |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=SoAR |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213070932/https://supportagresearch.org/news/soar-report-finds-international-agricultural-research-investment-generates-10-to-1-return }}</ref>

Much of the impact of the CGIAR centers has come from crop genetic improvement. This includes the high-yielding wheat and rice varieties that were the foundation of the Green Revolution. An assessment of the impact of crop breeding efforts at CGIAR centers between 1965 and 1998 showed CGIAR involvement in 65 percent of the area planted to 10 crops addressed by CGIAR, specifically wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, millet, barley, lentils, beans, cassava, and potatoes. Of this, 60 percent was sown with varieties with CGIAR ancestry (more than 90 percent in the case of lentils, beans, and cassava), and half of those varieties came from crosses made at a CGIAR center.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1079/9780851995496.0427 |chapter=Modern variety production: A synthesis |title=Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity: The impact of international agricultural research |year=2003 |last1=Evenson |first1=R. E. |pages=427–445 |isbn=978-0-85199-549-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1079/9780851995496.0447 |chapter=Production impacts of crop genetic improvement |title=Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity: The impact of international agricultural research |year=2003 |last1=Evenson |first1=R. E. |pages=447–471 |isbn=978-0-85199-549-6 }}</ref> The monetary value of CGIAR's investment in crop improvement is considerable, running into the billions of dollars.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raitzer |first1=David A. |last2=Kelley |first2=Timothy G. |title=Benefit–cost meta-analysis of investment in the International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR |journal=Agricultural Systems |date=March 2008 |volume=96 |issue=1–3 |pages=108–123 |doi=10.1016/j.agsy.2007.06.004 |bibcode=2008AgSys..96..108R |hdl=10947/197 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

The centers have also contributed to such fields as improving the nutritional value of staple crops; pest and disease control through breeding resistant varieties; integrated pest management and biological control (e.g., control of the cassava [[mealybug]] in sub-Saharan Africa through release of a predatory wasp); improvements in livestock and fish production systems; genetic resources characterization and conservation; improved natural resource management; and contributions to improved policies in numerous areas, including forestry, fertilizer, milk marketing, and genetic resources conservation and use.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

Further impacts of CGIAR include:

* Increased resilience, income and yield for 4.75 million farmers in India working across 3.7 million hectares by scaling CGIAR-developed natural resource management practices.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/documents/bill_and_melinda_gates_foundation_investing_in_climate_change_adaptation_and_agricultural_innovation_is_essential_for_our_future.pdf |title=Investing in climate change adaptation and agricultural innovation is essential for our future |publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |year=2021 |page=10}}</ref>
* Improved nutrition for 20 million people in low-income countries through increased access to critical nutrients via [[Biofortification|micronutrient-fortified crops]] with higher content of [[vitamin A]], iron, and zinc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global research partnership for a food-secure future - CGIAR |url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/deza/en/home/partnerships-mandates/partnerships-multilateral-organisations/weitere-organisationen-netzwerke/cgiar.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.eda.admin.ch |language=en}}</ref>
* Increased rice yield by 0.6 to 1.8 ton per hectare and profitability by up to US$200 per hectare through use of a smart mobile crop management tool called "RiceAdvice" used in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-27 |title=Rice Advice |url=https://www.syngentafoundation.org/agriservices/whatwedo/digitalsolutions/riceadvice |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture |language=en}}</ref>
* For an annual investment of roughly US$30 million, the benefits gained from wheat research are in the range of US$2.2 billion to US$3.1 billion each year, from 1994 to 2014. For every $1 invested in wheat breeding, $73 to $103 were returned in direct benefits. Almost half the world's wheat land is sown to varieties that come from research by CGIAR scientists and their global network of partners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global wheat breeding returns billions in benefits but stable financing remains elusive |url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/global-wheat-breeding-returns-billions-benefits-stable-financing-remains-elusive |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=blogs.worldbank.org |language=en}}</ref>
* The introduction of no-tillage systems in the rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, for example, generated economic benefits of about US$165 million between 1990 and 2010 from an investment of only US$3.5 million.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
* A 2010 study projected that increased adoption of CGIAR-developed drought-tolerant maize varieties could increase harvests in 13 African countries by 10-34 percent, which could generate up to US$1.5 billion in benefits for producers and consumers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=CGIAR Fund |date=2011-03-31 |title=40 Findings on the Impacts of CGIAR Research: 1971-2011 |url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10947/3001 |journal= |language=en |page=2}}</ref>
* CGIAR has spent 20 percent of its expenditure on strengthening the capacity of national partners through formal and informal training and have trained over 80,000 professionals around the world.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

== Research Centers ==
;Active centers and their headquarters locations

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
!Active CGIAR Centers
!Headquarters location
|-
|[[Africa Rice Center]] (West Africa Rice Development Association, WARDA) 
|[[Abidjan]], {{Flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|-
|The Alliance of [[Bioversity International]] and the [[International Center for Tropical Agriculture]] (CIAT)
|Maccarese, [[Province of Rome|Rome]], {{Flag|Italy}} [[Palmira, Valle del Cauca|Palmira]], {{Flag|Colombia}} 
|-
|[[Center for International Forestry Research]] (CIFOR)
|[[Bogor]], {{Flag|Indonesia}}
|-
|[[International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas]] (ICARDA) 
|[[Beirut]], {{Flag|Lebanon}} 
|-
|[[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics]] (ICRISAT)
|[[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] ([[Patancheru]]), {{Flag|India}}
|-
|[[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI) 
|[[Washington, D.C.]], {{Flag|United States}}
|-
|[[International Institute of Tropical Agriculture]] (IITA)
|[[Ibadan]], {{Flag|Nigeria}} 
|-
|[[International Livestock Research Institute]] (ILRI)
|[[Nairobi]], {{Flag|Kenya}} 
|-
|[[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center]] (CIMMYT)
|[[Texcoco, Mexico State]], {{Flag|Mexico}}
|-
|[[International Potato Center]] (CIP)
|[[Lima (Peru)|Lima]], {{Flag|Peru}}
|-
|[[International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI)
|[[Los Baños, Laguna]], {{Flag|Philippines}}
|-
|[[International Water Management Institute]] (IWMI) 
|[[Battaramulla]], {{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
|[[World Agroforestry Centre|World Agroforestry]] (International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, ICRAF)
|[[Nairobi]], {{Flag|Kenya}} 
|-
|[[WorldFish Center|WorldFish]] (formerly International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, ICLARM)
|[[Penang]], {{Flag|Malaysia}}
|}

;Centers no longer active

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
!Inactive CGIAR Centers
!Headquarters
!Change
|-
|[[International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases]] (ILRAD)
|[[Nairobi]], {{Flag|Kenya}}
|1994: merged with ILCA to become ILRI
|-
|[[International Livestock Centre for Africa]] (ILCA)
|[[Addis Ababa]], {{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|1994: merged with ILRAD to become ILRI 
|-
|[[International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain]] (INIBAP)
|[[Montpellier]], {{Flag|France}}
|1994: became a programme of Bioversity International 
|-
|[[International Service for National Agricultural Research]] (ISNAR)
|[[The Hague]], {{Flag|Netherlands}}
|2004: dissolved, main programmes moved to IFPRI
|}

==References==
<references />

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last1=Byerlee | first1=Derek | last2=Edmeades | first2=Greg O. | title=Fifty years of maize research in the CGIAR: diversity, change, and ultimate success | publisher=[[CIMMYT]] (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) | date=2021-08-31 | hdl=10883/21633}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.cgiar.org/}}

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