CGIAR Fund

CRP #

Status

Integrated Agricultural Production Systems for the Poor and Vulnerable in Dry Areas

This program aims to pursue new technology, institutional and policy options for enhancing productivity and managing risks through diversification, sustainable intensification and integrated agro-ecosystem approaches in dry areas.  The program will be implemented under the leadership of ICARDA which is headquartered in Syria and with an initial 3- year budget of US$123 million. 

• Revised Full Proposal (July 20, 2011) (large file 13.1MB)
• ISPC commentary on revised CRP (Sept. 6, 2011) 
• Consortium Board letter on agrobiodiversity component of CRP 1.1
• Proposal on agrobiodiversity component of CRP 1.1

Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics

• IITA letter to CGIAR Consortium Board Chair for proposal resubmission (January 24, 2012
• Revised Proposal (January 24, 2012) (large file 6.29MB)
• IITA response to the ISPC and FC 'Must Haves" (January 24, 2012)

Harnessing the Development Potential of Aquatic Agricultural Systems for the Poor and Vulnerable

Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor

The program will identify policies and institutions necessary for smallholder producers in rural communities, particularly women, to increase their income through improved access to and utilization of markets. Insufficient attention to agriculture markets and the policies and institutions that support them have been identified as major impediments to alleviating poverty in the developing world, where in most areas farming is the principal source of livelihood/ income. This CRP seeks to produce a body of new knowledge that can be used by decision makers to shape effective policies and institutions that can reduce poverty and promote sustainable rural development.  Under the leadership of IFPRI which is headquartered in the US, the program has an approved initial 3 year budget of US$266 million. 

• Letter from IFPRI to Consortium Board dtd. May 19, 2011
• Email from Consortium Board Chair to Fund Council Chair dtd. May 20, 2011
• Revised Proposal (Oct. 5, 2011) (large file: 2.88MB)
• Response to Comments by Fund Council, ISPC, and GFAR
• ISPC Commentary on revised proposal
• Responses to the "Must haves" comments from ISPC and Fund Council (July 11, 2011)

WHEAT-Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World

The wheat program will create a global alliance for improving productivity and profitability of wheat in the developing world, where demand is projected to increase by 60 percent by 2050 even as climate change could diminish production by 20 to 30 percent. It aims to dramatically boost wheat productivity and improving the crop’s resistance to globally important diseases and pests and enhancing its adaptation to warmer climates while reducing the water, fertilizer, labor and fuel requirements of wheat production.   Led by CIMMYT which is based in Mexico, the program has an initial 3-year budget of US$146 million. 

MAIZE - Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World

This program will help double maize productivity with essentially no expansion of maize area, through more intensive, sustainable and resilient maize-based farming systems that are adapted to climate change and to rising fertilizer, water and labor costs.  Implemented by CIMMYT as the Lead Center and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, together with over 350 public and private partners worldwide, MAIZE ensures that publicly‐funded international research contributes to more stable maize prices and to more productive, resilient, and sustainable maize‐based farming, while increasing farmers’ incomes and livelihood opportunities.  MAIZE has an initial 3-year budget of US$170 million.

GRiSP - A Global Rice Science Partnership

GRiSP embarks on the most comprehensive attempt ever to deploy rice genetic diversity, while promoting simultaneous revolutions in rice agronomy, processing and policy. In response to rapid population growth that requires production to double to keep up with demand, GRiSP is designed to boost the current rate of yield growth and improve the management of water and other resources on which production depends. To ensure maximum impact from this program, with a 5-year budget of nearly US$600 million, it will be carried out jointly by three CGIAR Centers – IRRI, the Lead Center which is headquartered in the Philippines, the Africa Rice Center in Benin and CIAT in Colombia – and major advanced agricultural research organizations in France and Japan in collaboration with hundreds of partners. 

• Consortium Board Approval Letter
• Full Proposal (September 2010) (large file: 8.23MB)
• iISPC Commentary on Proposal

Visit IRRI's website on GRiSP

Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food Security and Income

This CRP combines the research activities of CGIAR centers working on bananas, plantains, cassava, potato, sweet potato, yams and several other tropical and Andean root and tuber crops. Its primary objective is to more fully realize the potential of these crops for improving nutrition, income generation, and food security among some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. The program builds on the expertise, complementarities, and comparative advantages of four CGIAR centers – Bioversity International, CIAT, IITA, and International Potato Center (CIP) (headquartered in Peru) as Lead Center.  It has 3-year budget of US$183 million.

