Editing CGIAR (section)

=== A new CGIAR (2008-2021) ===
In 2008, CGIAR embarked on a change process to improve the engagement between all stakeholders in international agricultural research for development—donors, researchers and beneficiaries—and to refocus the efforts of the centers on major global development challenges.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yojana Sharma |url=http://www.scidev.net/en/features/a-revolution-to-combat-world-hunger.html |title=A revolution to combat world hunger |website=[[Science and Development Network]] (Scidev) |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cgiar.org/changemanagement/briefs/march08.html |title=Browsing by Subject "CGIAR newsletters" |website=CGIAR |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414185839/http://www.cgiar.org/changemanagement/briefs/march08.html |archive-date=2012-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A key objective was to integrate the work of the centers and their partners, avoiding fragmentation and duplication of effort.

CGIAR components during this time included the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, the CGIAR Fund,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/ |title=CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905190501/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/|website=CGIAR|archive-date=2011-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencecouncil.cgiar.org/ |title=Independent Science & Partnership Council: ISPC home |website=CGIAR Science Council|access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref> and partners. Research was guided by the CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/sites/cgiarfund.org/files/Documents/PDF/CGIAR-SRF-March%202011_BROCHURE.pdf |title=Strategy and Results Framework brochure |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331111653/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/sites/cgiarfund.org/files/Documents/PDF/CGIAR-SRF-March%202011_BROCHURE.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The CGIAR Consortium united the centers supported by CGIAR; it coordinated limited research activities of about 15 research projects (see list below) among the centers and provided donors with a single contact point to centers. The CGIAR Fund aimed to harmonize the efforts of donors to contribute to agricultural research for development, increased the funding available by reducing or eliminating duplication of effort among the centers and promoted greater financial stability. The CGIAR ISPC, appointed by the CGIAR Fund Council, provided advice to the funders of CGIAR, particularly in ensuring that CGIAR's research programs are aligned with the Strategy and Results Framework. It provided a bridge between the funders and the CGIAR Consortium. The hope was that the Strategy and Results Framework would provide the strategic direction for the centers and CGIAR Research Programs, ensuring that they focus on delivering measurable results that contribute to achieving CGIAR objectives. However the research programs were designed prior to the Framework being ready, so now some refitting had to take place to get the programs inline with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CGIAR-SRF-Feb_20_2011.pdf|title=Strategy and Results Framework|website=CGIAR Consortium|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

====CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers====
The '''CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers''' was established in April 2010 to coordinate and support the work of the 15 international agricultural research centers supported by CGIAR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgiar.org/research/|title=Research|website=Cgiar.org|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> It played a central role in formulating the CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework (SRF)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/our-strategic-research-framework/ |title=Our strategic research framework|access-date=2011-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928002728/http://consortium.cgiar.org/our-strategic-research-framework/ |archive-date=2011-09-28|website=CGIAR Consortium}}</ref> that guided the work of CGIAR-supported centers on CGIAR funded research and developing CGIAR Research Programs under the SRF. The work of the CGIAR Consortium was governed by the Consortium Board, a 10-member panel that had fiduciary responsibility for CGIAR Research Programs, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting progress to donors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://consortium.cgiar.org/about-us/the-consortium-board/ |title=The Consortium Board|website=CGIAR Consortium|access-date=2011-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034056/http://consortium.cgiar.org/about-us/the-consortium-board/ |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref> CGIAR Research Programs were approved and funded by the CGIAR Fund<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/ |title=CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711021646/http://www.cgiarfund.org/ |archive-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> on a contractual basis through performance agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/how_the_fund_works |title=How the Fund Works &#124; CGIAR Fund |access-date=2011-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101080923/http://www.cgiarfund.org/cgiarfund/how_the_fund_works |archive-date=2011-11-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Agri-Food Systems CGIAR Research Programs ====
Agri-Food Systems CGIAR Research Programs were multi-center, multi-partner initiatives built on three core principles: impact on CGIAR's four system-level objectives; making the most of the centers' strengths; and strong and effective partnerships.

