One CGIAR

• The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has joined the One CGIAR integrated partnership.
• The One CGIAR partnership involves the CGIAR System Organisation and 12 One CGIAR research centres. The partnership will help build a unified approach to transforming food, land, and water systems to address the challenges posed by climate crisis.

ABOUT ICRISAT

• It is a Hyderabad based international research institute with a focus on tropical dryland agrifood system innovation.

ABOUT CGIAR

• The CGIAR (Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres) is a publicly-funded network of agrifood systems research centres, works for transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.
• Established –1971
• It has more than 8,000 employees, working in over 80 countries.
• CGIAR members- The CGIAR consists of 15 international agricultural research institutes.
  • The list includes Africa Rice Center, Ivory Coast; Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Columbia; Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia; Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico; International Potato Center, Peru; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria; and ICRISAT, India.