About the CGIAR-Supported Future Harvest Centers Founded: 1993 Turkey; Montevideo, Uruguay; Harare, Joined the CGIAR: 1993 Zimbabwe. Regional Offices: Belem-Para, Brazil; Focus: CIMMYT is an international, non- Harare, Zimbabwe; Yaounde, Cameroon; profit, agricultural research and training CIAT—Centro Internacional de Costa Rica. center dedicated to helping the poor in Agricultura Tropical Focus: CIFOR was established in 1993 as low-income countries. CIMMYT helps allevi- (International Center for Tropical part of the Consultative Group on Interna- ate poverty by increasing the profitability, Agriculture) tional Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in productivity, and sustainability of maize www.cgiar.org/ciat response to global concerns about the and wheat farming systems. Work concen- Headquarters: Cali, Colombia social, environmental, and economic conse- trates on maize and wheat, two crops Director General: Joachim Voss quences of forest loss and degradation. vitally important to food security. These Board Chair: Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen CIFOR research produces knowledge and crops provide about one-fourth of the total Founded: 1967 methods needed to improve the well-being food calories consumed in low-income Joined the CGIAR: 1971 of forest-dependent people, and to help countries, are critical staples for poor peo- Regional Offices: Quito, Ecuador; Awassa, tropical countries manage their forests ple, and are an important source of income Ethiopia; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Nairobi, wisely for sustained benefits. This research for poor farmers. Kenya; Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic takes place in more than two dozen coun- Republic; Lilongwe, Malawi; Managua, tries, in collaboration with numerous part- Nicaragua; Pucallpa, Peru; Arusha, Tanza- ners. Since its founding, CIFOR has also nia; Bangkok, Thailand; Kampala, played a central role in influencing global Uganda. and national forestry policies. Focus: To reduce hunger and poverty in the tropics through collaborative CIP—Centro Internacional de la Papa research that improves agricultural produc- (International Potato Center) tivity and natural resource management. www.cipotato.org Research focuses on developing germplasm CIMMYT Headquarters: Lima, Peru of beans, cassava, and tropical forages CIMMYT—Centro Internacional de Director General: Hubert Zandstra worldwide and of rice in tropical America Mejoramiento de Maïz y Trigo Board Chair: David R. MacKenzie and on improving natural resource man- (International Maize and Wheat Founded: 1971 agement in tropical American hillsides, for- Improvement Center) Joined the CGIAR: 1973 est margins, and savannas as well as East www.cimmyt.mx Regional Offices: Quito, Ecuador; Nairobi, African midaltitudes and Southeast Asian Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; New Delhi, uplands. Director General: Timothy Reeves India; Islamabad, Pakistan; Bogor, Indone- Board Chair: Alex McCalla sia; Los Baños, Philippines; Beijing, China; Founded: 1966 Hanoi, Vietnam. Joined the CGIAR: 1971 Focus: The International Potato Center Regional Offices: Dhaka, Bangladesh; (CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Beijing, China; Cali, food security on a sustained basis in CIFOR—Center for International Colombia; San José, Costa Rica; Addis developing countries through scientific Forestry Research Ababa, Ethiopia; Guatemala, Guatemala; research and related activities on potato, www.cgiar.org/cifor New Delhi, India; Almaty, Kazakhstan; sweet potato, and other root and tuber Headquarters: Bogor, Indonesia Nairobi, Kenya; Kathmandu, Nepal; Metro crops, and on the improved management Director General: Jeffrey A. Sayer Manila, Philippines; Aleppo, Syrian Arab of natural resources in the Andes and Board Chair: Jagmohan S. Maini Republic; Bangkok, Thailand; Ankara, other mountain areas. 18 CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ICARDA—International Center for ICLARM—International Center ICRAF—International Centre for Agricultural Reseach in the Dry for Living Aquatic Resources Research in Agroforestry Areas Management www.icraf.cgiar.org www.icarda.cgiar.org www.iclarm.cgiar.org Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya Headquarters: Aleppo, Syrian Arab Headquarters: Penang, Malaysia Director General: Pedro A. Sanchez Republic Director General: Meryl J. Williams Board Chair: Lucie Edwards Director General: Adel El-Beltagy Board Chair: Kurt J. Peters Founded: 1977 Board Chair: Robert D. Havener Founded: 1977 Joined the CGIAR: 1991 Founded: 1977 Joined the CGIAR: 1992 Regional Offices: Nairobi, Kenya; Pucallpa, Joined the CGIAR: 1978 Regional Offices: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Peru; Bamako, Mali; Bogor, Indonesia; Regional Offices: Damascus, Syrian Zomba, Malawi; Tortola, British Virgin Harare, Zimbabwe. Arab