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About the CGIAR
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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations,
and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural research
centers (see pages 78-80) that work with national agricultural research
systems and civil society organizations including the private sector.
The alliance mobilizes agricultural science to reduce poverty, foster
human well being, promote agricultural growth and protect the environment.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank serve as
co-sponsors of the CGIAR.
More than 8,500 CGIAR scientists and staff, working in over 100 countries,
address every critical component of the agricultural sector including
agroforestry, biodiversity, food, forage and tree crops, pro-environment
farming techniques, fisheries, forestry, livestock, food policies
and agricultural research services. Thirteen of 15 CGIAR Centers are
based in developing countries.
The knowledge generated by the CGIAR-and the public and private organizations
that work with the CGIAR as partners and advisors-pays handsome dividends
for poor farmers through increased agricultural production and productivity,
greater incomes, and sounder utilization of resources. The products
of CGIAR research are kept within the public domain available to all.
These include improved crop varieties and production technologies
suited to local conditions, better farming systems that protect natural
resources, and policies/practices to combat major global challenges
such as climate change. CGIAR research partnerships help achieve the
Millennium Development Goals and support major international conventions
(Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Desertification).
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