CGIAR and climate change

The CGIAR Centers and their numerous partners in government and civil society organisations have been looking at how agriculture will cope with the effects of variable and severe weather for nearly three decades. Specifically, they seek ways to protect water and other natural resources under extreme weather conditions and other pressures, to develop crop varieties that are adapted to harsh climates, and to identify policy and institutional innovations that better enable countries and communities to cope with these conditions. Through this work, CGIAR researchers have generated a wealth of improved crop germplasm, knowledge, technologies, methods and policy analysis, which can lessen the vulnerability of marginalized rural people and places through more sustainable management of crops, livestock, soils, water, forests, fisheries and biodiversity.

This research is highly relevant to the economic and environmental constraints that developing country farmers face today. And it will become even more necessary as global climate change magnifies those constraints. For more information visit the CGIAR and Climate Change website.