| Description: | The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an association of public and private members supporting a system of 16 Future Harvest Centers that work in more than 100 countries to mobilize cutting-edge science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and health, and protect the environment. While agriculture is the cornerstone of development in poor countries, where more than 70 percent of people depend on the land for their livelihood, agricultural growth must be achieved through methods that preserve the productivity of natural resources. Research is one key means by which the world's knowledge of agriculture is increased and improved. |
