International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs)
Under the recent Reform of the CGIAR with a new development-impact focused strategy and results framework (SRF), IARCs coordinated by a legally established Consortium and funded by the CGIAR Fund Council, play an important role in generating international public goods through research and support to national agricultural research systems programmes and capacities.
GFAR is a member of the CGIAR Fund Council alongside funding agencies, national institutions from around the world and representatives from Regional Fora. The collaboration between GFAR and the CGIAR is exemplified by the representation of the CGIAR Consortium in GFAR’s Steering Committee, and its collaboration and contribution to the organization of the Global Conferences on Agricultural Research for development (GCARDs) that have replaced the former CGIAR Annual meetings and GFAR triennial General Assembly.
The Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA) is a nine-member alliance formed, with the assistance of GFAR, in 2012 (See below).
The following are linkages to IARCs websites:
CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR)
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
- Bioversity International
- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz Y Trigo (CIMMYT)
- Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP)
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
- WorldFish Center (ICLARM)
Under the new Strategy and Results Framework, CGIAR supported centers and partner institutions collaborate to a set of CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) that aim to address today’s most pressing agricultural research for development challenges.
See the complete list of CRPs here:
- CRP1.1: Dryland Systems
- CRP1.2: Humidtropics
- CRP1.3: Aquatic Agricultural Systems
- CRP2: Policies, Institutions and Markets
- CRP3.1: Wheat
- CRP3.2: Maize
- CRP3.3: Rice
- CRP3.4: Roots, Tubers and Bananas
- CRP3.5: Grain Legumes
- CRP3.6: Dryland Cereals
- CRP3.7: Livestock and Fish
- CRP4: Nutrition and Health
- CRP5: Water, Land and Ecosystems
- CRP6: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
- CRP7: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
- Long Term Support of CGIAR Genebanks
Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA)
AIRCA’s mission is “Putting research into use by strengthening capacities for sustainable improvements to incomes, food and nutrition security in healthy landscapes”. Through sharing AIRCA’s knowledge and experience in creating healthy landscapes, the group seeks to work together for greater impact and raise awareness of the benefits of landscape approaches among potential stakeholders in the agricultural and environmental sectors. In 2013 AIRCA released a white paper offering recommendations for transforming rural livelihoods in the developing world at the “landscape level.”
- The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
- International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
- International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
- Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center / Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
- International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
- Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI)
- Crops for the Future (CFF)
