Table: Selected Examples of Active Research Programs of Various Institutions in the Target Countries in Relation to Areas of Inquiry and Cross Cutting
Themes of SIIL (This is just for suggestion and direction). This is a limited list, there are more programs that are operational in the region.
Objectives / Areas of Inquiries / Cross Cutting Themes of SIIL
Selected Research Programs / Entities / Projects
Area of Enquiry Number →
CGIAR Research Programs
CRP 1.1. Dryland Systems
CRP 1.2. Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
CRP 1.3. Aquatic Agricultural Systems
CRP 2. Policies, Institutions, and Markets
CRP 3. Global Rice Science Partnership
CRP 3.1. Wheat
CRP 3.2. Maize
CRP 3.5. Grain Legumes
CRP 3.6. Dryland cereals
CRP 4. Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
CRP 5. Water, Land and Ecosystems
CRP 6. Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
CRP 7. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food
Security
USAID Feed the Future (FtF) Innovation Labs
FtF Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Beans
FtF Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Chickpea
FtF Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Cowpea
FtF Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Sorghum
FtF Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Wheat
FtF Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation
FtF Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve
Poultry
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change
Geospatial
Tools
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Integrated
Crop and
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Sustainable and
Efficient Use of
Land, Soil,
Nutrient and
Water
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Climate
Smart and
Resilient
Farming
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Increasing
Biodiversity
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FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Aquaculture & Fisheries
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Grain Legumes
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Horticulture
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Nutrition in Africa and Asia
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Sorghum and Millet
FtF Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources
Management
Selected Active Projects on Components of SI
Africa RISING – led by IITA (in partnership with
ILRI, IFPRI and NARS)
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) –
led by IFPRI (in partnership with IRRI, CIMMYT,
ILRI and WorldFish)
Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume
Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern
Africa (SIMLESA) – led by CIMMYT (in
partnership with UQ, ICRISAT and ASARECA)
Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) – led by
IRRI (in partnership with CIAT, AfricaRice,
JIRCAS, CIRAD and IRD)
HarvestPlus – led by CIAT and IFPRI (in
partnership with AgroSalud, Biodiversity
International, CIMMYT, CIP, ICARDA, IRRI and
ICRISAT)
HarvestChoice – IFPRI (in partnership with CGIARCSI, CIAT, CIMMYT, FAO, Geoshare, SpatialDev,
US Forest Service, USDA and ICRISAT)
Agricultural Model Intercomparison and
Improvement Project (AgMIP) – Led by Columbia
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University, University of Florida, USDA, Oregon
State University and NASA
Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity
Enhancement of Sorghum and Millets (HOPE) – led
by ICRISAT (in partnership with CTI, WFP, IFPRI,
AGRA, CIRAD, WASA, FAO and NARS)
Global Soil Maps – led by ISRIC, CIAT and
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Closing Yield Gaps – led by University of Nebraska,
Wageningen University
Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced
Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) – led by IRRI
(in partnership with NARS)
SERVIR – led by NASA
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa – Projects
Pan-African Beans Research Alliance (PABRA) –
led by CIAT
Vital Signs – Conservation International, CSIR and
Earth Institute
Sustainable Agriculture Flagship – led by CSIRO –
Australia
Africa Soil Health Consortium – AfNet, AfricaRice,
AfSIS (in partnership with ICRISAT, IFPRI,
GRAMEEN foundation, ARIS, APVM and
CIALCA and others)
International Agricultural Research – DANIDA
BMZ
Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania
– (SAGCOT) – Unilever, Yara International, ACT,
AGRA, CTI, TASGA and USAID
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - Projects
Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Improvement
(AAPI) – led by IFDC
Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP)IFPRI and ILRI
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