1. Implications for Eurasian Food Security Program
CGIAR SYSTEM REFORM
Implications for Eurasian Food Security Program
International Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia
Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow
May 26, 2017
Jonathan Wadsworth
World Bank

2. Federation of CGIAR Research Centers
15 centers with 10,000 staff, in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector.
Bioversity
IFPRI
ICARDA
CIMMYT
ICRISAT
IRRI
IITA
15 Centers working on global research programs related to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock and climate change.
Headquartered in 15 countries, and CGIAR presence in around 100 countries.
Over 10,000 scientists and support staff, many global experts in their field.
CGIAR is committed to spending at least 60% of its budget on climate-smart agriculture.
11 Centers hold in trust the world’s largest seed collections of humanity’s most important crops and other plant genetic resources with nearly 750,000 discrete samples.
CGIAR genebanks distributed 154,894 germplasm samples to dozens of countries in 2013 alone.
WorldFish
CIAT
ICRAF ILRI
AfricaRice
IWMI
CIP
CIFOR

3. Strategy and Results Framework
System Council
(World Bank Chair)
Funders
ISPC & IEA
System Organization
Fund Trustee
System Management Board
System Management Office
Strategy and Results Framework
Centres and CRPs
Course corrections to CGIAR Governance Structure 2015/16

5. IFPRI and ICARDA are well known in Eurasia

6. CGIAR System Council donor membership 2016-2019
Funder Members (voting)
Developing Country Members (voting)
African Development Bank
East Asia and Pacific (China)
Australia
Latin America (TBD)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
South Asia (India)
Canada
Sub Saharan Africa (Nigeria)
European Commission
West Asia and North Africa (Turkey)
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
USA
World Bank

18. Implications for Eurasia
Overall CGIAR Strategy based on Sustainable Development Goals
New approaches:
Global Programs – Centres working together
More Partnerships
Advanced Institutes
National Systems
Private Sector & Civil Society
Additional New Research Areas:
Climate Change and Food Security
Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
Genomics
Big Data

19. Thank You! CGIAR.org