The following research programs comprised the CGIAR Research Portfolio of 2017-2021 (lead centers shown in brackets):

* FISH - Fish Agri-Food Systems<ref>{{Cite web|title=FISH CRP|url=https://fish.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=CGIAR Research Program on FISH|language=en}}</ref> ([[WorldFish]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WorldFish|url=https://www.worldfishcenter.org/|url-status=live|access-date=24 October 2021|website=WorldFish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021104073726/http://www.worldfishcenter.org:80/ |archive-date=4 November 2002 }}</ref>
* FTA - Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=Forests, Trees and Agroforestry}}</ref> ([[CIFOR]])
*Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals<ref>{{Cite web|title=GLDC|url=http://gldc.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals|language=en-US}}</ref> ([[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics|ICRISAT]])
*WHEAT<ref>{{cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on WHEAT|url=https://wheat.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Research Program on WHEAT}}</ref> - Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World ([[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center|CIMMYT]])
*Livestock<ref>{{Cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock|url=https://livestock.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock|language=en}}</ref> ([[International Livestock Research Institute|ILRI]])
*Maize<ref>{{Cite web|title=This is Maize CRP|url=https://maize.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Research Program on MAIZE|language=en-US}}</ref> (CIMMYT)
*Rice<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://ricecrp.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=RICE: CGIAR Research Program on Rice Agri-Food Systems|language=en-US}}</ref> ([[International Rice Research Institute|IRRI]])
*{{visible anchor|RTB}} - {{visible anchor|Roots, Tubers and Bananas}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.rtb.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Roots, Tubers, and Bananas Program (RTB-CGIAR)}}</ref> ([[International Potato Center|CIP]])<ref>{{cite web|title=CIP|url=https://cipotato.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=[[International Potato Center]] (CIP)}}</ref>
'''Global Integrating Programs'''

Cross-cutting Global Integrating Programs framed to work closely with the Agri-Food Systems Programs within relevant agro-ecological systems. Four programs formed part of the 2017-2021 Portfolio.

* CCAFS - Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security<ref>{{cite web|title=CCAFS: CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security|url=https://ccafs.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security}}</ref> (CIAT)<ref>{{cite web|title=HOME|url=https://ciat.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=[[International Center for Tropical Agriculture]] (CIAT)}}</ref>
* A4NH - Agriculture for Nutrition and Health<ref>{{cite web|title=Agriculture for Nutrition and Health|url=http://a4nh.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health}}</ref> ([[International Food Policy Research Institute|IFPRI]])
* PIM<ref>{{cite web|title=Policies, Institutions and Markets - CGIAR Research Program|url=http://pim.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Policies, Institutions and Markets}}</ref> - Policies, Institutions, & Markets ([[International Food Policy Research Institute|IFPRI]])
* WLE - [[Water, Land and Ecosystems]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Water, Land and Ecosystems|url=https://wle.cgiar.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems}}</ref> ([[International Water Management Institute|IWMI]])

'''Former programs'''

*GRiSP - A [[Global Rice Science Partnership]] (IRRI)<ref>{{cite web|date=2010-11-12|title=European Commission : CORDIS : Go local : Member States Newsroom|url=http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=MSS_NEWS_ALL&ACTION=D&DOC=4&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=012b4b073857:b44b:5b7f7a50&RCN=32754|access-date=2012-07-18|website=[[European Commission]] CORDIS}}</ref>
* Aquatic Agricultural Systems<ref name="aas.cgiar.org">{{Cite web|title=Home &#124; Aquatic Agricultural Systems|url=http://aas.cgiar.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211061513/http://aas.cgiar.org/|archive-date=2013-02-11|website=CGIAR Aquatic Agricultural Systems}}</ref> - Harnessing the Development Potential of Aquatic Agricultural Systems<ref name="aas.cgiar.org" /> for the Poor and Vulnerable ([[WorldFish Center|WorldFish]])
* More Meat, Milk and Fish<ref>{{cite web|date=8 February 2013|title=CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish - More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor|url=http://livestockfish.cgiar.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208142445/http://livestockfish.cgiar.org/|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> by and for the poor (ILRI)<ref>{{cite web|title=International Livestock Research Institute|url=https://www.ilri.org/|access-date=21 June 2019|website=International Livestock Research Institute}}</ref>
* Dryland Systems<ref>{{Cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems / CGIAR|work=CGIAR |url=http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-dryland-systems/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707031122/http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-dryland-systems/|archive-date=2012-07-07}}</ref>
* Humidtropics
* Grain Legumes<ref>{{cite web|title=CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes / CGIAR|url=http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-grain-legumes/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123220025/http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/cgiar-research-program-on-grain-legumes/|archive-date=2013-01-23|access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> (ICRISAT)

