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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
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| Contact: |
Mr
Manuel Lantin, Science Advisor |
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| Address: |
CGIAR
Secretariat, The World Bank, MSN G6-601, 1818 H Street NW, Washington,
DC 20433, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| E-mail: |
cgiar@cgiar.org |
| Tel: |
001
202 473 8951 |
| Fax: |
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202 473 8110 |
| HTTP: |
www.cgiar.org |
| Type: |
CGIAR |
| Sector: |
agriculture |
| Geography: |
worldwide |
| Activities: |
research,
research partnerships, funding, institution-building networking
and training |
| Budget: |
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US $350 million in 2000 |
| Profile: |
Created
in 1971, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR) is an association of public and private members
supporting a system of 16 international agricultural Centres
that work in more than 100 countries to mobilise cutting-edge
science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition
and health, and protect the environment. The CGIAR mission
is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in
developing countries through research, partnerships, capacity
building, and policy support, promoting sustainable agricultural
development based on the environmentally sound management of
natural resources. CGIAR works in 100 countries all over the
world. |
| Approach: |
CGIAR's
research agenda focuses on both strategic and applied research,
and includes the entire range of problems affecting agricultural
productivity and links these problems to broader concerns about
poverty reduction, sustainable management of natural resources,
protection of biodiversity, and rural development. It focuses
on five major research thrusts: increasing productivity, protecting
the environment, saving biodiversity, improving policies and
strengthening national research. One centre - the International
Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), in The Netherlands
focuses entirely on supporting the institutional development
of agricultural research in developing countries (see No 48). |
| Finance: |
In 2000,
$350 million in funding went to the 16 Centres. This total
was made up of Member funding of $331 million, Centre-generated
income of $14 million, European Commission relief funding of
$5 million. |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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