To succeed as a Farm Business Owner in today’s fast paced world, a Farm CEO needs to invest quality time, effort and resources to achieve continuous self-education.

For instance, you need to maintain an awareness of global trends and major factors that influence policy options in Agriculture.

This edition of my Performance Improvement Ideas Newsletter doubles as another special issue of my Farm CEO Newspaper. It offers potentially useful information for Farm CEOs and those aspiring, as well as managers, decision makers, policy analysts and researchers about the activities of several key Agricultural Research Institutes in the world.

0. The CGIAR

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is regarded as the most prominent non-govermental organization in the Global Agriculutursl Research Network.

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To succeed as a Farm Business Owner in today’s fast paced world, a Farm CEO needs to invest quality time, effort and resources to achieve continuous self-education.

For instance, you need to maintain an awareness of global trends and major factors that influence policy options in Agriculture.

This edition of my Performance Improvement Ideas Newsletter doubles as another special issue of my Farm CEO Newspaper. It offers potentially useful information for Farm CEOs and those aspiring, as well as managers, decision makers, policy analysts and researchers about the activities of several key Agricultural Research Institutes in the world.

0. The CGIAR

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is regarded as the most prominent non-govermental organization in the Global Agriculutursl Research Network.

CGIAR: Science for humanity’s greatest challenges
https://www.cgiar.org/

Towards a world free of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation, CGIAR is the world’s largest global agricultural innovation network.

Founded by the World Bank in 1971 with the mandate to support activities of the international agroicultural research centers, it has members from both developing and developed countries., in addition to some UN agencies as well as a variety of Non-Governmental International Development organizations.

The CGIAR Secretariat is housed by the World Bank, where it provides assistance and advice to the following International Research Center and members:

1. CIAT | The International Center for Tropical Agriculture – https://ciat.cgiar.org/

CIAT develops crops, agricultural practices, interventions, and policies to maximize health and nutrition

Location: Cali, Colombia

…concened with the production of the food staples of the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, particularly beans, cassava, rice and beef.

2. CIMMYT | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo – https://www.cimmyt.org/es/

… MasAgro y su alineación con el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (PND), evento realizado en el Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT).

Location: Texcoco, Mexico

Name in English = International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Supports research around the world on Maize and Wheat as well as other major cereals such as barley or triticale.

3. International Potato Center: CIP – https://cipotato.org/

Location:  Lima, Peru – Headquarters

The International Potato Center, known by its Spanish acronym CIP, was founded in 1971 as a root and tuber research-for-development institution.

Its strategy and corporate plan for the period 2014-2023 aims to strengthen its response to the major challenges facing the world by enhancing the impact of its research for development.

To improve the Potato, and also develop varieties suitable for growing in many parts of the developing world, where it has great potential

4. IBPGR: International Board for Plant Genetic Resources https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/45742

The International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) is an international scientific-organization under the aegis of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and established by them in 1974…

Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Supports and promotes a network of international and national genetci resource centres to collect and preserve plant germ plasm

…to advance the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

5. ICARDA | Science for resilient livelihoods in dry areas – https://www.icarda.org/

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) provides innovative, science-based solutions for rural communities.

Location: Lebanon (Headquarters)

Focused on rain fed agriculture in semi-arid regions of North Africa and West Asia with emphasis on Durum wheat , barley, febe beans and lentils

6. ICRISAT – Science of discovery to science of delivery –https://www.icrisat.org/

Locations : India, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria

Improving the quality and reliability of food production in semi-arid regions of Africa , Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, with emphasis on sorghum, pearl, millet, groundnut, chick-peas and pigeon peas.

7. IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute – http://www.ifpri.org/

IFPRI … Featured IFPRI Site. Malawi. The IFPRI Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) works closely with the Malawian government, particularly the …

Location: Washington, DC 20005-3915 USA

Focuses on the sensitive economic and political issues surrounding food production, food distribution, and the International food trade

8. IITA – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture – http://www.iita.org/

IITA’s main priority is ensuring a food secure future for sub-Saharan Africa. We focus on key research themes that address staple food crops, including

Location: Nigeria

Concentrates on lowland tropical agriculture worldwide, with emphasis on roots and tubers, cereals and grain legumes, as well as the improvement of traditional farming systems

9. ILCA – International Livestock Centre for Africa | UIA Yearbook Profile –https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100032753

Profile of International Livestock Centre for Africa from the Yearbook of International Organizations, a service of the UIA.

Location: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Carries out research and development on improved livestock production and marketing systems for tropical Africa.

10. International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) – https://www.ilri.org/international-laboratory-research-animal-diseases-see-ilca

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD). Thumbnail. View/Open. Bovine.pdf (328.0Kb). Authors. Kemp, Stephen J. Teale, A.J.. Date.

Location: Co-Hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia

Research and development on improved livestock production and marketing systems for tropical Africa

Seeks controls for 2 major livestock diseases,  trypanosomiasis and theileriosis, that limit limit livestock production inhuge areas of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the middle East.

11. International Rice Research Institute: Home – https://www.irri.org/

Addressing the effects of climate change on rice productivity: ADB, IRRI convene three-country policy workshops on scaling-up climate-smart practices for …

Location: Manila, Philippines

12. Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) – http://www.africarice.org/

AfricaRice is a leading pan-African rice research organization committed to … Africa Rice Center is no longer WARDA – Constitution of the Africa Rice Center …

Location:  Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire – Headquarters

Recognizing the strategic importance of rice for Africa and the effective geographic expansion of the Center – which was constituted as the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) in 1971 – its Council of Ministers took a historic decision in September 2009 to officially change its name to “Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)” and to no longer refer to it as WARDA.