Message from the Executive Management Team
Time to transform
A message from our Executive Management Team on CGIAR’s 50th year of delivering achievements, our progress toward One CGIAR, and major contributions reported in 2021.
Claudia Sadoff
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Highlights of 2021
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91 Cases of high-level, long-term, at-scale impact for sustainable development
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132 Reports on the outcomes and impact of CGIAR research
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1,152 Innovations
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95 Policies
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261 Highlighted partnerships
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718,136 People trained by CGIAR
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353 PhD students contributing to CGIAR research
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2,539 Peer-reviewed publications
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96,590 Germplasm samples (63,788 accessions) were distributed by CGIAR genebanks to users
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739,653 Crop, forage and tree accessions managed by CGIAR genebanks
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330 Monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment (MELIA) activities
Our transition to a new research and innovation portfolio
Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Our contribution to impact
CGIAR’s work contributes to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discover the ways in which we leveraged our expertise and partnerships to contribute to global impact in 2021.
Contribution to the SDGs
- Explore CGIAR research that helped
- reduce poverty
- improve food and nutrition security
- protect natural resources and ecosystems
Fifty years of impact
- CGIAR celebrates 50 years of delivering critical science and innovation to feed the world and end inequality.
Global recognition
- World Food Prize
- Arrell Global Food Innovation Award
- Borlaug Field Award
- Africa Food Prize
CGIAR at the UNFSS
- Learn about CGIAR’s involvement in the historic United Nations Food Systems Summit.
CGIAR at COP26
- Explore CGIAR’s contributions to COP26, the most important climate summit since 2015.
Recent achievements
Explore a selection of recent achievements from our research and innovation with partners around the world.
Results indicators
CGIAR uses results indicators to allow aggregated portfolio reporting on: contribution to System Level Outcomes and SDGs, innovations, policies, partnerships, capacity development, Altmetric Attention Scores, and peer-reviewed publications. Explore the data on each indicator below, and via the CGIAR Results Dashboard.
Dashboard
Crosscutting Platforms
The four CGIAR Platforms continued to drive crosscutting and multidisciplinary work in 2021.
Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
- How the Big Data Platform drove digital innovation
- Highlights of Inspire Challenge project
Excellence in Breeding Platform
- Progress on optimizing breeding programs
- Advances in shared genotyping services
Working together
Innovation Catalogue
- CGIAR’s Innovation Catalogue, a new tool for documenting and exploring agricultural innovations.
Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion (GDI) in CGIAR workplaces
- Advancing GDI through data and learning
- Workplace wellness and community building
Use of pooled funding
- How we used W1/2 funds strategically for research
- Examples of approved W1/2 use in 2021
Monitoring, evaluation, learning, and impact assessment
- Returns on investment from advances in wheat production
- Economic impacts of livestock interventions
- Benefits of improved GLDC crops
Intellectual assets
- How we managed our intellectual assets in 2021
- Details on restricted arrangements
Open and FAIR data assets
- Our commitment to open and FAIR data
- Launch of the FAIRscribe tool
- Update on the GARDIAN database
CGIAR Advisory Services
- Contributions by the ISDC, SPIA, and the CAS/Evaluation Function
- Advancing progress with the CAS Secretariat
Internal audit
- 2021 CGIAR System Internal Audit Function activities
- Cross-CGIAR internal audit work
Governance
- How we progressed toward One CGIAR
- A new CGIAR research and innovation strategy
Funding and finance
In 2021, CGIAR System revenue was $839 million, a 14% increase from the previous year ($736 million in 2020). System-level results improved from a net deficit of $0.6 million in 2020 to a net surplus of $0.2 million in 2021. Explore the highlights of our financial performance and funding in 2021 or search our dashboards to get a closer look at our books.
CGIAR has a wealth of experience and knowledge spanning 50 years, with a global network of 15 top-class Research Centers working in partnership with 3,000+ organizations in more than 70 countries around the world.
CGIAR Research Centers
Photo credits: Our contribution to impact background: Portrait of a Dao woman, Vietnam. Photo by T. Chinh/Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Results 2020 background: Scientists work in a lab, Vietnam. Photo by T. Chinh/Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT. Our financial performance: Scientists working in a lab, Vietnam. Photo by T. Chinh/Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT. CGIAR Financial Dashboards: An assortment of whole, unprocessed maize and wheat kernels. Photo by A. Cortés/CIMMYT. Funders: Researchers sample roots for gene expression analysis. Photo by M. Quintana/IRRI. Active Grants Dashboard: A hearder with his animals, Azraq desert, Jordan. Photo by S. Abaza/IWMI. Additional credits on the second-level pages of the CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2020 website.