• Cover letter from Consortium Board Chair (Sept. 27, 2011)
• Full Proposal - revised, Sept. 27, 2011 (large file: 7MB)
• Annexes 1, 3, 4 and 5 to Proposal
• Annex 2.1- Theme 1: Conserving and accessing genetic resources
• Annex 2.2 - Theme 2: Accelerating the Development and Selection of Cultivars with Higher, More Stable Yield and Added Value
• Annex 2.3 - Theme 3: Managing priority pests and diseases
• Annex 2.4 - Theme 4: Making available low-cost, high-quality planting material for farmers
• Annex 2.5 - Theme 5: Developing tools for more productive, ecologically robust cropping systems
• Annex 2.6 - Theme 6: Promoting postharvest technologies, value chains, and market opportunities
• Annex 2.7 - Theme 7: Enhancing impact through partnerships
• ISPC Commentary on Revised Proposal

Grain Legumes: enhanced food and feed security, nutritional balance, economic growth and soil health for smallholder farmers

• Consortium Board approval letter
• Full Proposal (August 2011) (large file: 3.7MB)
• ISPC commentary (October 13, 2011)
• Lead Center's response to ISPC commentary

Dryland cereals: Food Security and Growth for the World’s Most Vulnerable Poor

• Consortium Board approval letter
• Full Proposal (August 2011) (large file: 3.7MB)
• ISPC commentary (October 13, 2011) 
• Lead Center's response to ISPC commentary

More Meat, Milk and Fish by and for the Poor

The overarching goal of this CRP is to increase productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in order to increase the availability and affordability of meat, milk and fish for poor consumers and, in doing so, to reduce poverty through greater participation by the poor along animal source food value chains. To help these value chains perform better, the program will identify address key constraints and opportunities, improve institutional arrangements and capacities, and support the establishment of enabling pro-poor policy and institutional environments. Four CGIAR Centers are involved, namely, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) which is headquartered in Kenya as the Lead Center, CIAT, ICARDA, and WorldFish Center. The CRP has a 3-year budget of US$99.6 million.

• Consortium Board approval letter
• Full Proposal (March 5, 2011) (large file: 5.3.MB)
• ISPC Commentary

Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health

This research program aims to accelerate progress in improving the nutrition and health of poor people by exploiting and enhancing the synergies between agriculture, nutrition, and health through four key research components: value chains, biofortification, control of agriculture-associated diseases, and integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health development programs and policies. With IFPRI and ILRI as co-Lead Centers, this program will also involve 10 other CGIAR Centers. It has an initial 3-year budget of US$191.4 million.

• Revised Full Proposal (large file: 3.88MB)
• Responses to 'must haves' (Oct. 6, 2011)
• ISPC Commentary (forthcoming)

Water, Land and Ecosystems

Forests Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and Governance

The overall objective of this program is to enhance the management and use of forests, agroforestry and tree genetic resources across the landscape from forests to farms. Emphasis is on synergy and integration among multi‐disciplinary teams of scientists, development experts and practitioners; the integration across landscapes and scales (from local to global); focus on disadvantaged sectors of society – the poor, indigenous peoples, women and youth; and the inclusion and development of long‐term landscape‐level research sites called the “sentinel landscapes”. The program involves four Centers, namely, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) as Lead Center located in Indonesia, World Agroforesty Center (in Kenya) , CIAT (in Colombia) and Bioversity (in Italy). It has a 3-year budget of US$232.9 million.

• Consortium Board approval letter
• Full Proposal (February 2011) (large file: 5MB)
• ISPC commentary

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CCAFS offers developing country farmers new options for adapting to emerging impacts of climate change in the coming decades and for mitigating climate change through a “carbon-friendly” agriculture that also strengthens food security and reduces poverty. Developed in collaboration with the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), the initiative involves all CGIAR Centers (under the leadership of CIAT in Colombia) and a wide coalition of partners, with an initial 3-year budget totaling US$393 million.

Consortium Board approval letter

Funding Stability for CGIAR Centers and Challenge Programs

• Proposal (July 2011)

• Letter from Carlos Perez del Castillo to Inger Andersen
• Proposal
• ISPC note on the proposal for financial support to the CGIAR Center genebanks in 2011