Viewpoint: Aligning vision and reality in publicly funded agricultural research for development: A case study of CGIAR

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cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationCornell Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Thornton: 0000-0002-1854-0182en
cg.creator.identifierJeroen Dijkman: 0000-0003-3385-411Xen
cg.creator.identifierMario Herrero: 0000-0002-7741-5090en
cg.creator.identifierLaura Cramer: 0000-0003-1559-3497en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102196en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0306-9192en
cg.journalFood Policyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSAen
cg.volume107en
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip K.en
dc.contributor.authorDijkman, Jeroenen
dc.contributor.authorHerrero, Marioen
dc.contributor.authorSzilagyi, Lilien
dc.contributor.authorCramer, Laura K.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T15:45:15Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-11T15:45:15Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117456
dc.titleViewpoint: Aligning vision and reality in publicly funded agricultural research for development: A case study of CGIARen
dcterms.abstractGlobal food systems are currently facing unprecedented challenges with respect to production and nutritional targets, inclusivity and environmental footprint. Several recent reports highlight the need for major, rapid reconfiguration of our food systems as a result. International publicly funded agricultural research for development will play an increasingly vital role in support of such goals as reducing poverty, improving food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. Here we take stock of the work over the last decade of CGIAR, one of the major players in the agricultural research for development arena, from the perspective of published, peer-reviewed science. We do this with respect to several elements of its vision as set out in 2011, elements that are shared by many other organisations that are also working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, we found a strong association between number of CGIAR publications and countries with large numbers of rural poor and high child stunting prevalence. At the same time several countries were identified that are anomalous, being either relatively over- or under-represented in the peer-reviewed literature in relation to numbers of rural poor and stunting prevalence. On average, 30% of the calories consumed in national food baskets come from food sources that are not currently the commodity focus of CGIAR research, such as fruit and vegetables. We identify possible ways in which the alignment between the strategic objectives of an agricultural research for development organisation such as CGIAR and its publicly funded science outputs might be further strengthened, for maximum impact in the nine years that are left for the world to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationThornton P, Dijkman J, Herrero M, Szilagyi L, Cramer L. 2022. Viewpoint: Aligning vision and reality in publicly funded agricultural research for development: A case study of CGIAR. Food Policy 107:102196..en
dcterms.extent102196en
dcterms.issued2022-02en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural researchen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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