Mexico Hosts CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2004
CGIAR Charter Adopted by Acclamation
The Africa Rice Center is Relocating
A Tragic Loss
Morocco to Host next Annual General Meeting
Centers' and Members' Day
Ministerial Roundtable 2004
From the Science Council Chair
Farmers Address CGIAR, Share Hopes and Perspectives
CGIAR 2004 Science Awards
The 2004 Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture
Innovation Marketplace 2004 Catalyzes Capital Ideas
Launch of Global Open Agriculture and Food University
Celebrating the Founding of the CGIAR
Update on CGIAR Challenge Programs
Stamping Out Poverty in Africa


December 2004

Celebrating the Founding of the CGIAR

Mexico is the birthplace of the CGIAR, and the Annual General Meeting 2004 and related events helped to solidify the Mexico-CGIAR partnership. A special luncheon organized to celebrate the founding of the CGIAR featured Robert S. McNamara (former World Bank President), Norman Borlaug (Nobel Peace Laureate) and Evangelina Villegas (World Food Prize Laureate). They recalled early days of CGIAR and the critical role it continues to play in promoting sustainable development.


L to R : Ian Johnson, Evangelina Villegas, Norman Borlaug, Robert McNamara and Francisco Reifschneider.