Republic; Beirut, Lebanon; Islands; Giza, Arab Republic of Egypt; Los Focus: To conduct innovative research and Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; Baños, Philippines; Nha Trang, Vietnam; development in agroforestry, strengthen the Tunis, Tunisia; Rabat, Morocco; Nusa Tupe, Solomon Islands; Yaoundé, capacity of our partners, enhance world- Amman, Jordan; Ankara, Turkey; Cameroon. wide recognition of the human and environ- Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Focus: To promote sustainable development mental benefits of agroforestry, and pro- Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and use of living aquatic resources vide scientific leadership in the field of Dhamar, Republic of Yemen; Lima, based on environmentally sound manage- integrated natural resource management. Peru; Tashkent, Uzbekistan. ment. About 1 billion people rely on fish ICRAF will do this by combining the best of Focus: ICARDA serves the entire as a source of animal protein, and 150 science with farmers’ knowledge in a wide developing world for the improvement of million people depend on fish for range of strategic alliances across the lentil, barley, and faba beans; all employment. There are 80 or 90 million research-development continuum. dry-area developing countries for more people in the world every year to the improvement of on-farm water- be fed, most of them in poor and devel- use efficiency, rangeland, and small- oping countries. Natural fish stocks are ruminant production; and the West being severely depleted and are under and Central Asia, and North Africa serious threat. Many forms of aquaculture regions for the improvement of have yet to prove their sustainability and bread and durum wheat, chickpea, become accessible to the poor. The and farming systems. ICARDA’s declining state of aquatic resources and research provides global benefits of threatened sustainability of fisheries calls poverty alleviation through for research to raise and sustain the pro- productivity improvements integrated ductivity of fisheries and aquaculture sys- with sustainable natural resource tems, protect the aquatic environment, management practices. ICARDA save aquatic biodiversity, improve poli- meets this challenge through research, cies for sustainable development of training, and dissemination of information, aquatic resources, and strengthen the in partnership with national agricultural capacity of national programs to support research and development systems. sustainable development. ANNUAL REPORT 2000 THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: POOR FARMERS AT RISK 19 Director General: Per Pinstrup-Andersen of pests. Board Chair: Geoff Miller Founded: 1975 Joined the CGIAR: 1980 ICRISAT—International Crops Focus: To identify and analyze policies for Research Institute for the sustainably meeting the food needs of the ILRI—International Livestock Semi-Arid Tropics developing world. Research at IFPRI con- Research Institute www.icrisat.cgiar.org centrates on economic growth and poverty www.cgiar.org/ilri Headquarters: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, alleviation in low-income countries, Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya; Addis India improvement of the well-being of poor peo- Ababa, Ethiopia Director General: William D. Dar ple, and sound management of the natural Director General: Hank Fitzhugh Board Chair: Martha B. Stone resource base that supports agriculture. Board Chair: John E. Vercoe Founded: 1972 IFPRI seeks to make its research results Founded: 1995 Joined the CGIAR: 1972 available to all those in a position to use Joined the CGIAR: 1995 Regional Offices: Niamey, Niger; Bamako, them and to strengthen institutions in devel- Regional Offices: Ibadan, Nigeria; Lima, Mali; Kano, Nigeria; Bulawayo, Zim- oping countries that conduct research rele- Peru; Cali, Colombia; Niamey, Niger; babwe; Nairobi, Kenya; Lilongwe, Malawi; vant to its mandate. Andhra Pradesh, India; Bobo-Dioulasso, New Delhi, India. Burkina Faso; Makati City, Philippines. Focus: To help developing countries apply Focus: To increase animal health, nutrition, science to increase crop productivity and and productivity, and to protect environments food security, reduce poverty, and protect supporting animal production by tailoring the environment. ICRISAT focuses on the production systems and developing tech- farming systems of the semi-arid tropical IITA—International Institute of nologies that are sustainable over the long areas of the developing world, where low Tropical Agriculture term. ILRI works to characterize and con- rainfall is the major environmental con- www.iita.org serve the genetic diversity of indigenous straint to agriculture. Special emphasis is Headquarters: Ibadan, Nigeria tropical forage species and livestock breeds placed on five crops that are particularly Director General: Lukas Brader and to promote equitable