India

India became a member of the CGIAR in 1981, though its involvement with the CGIAR and international agricultural research dates back much further. The hope of extending the productivity gains of the Green Revolution in North India and Pakistan to other areas in the developing world was in large measure the impetus that led to the establishment of the CGIAR in 1971. In 1972, the CGIAR's International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) was established outside Hyderabad in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Council on Agricultural Research (ICAR) administers one of the developing world's largest national agricultural research systems, and its collaboration with CGIAR Centers represents one of the CGIAR's longest and most extensive partnerships. India is also the home of the M.S. Swaminathan Center for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development. India's official support to the CGIAR is provided through the Department of Agriculture, Research and Education in the Ministry of Agriculture. The 1994 CGIAR Mid Term Meeting was held in New Delhi.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research