CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.cgiar.org/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CGIAR/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CGIAR-270424969671619/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3279391/
Founded
1971-05 Washington DC USA
History
Established as an informal network of public and private entities. Reformed 2008, with new name, but acronym was retained as a title. Initially a contractual joint venture set up by the 15 Research Centers, but Agreement Establishing the Consortium as an independent international organization entered into force, 29 Apr 2010. Governance structure revised and current name adopted, 1 Jul 2016.
Aims
Advance agri-food science and innovation to enable poor people, especially poor women, to increase agricultural productivity and resilience, share in economic growth, better feed themselves and their families, and conserve natural resources in the face of climate change and other threats.
Events
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CGIAR System Council; CGIAR System Board; System Organization Management Office; General Assembly of the Centers.
Research Centers (14):
- D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Cotonou (Benin);
- E-XE3089 - Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor (Indonesia);
- E-XE5928 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo (Syrian AR);
- E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru (India);
- E-XE6331 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC (USA);
- E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan (Nigeria);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi (Kenya);
- E-XE0270 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, El Batan (Mexico);
- E-XE4103 - International Potato Center, Lima (Peru);
- E-XE2417 - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños (Philippines);
- E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo (Sri Lanka);
- E-AA3785 - Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Alliance Bioversity & CIAT);
- H-XE3150 - Bioversity International, Rome (Italy);
- E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi (Kenya);
- E-XE5021 - WorldFish, Penang (Malaysia).
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UIA Org ID
XE4468
Last News
2023
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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