The CGIAR Research Portfolio 2017–2021 was structured around two linked clusters of challenge-led research, described below. The best research and innovations from this portfolio serve as the foundation for the new CGIAR Portfolio of Research Initiatives, launched in 2022.

Agri-Food Systems CGIAR Research Programs

The first of these was innovation in Agri-Food Systems, which took an integrated agricultural systems approach to advancing productivity, sustainability, nutrition and resilience outcomes at scale.

  • CGIAR Research Program on Fish

  • CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

  • CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals

  • CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

  • CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

  • CGIAR Research Program on Maize

  • CGIAR Research Program on Rice

  • CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

Global Integrating CGIAR Research Programs

The second cluster comprised four cross-cutting Global Integrating Programs working closely with the Agri-Food Systems Programs within relevant agro-ecological systems.

  • CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

  • CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

  • CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

  • CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

Research Support Platforms

Four research support Platforms underpinned research across the portfolio.

  • CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

  • CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform

  • CGIAR Genebank Platform

  • CGIAR GENDER Platform

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