World Bank Group Timeline
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) convenes
Co-sponsored by the World Bank Group, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme, CGIAR serves as an informal association of more than 40 public and private donors supporting a network of international agricultural research centers. The Bank Group provides CGIAR with funding and offices as well as a rotating vice president to serve as CGIAR chairman.
Resource Gallery
The CGIAR at Twenty: Relevance Reaffirmed
Document date: Oct. 31, 1991
The presentations contained in this report recall the achievements of the CGIAR over its first 20 years.
Partners against Hunger
Document date: Oct. 1, 1986
The book is the first authoritative history of CGIAR, published 15 years after its creation.
Proposal for an international agricultural research consultative group
Oct. 30, 1970
President McNamara announces to the Board his intention to schedule a meeting of interested parties relating to the establishment of what will become CGIAR (30178719).
Interview with Warren Baum
Interview date: July 23, 1986
Baum describes his role as chairman of CGIAR from 1974 to 1984 on pages 40-41.
