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Our Partners
The global impact of the CGIAR Centers is multiplied through the close collaboration of many hundreds of partner organizations.
CGIAR Centers work with national and regional research institutes, national governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector to develop policies, conduct research and ensure that research results move from laboratories to farmers' fields. Over 300 farmers organizations are currently engaged in collaborative research programs with CGIAR Centers.
The CGIAR supports regional federations of agricultural research institutions and such forums as the Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Association of Agricultural Research Institution in the Near East and North Africa, Forum on Agricultural Research in Africa, and Latin America and Caribbean Forum on Agricultural Research, as well as their productive interaction with others who share similar goals.
The CGIAR served as catalyst for the creation of a Global Forum on Agricultural Research to explore, establish and implement collaborative programs for sustainable food security among all members of an emerging global agricultural research community including nongovernmental and farmers' organizations, the private sector, local and national governments, national research systems, advanced research organizations, and international Centers.
Engagement with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) -
with the aim of further improving this collaboration, the CGIAR developed the Strategic Framework for Engagement between the CGIAR and CSOs in 2006, which offers a series of recommendations designed to give civil society a stronger voice in the CGIAR and foster mutual learning in our joint endeavors.
As a start toward implementing its CSO engagement strategy, the CGIAR organized various events in connection with the CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2006 (AGM06), held in Washington, D.C., during early December. These events – the Virtual Conversation, Innovation Marketplace and CSO-CGIAR Forum – gave rise to a constructive dialogue among CGIAR stakeholders, which we believe will facilitate steady improvement in CSO engagement
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