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Centro Internacional
de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical
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www.ciat.org
Headquarters: Cali, Colombia
Founded: 1967
Joined the CGIAR: 1971
Mission: To reduce hunger and poverty in the tropics through
collaborative research that improves agricultural productivity
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CIFOR |
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Center for
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www.cifor.org
Headquarters: Bogor, Indonesia
Founded: 1993
Joined the CGIAR: 1993
Mission: To contribute to the sustained wellbeing of people
in developing countries, particularly in the tropics. This is
achieved through collaborative, strategic and applied research
and by promoting the transfer and adoption of appropriate new
technologies and social systems for national development. |
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CIMMYT |
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Centro Internacional
de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (International Maize
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Wheat Improvement Center) |
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www.cimmyt.org
Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico
Founded: 1966
Joined the CGIAR: 1971
Mission: CIMMYT acts as a catalyst and leader in a global maize
and wheat innovation network that serves the poor in developing
countries. Drawing on strong science and effective partnerships,
CIMMYT creates, shares, and uses knowledge and technology to
increase food security, improve the productivity and profitability
of farming systems, and sustain natural resources. |
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CIP |
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| Centro
Internacional de la Papa (International Potato Center) |
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www.cipotato.org
Headquarters: Lima, Peru
Founded: 1971
Joined the CGIAR: 1973
Mission: To reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained
basis in developing countries through scientific research and
related activities on potato, sweetpotato, and other root and
tuber crops and on the improved management of natural resources
in the Andes and other mountain areas. |
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ICARDA |
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International Center for
Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
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www.icarda.org
Headquarters: Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic
Founded: 1977
Joined the CGIAR: 1977
Mission: To improve the welfare of poor people and alleviate
poverty through research and training in dry areas of the developing
world, by increasing the production, productivity and nutritional
quality of food, while preserving and enhancing the natural
resource base. |
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ICRISAT |
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Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
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www.icrisat.org
Headquarters: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Founded: 1972
Joined the CGIAR: 1972
Mission: To help developing countries apply science to increase
crop productivity and food security, reduce poverty, and protect
the environment. ICRISAT focuses on the farming systems of the
semi-arid tropical areas of the developing world, where erratic
rainfall, low soil fertility, and extreme poverty are formidable
constraints to agricultural development. |
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IFPRI |
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| International
Food Policy Research Institute |
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www.ifpri.org
Headquarters: Washington, DC, United States of America
Founded: 1975
Joined the CGIAR: 1980
Mission: To identify and analyze policies for sustainably meeting
the food needs of the developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates
on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries,
improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management
of the natural resource base that supports agriculture. IFPRI
seeks to make its research results available to all those in
a position to use them and to strengthen institutions in developing
countries that conduct research relevant to its mandate. |
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