Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) was created by the World Bank on May 19, 1971, with the FAO, IFAD and UNDP as co-sponsors.

At the time there was widespread concern that developing countries would succumb to famine; the successes of the Green Revolution had started in Asia and the Pearson Commission on International Development had urged that the international community undertake "intensive international effort" to support "research specializing in food supplies and tropical agriculture". CGIAR was formed for the coodination of international agricultural research with the goals of poverty reduction and achieving food security in developing countries through agricultural research.

CGIAR has 58 governmental and nongovernmental members and (currently) 15 research centres called Future Harvest Centres.

Active Future Harvest Centres Headquarters location
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Cali, Colombia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Bogor, Indonesia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Mexico City, Mexico
International Potato Center (CIP) Lima, Peru
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Aleppo, Syria
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management / WorldFish Center (ICLARM) Penang, Malaysia
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Nairobi, Kenya
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington, D.C., United States
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) Rome, Italy
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire

Active Future Harvest Centres	Headquarters location
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)	Cali, Colombia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)	Bogor, Indonesia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico City, Mexico
International Potato Center (CIP)	Lima, Peru
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)	Aleppo, Syria
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management / WorldFish Center (ICLARM)	Penang, Malaysia
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)	Nairobi, Kenya
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)	Hyderabad, India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)	Washington, D.C., United States
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)	Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)	Ibadan, Nigeria
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Nairobi, Kenya
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)	Rome, Italy
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)	Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)	Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire

Defunct Future Harvest Centres Headquarters Change
International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1994: merged with ILRAD to become ILRI
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) Nairobi, Kenya 1994: merged with ILCA to become ILRI
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) Montpellier, France 1994: became a programme of IPGRI
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) The Hague, Netherlands 2004: dissolved, main programmes moved to IFPRI

Defunct Future Harvest Centres	Headquarters	Change
International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA)	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1994: merged with ILRAD to become ILRI
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD)	Nairobi, Kenya	1994: merged with ILCA to become ILRI
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP)	Montpellier, France	1994: became a programme of IPGRI
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)	The Hague, Netherlands	2004: dissolved, main programmes moved to IFPRI

CGIAR also organises a number of Challenge Programmes (CP). These CPs are time-bound, independently-governed programs of high-impact research, executed in a partnership among a wide range of institutions. Currently there are three in operation: the Generation Challenge Programme, Harvest Plus and Water and Food.

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