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Agriculture Research for People and the Planet
CGIAR's research-for-development activities bring the benefits
of modern science to poor farmers all over the world.
CGIAR research focuses on improving every critical component
of the agricultural sector including agroforestry, biodiversity,
food, forage and tree crops, pro-environment farming techniques,
fisheries, forestry, livestock, food policies and agricultural
research services. CGIAR focuses on five areas:
- Sustainable production (crops, livestock, fisheries, forests
and natural resources)
- Enhancing national capacities (through joint research, policy
support, training, and knowledge-sharing)
- Germplasm improvement (for priority crops, livestock, trees
and fish)
- Germplasm collection (including holding in public trust the
world's larggest seed collections in 11 genebanks)
- Policy (fostering research on policies that have a major impact
on agriculture, food, health, spread of new technologies and
the management and conservation of natural resources)
CGIAR's research is dynamic, flexible and responsive to emerging
development challenges.
CGIAR researchers have achieved a solid track record of
delivering results that improve people's lives and help protect
the environment on which all life depends. The impact of their
work has been enormous: without CGIAR research, world food
production would have been 4 to 5 percent lower in developing
countries, and some 13-15 million more children would have
suffered from hunger and malnourishment.
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