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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations supporting the work of international agricultural research centres and Challenge Programs. In collaboration with national agricultural research systems, civil society and the private sector, the CGIAR strives to foster sustainable agricultural growth through high-quality science aimed at benefiting the poor through stronger food security, better human nutrition and health, higher incomes and improved management of natural resources. Climate has been central to much of the work of the CGIAR centres and new technologies and knowledge resulting from this work include hardier crops and better ways to manage trees, livestock, water, soil and fish. Thus, the centres and other Challenge Programs have already contributed insights into the role of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in addressing both mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a new drive to help deal with an escalating problem. Developed by the Alliance of CGIAR Centres and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), it aims to ensure that we can sustainably produce sufficient food, fodder and fibre for a growing global population under a changing climate. The CGIAR centres, their partners, and the international science community will continue to provide the solid basis of scientific understanding to assist policymakers as well as the public and private sectors in developing strategies for sustainable development and food security under climate change.
Based on CGIAR, 2010. Climate, Agriculture and Food Security: A Strategy for Change, www.cgiar.org (December 2009). |
