Editing CGIAR (section)

=== Expansion and consolidation (1991-2000) ===
By the 1990s the number of centers supported by CGIAR had grown to 18. Mergers between the two livestock centers the [[International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases]] (ILRAD) and the [[International Livestock Centre for Africa]] (ILCA)) and the absorption of work on bananas and plantains into the program of the [[International Plant Genetic Resources Institute]] (IPGRI; now [[Bioversity International]]) reduced the number to 16. Later another center (ISNAR) was absorbed{{clarify|date=March 2017|reason=into what?}}, reducing the total number of supported centers to 15.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cgiar.org/who/history/index.html#5 |title=History of CGIAR|website=CGIAR|access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531113448/http://www.cgiar.org/who/history/index.html#5 |archive-date=2012-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="World-Bank-review">{{Cite report|access-date=2022-12-28|language=en|number=1|volume=1|series=OED Working Paper Series|publisher=[[World Bank]] Operations Evaluation Department|year=1999|pages=xi{{NBSP}}+{{NBSP}}98|first2=Dana|id=31967|first1=Jock|last1=Anderson|last2=Dalrymple|title=The World Bank, the Grant Program, and the CGIAR: A Retrospective Review |url=https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/699361468163156017/The-World-Bank-the-grant-program-and-the-CGIAR-a-retrospective-review}}</ref>

The reduction in the number of supported centers was not enough to address problems facing the group. These included the logistics of funders and the group alike in dealing with a large number of centers. This led to the creation of three classes of centers, divided into high, medium, and low impact delivery.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

At the same time, a number of aid recipient countries like China, India, and Malaysia created their own development agencies and developed cadres of agricultural scientists. Private donors and industries also contributed, while research institutions in the rich world turned their attention to problems of the poor. CGIAR, however, failed to embrace these changes in any effective way.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}