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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), "established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations supporting the work of 15 international Centers. In collaboration with national agricultural research systems, civil society and the private sector, the CGIAR fosters sustainable agricultural growth through high-quality science aimed at benefiting the poor through stronger food security, better human nutrition and health, higher incomes and improved management of natural resources." [1]
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People
- Katherine Sierra - Chair
- Ren Wang - CGIAR Director
Executive Council Members (as of September 2007)
Accessed April 2008: [2]
- Chair Katherine Sierra World Bank
- Co-Sponsors Alexander Müller, Eija Pehu, Rodney Cooke
- Alliance of CGIAR Centers Emile Frison AB Chair
- SC Rudy Rabbinge SC Chair
- GFAR Adel El-Beltagy GFAR Chair
OECD/DAC
- Americas Franklin Moore USA
- Asia-Pacific Peter Core Australia
- Europe Katharina Jenny, Marina Puccioni, Jonathan Wadsworth
Developing Countries
- Americas Silvio Crestana Brazil
- SSA Romano Kiome Kenya
- Asia-Pacific Lijian Zhang China
- CWANA Jafar Khalghani Iran
- Regional Fora Mario Allegri FORAGRO
Foundations
- Jean Lebel IDRC
Partners
- Civil Society tbd
- Private Sector Bill Niebur PSC Chair
- Executive Secretary, ExCo Ren Wang, CGIAR Director
Research Centers
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
- Bioversity International
- CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
- CIFOR - Centre for International Forestry
- CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
- CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
- ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
- ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
- IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
- ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
- IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
- IWMI - International Water Management Institute
- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
- WorldFish Center
Members [3]
Countries (see web) Foundations
- Ford Foundation
- Kellogg Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
International and Regional Organizations
- African Development Bank
- Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
- Asian Development Bank
- European Commission
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Development Research Centre
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Opec Fund for International Development
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Bank
Contact
- Web: http://www.cgiar.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development
- Monty Jones
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- Africa Rice Center
- Global Crop Diversity Trust
- Mangala Rai
- Ismail Serageldin - former chair
- Teresa Fogelberg
References
- ↑ Who We Are, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, accessed December 9, 2007.
- ↑ Executive Council, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, accessed April 30, 2008.
- ↑ Members, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, accessed December 9, 2007.
External Resources
- Henk Hobbelink, “Biodiversity at Rio: Conservation or access?,” Capitalism Nature Socialism, 3 (4), 1992.
- Michael Barker, "Bill Gates Engineers Another Green Revolution (Part 3 of 3)", Znet, August 8, 2008.
