Editing CGIAR (section)

{{short description|Food security research organisation}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name          = CGIAR
| image         = CGIAR-logo.svg
| size          = 150px
| alt           = CGIAR logo
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| formation     = {{start date and age|1971}}
| type          = Partnership of funders and international agricultural research centers; [[Intergovernmental Organization]]
| status        = <!-- ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc -->
| purpose       = To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership. 
| location      = Global
| leader_title  = 
| leader_name   = 
| key_people    = Juergen Voegele, Chair CGIAR System Council; [[Lindiwe Majele Sibanda]], Chair CGIAR System Board
| parent_organization = <!-- if one -->
| affiliations  = <!-- if any -->
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| website       = {{URL|cgiar.org/}}
| remarks       = 
| former name   = Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
}}

'''CGIAR''' (formerly the '''Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research''') is a global partnership that unites [[international organization]]s engaged in research about food security.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Uma |date=17 March 2021 |title=Moving towards "One CGIAR" |url=https://www.rural21.com/english/a-closer-look-at/detail/article/moving-towards-one-cgiar.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=www.rural21.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural resources.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-17 |title=CGIAR launches initiative to build food security policy in 6 countries |url=https://www.devex.com/news/sponsored/cgiar-launches-initiative-to-build-food-security-policy-in-6-countries-103261 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Devex |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CIP in the CGIAR |url=https://cipotato.org/research/cip-in-the-cgiar/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=International Potato Center |language=en-US}}</ref>

CGIAR research is carried out at 15 centers that collaborate with partners from national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations, and the private sector.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Africa |url=http://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-consortium/research-centers/ |title=CGIAR |website=Consortium.cgiar.org |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728112044/http://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-consortium/research-centers/ |archive-date=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gates |first=Bill |title=You've probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are essential to feeding our future |url=https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/How-CGIAR-is-feeding-our-future |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=gatesnotes.com}}</ref> These research centers are around the globe, with most in the [[Global South]] and [[Center of origin|Vavilov Centers]] of agricultural crop genetic diversity.<ref>Kloppenburg, Jr., Jack Ralph (2004) First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000, Second Edition, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press</ref> CGIAR has an annual research portfolio of just over US$900 million with more than 9,000 staff working in 89 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funders |url=https://www.cgiar.org/funders/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=CGIAR |language=en-US}}</ref>

Funding is provided by national governments, multilateral funding and development agencies and leading private foundations. Representatives of CGIAR Funders and developing countries meet as the CGIAR System Council to keep under review the strategy, mission, impact and continued relevancy of the CGIAR System in a rapidly changing landscape of agricultural research for development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10947/2549/cgiar%4040_final_LOWRES.pdf|title=The CGIAR at 40 and Beyond : Impacts that Matter for the Poor and the Planet|website=CGIAR cgspace|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>