A new strategy and results framework was approved in 2015 and the portfolio of research programs revised. The systems programs dryland systems, aquatic agricultural systems, and Humidtropics ceased to be standalone programs, even though they were seen as what was new to the reformed CGIAR, but were not given a real chance to take off and prosper, mainly due to funding reductions, but also because of a refocus on commodity value chains. These commodity programs were renamed to, for example, RTB Systems Program or Rice Systems Program. Some work of the earlier systems programs were incorporated, but most was lost.

==== Research platforms ====
CGIAR supported four research platforms from 2017 to 2021:
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Excellence in Breeding}} Platform<ref name="Excellenceinbreeding">{{cite web | title=Excellenceinbreeding | website=[[CGIAR Excellence in Breeding]] | url=http://excellenceinbreeding.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Genebank Platform}}<ref name="Genebanks">{{cite web | title=CGIAR Genebank Platform | website=[[CGIAR Genebank Platform]] | url=http://www.genebanks.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
* CGIAR {{visible anchor|Platform for Big Data in Agriculture}}<ref name="bigdata">{{cite web | title=CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture | website=[[CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture]] | date=2020-12-10 | url=http://bigdata.cgiar.org/ | access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref><ref name="Arnaud-et-al-2020">{{cite journal | last1=Arnaud | first1=Elizabeth | last2=Laporte | first2=Marie-Angélique | last3=Kim | first3=Soonho | last4=Aubert | first4=Céline | last5=Leonelli | first5=Sabina | last6=Miro | first6=Berta | last7=Cooper | first7=Laurel | last8=Jaiswal | first8=Pankaj | last9=Kruseman | first9=Gideon | last10=Shrestha | first10=Rosemary | last11=Buttigieg | first11=Pier Luigi | last12=Mungall | first12=Christopher J. | last13=Pietragalla | first13=Julian | last14=Agbona | first14=Afolabi | last15=Muliro | first15=Jacqueline | last16=Detras | first16=Jeffrey | last17=Hualla | first17=Vilma | last18=Rathore | first18=Abhishek | last19=Das | first19=Roma Rani | last20=Dieng | first20=Ibnou | last21=Bauchet | first21=Guillaume | last22=Menda | first22=Naama | last23=Pommier | first23=Cyril | last24=Shaw | first24=Felix | last25=Lyon | first25=David | last26=Mwanzia | first26=Leroy | last27=Juarez | first27=Henry | last28=Bonaiuti | first28=Enrico | last29=Chiputwa | first29=Brian | last30=Obileye | first30=Olatunbosun | last31=Auzoux | first31=Sandrine | last32=Yeumo | first32=Esther Dzalé | last33=Mueller | first33=Lukas A. | last34=Silverstein | first34=Kevin | last35=Lafargue | first35=Alexandra | last36=Antezana | first36=Erick | last37=Devare | first37=Medha | last38=King | first38=Brian | title=The Ontologies Community of Practice: A CGIAR Initiative for Big Data in Agrifood Systems | journal=[[Patterns (journal)|Patterns]] | volume=1 | issue=7 | year=2020 | issn=2666-3899 | doi=10.1016/j.patter.2020.100105 |pmc=7660444 | page=100105| pmid=33205138 }}</ref>
*CGIAR GENDER (Gender Equality in Food Systems Research) Platform<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home page|url=https://gender.cgiar.org/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CGIAR Gender Platform|language=en}}</ref>