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CGIAR scientists work in over 100 countries, addressing every critical component of the agricultural sector. Thirteen of the 15 CGIAR Centers are located in developing countries and the knowledge gathered is shared and disseminated across the world.
Our Virtual Information Center can provide information on the topics listed below. To obtain information on these topics, please use the email links under each section. |
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 Agriculture in the Dry Areas |
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| includes the improvement of barley, lentil, and faba bean; on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats). In Central Asia and North Africa: improvement of durum and bread wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage legumes and farming systems. |
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Request Information: ICARDA Library |
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Agroforesty |
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| includes tall trees for food and cash crops, and for livestock. Fodder trees for animals, trees and shrubs to marke boundaries, closely planted trees as living fences around livestock. Fast growing trees for fuelwood for cooking and income, slow growing trees for timber and building, as investment for the future. Trees and shrubs that can be intercropped with other plants to improve soil quality and control weeds and pests. Alternatives to slash and burn and more. |
World Agroforestry Centre
Request Information: World Agroforestry Centre Library |
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Food Policy |
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| Research Focus: policy solutions that reduce hunger and poverty in a
sustainable way. Themes: global food situation; globalization and trade;
management of natural resources of importance to food, nutrition, and
agriculture; food systems in disaster prevention and relief; governance
structures and policy processes; food and water safety; interventions to
reduce poverty and improve nutrition; diet quality and change;
cross-cutting country and regional strategies; food- and
nutrition-related science and technology policy; smallholder farming;
urban-rural linkages and nonfarm development; knowledge systems and
innovation; policy communications; capacity strengthening. |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Request Information: IFPRI Library |
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Livestock |
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| includes animal production, animal health, animal genetic resources, poverty, research, biological sciences, and veterinary science. Geographical focus: all tropical developing regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. |
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Request Information: ILRI Library |
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Plant Genetic Resources (Genebanks,
Seeds) |
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| includes genebanks, genebank technology, genetic resources management, germplasm collections, in-vitro conservation, ultra-dry seed storage, seeds, agricultural biodiversity, nutrition, policy |
Bioversity International
Request Information: Bioversity Library |
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Rice in Africa and in Latin America |
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| For Africa: includes NERICAs, upland rice, lowland rice,rice production science, molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, Africa rice initiative, entomology, plant pathology, rice economics , impact assessment, rice soil science, soil fertility.
Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
Request Information: Africa Rice Library
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For Latin America:
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Request Information: CIAT Library |
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Agriculture in the Tropics |
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| includes crop improvement information on beans, rice, cassava, forages and tropical fruits. Agrobiodiversity and genetics, management of pest and plant diseases, soil ecology and improvement, analysis of spatial information, participatory research approaches and much more. , |
Contact: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Request Information: CIAT Library |
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Agricultural Biodiversity |
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includes all the ecosystems, species and genetic diversity that supports
people, directly and indirectly. A diverse agriculture delivers a
healthier, more nutritious diet. It protects the environment at the same
time as improving peoples' lives. It spreads the risk of catastrophic
failure and famine |
Bioversity International
Request Information : Bioversity Library |
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Wheat |
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| includes breeding methods, crop management, disease and pest control, genetic resources, hybids, high-yielding varieties, molecular characterization, participatory research methods, plant physiology, weed control, wheat triticum spp, and much more. |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center(CIMMYT)
Request Information : CIMMYT Library |
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Agriculture in the Semi-Arid
Tropics |
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includes crop improvement of sorghum, pearl millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut; enhanced resistance to insect pests and diseases through the application of genomics, genetic engineering and wide-hybridization, speed and precision of plant breeding for abiotic stress tolerance, and better agronomic traits. |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Request Information: ICRISAT Library |
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Aquaculture and Fisheries |
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includes worldwide information on fisheries and aquatic resources, from fisheries catches, aquaculture production, fish farming households, improved livelihoods of fishing, improved access to fish, protection of the aquatic environment.
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WorldFish Center
Request Information: WorldFish Library |
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Forestry |
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includes conservation of forests, forest resources, management of forests and forest lands. Geographical focus: tropical moist forests in Southeast Asia such as those in Borneo, Tropical moist forests in central-west Africa and the Congo Basin, tropical moist forests of the western Amazon, drier forests such as the Miombo woodlands of eastern-southern Africa, rainforest-dry forest continuum in southern India such as Western Ghats uplands of mainland Southeast Asia and mixed forest systems of Central America.
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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Request Information: CIFOR Library |
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Maize |
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| includes crop management, disease control, fertilizers, nutritive values, molecular genetics, plant breeding, plant physiology, quantitative genetics, quality protein maize, weed control, Zea mays, and much more. |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Request Information: CIMMYT Library and
Maize in East and West Africa: International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Request Information: IITA Library |
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Potatoes |
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| includes andean roots and tubers, sweetpotatoes, biotechnology and genetic engineering, biodiversity, integrated pest management, late blight, molecular biology, crop management, Vitamin A for Africa, conservation and characterization, potato seeds, and much more. |
International Potato Center (CIP)
Request Information : CIP Library |
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Rice |
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includes rice-based ecosystems; rice germplasm collections; rice breeding and genetics; bioinformatics; rice diseases and pests; natural resources management; women in rice farming; rice production training, rice biotechnology; agricultural engineering; soil and water management; rice physiology; social aspects of rice farming and much more.
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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Request Information: IRRI Library |
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Tropical Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| includes crop improvement, plant health, and resource and crop management in four major agroecological zones: the dry savanna, the moist savanna, the humid forests, and the midaltitude savanna. Smallholder crop ping and postharvest systems and on the following food crops: cassava, cowpea, maize, plantain and banana, soybean, and yam. |
| Contact : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - Request Information: IITA Library |
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Water Management |
| includes water for agriculture; smallholder livelihoods; groundwater; basin water management; agriculture, water and cities; water management and the environment; drought assessment; malaria control, and much more. |
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Request Information: IWMI Library
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