The Generation Challenge Programme unites three sets of partners, who – together – make up the GCP Consortium members. The Consortium comprises nine CGIAR centres and 13 non-CGIAR institutes (including four provisional members).
The Consortium was formed to advance the goal of, provide support for, participate in, and encourage expanded support for and participation in the Generation Challenge Programme. This collaborative approach allows GCP partners to tap into a significantly larger collective pool of scientific expertise, funding, information and other resources. The arrangement also allows GCP to conduct research on genetic questions that cut across crop species and thereby apply innovations in one area or commodity to other areas. Investigating traits in one species or plant type may provide vital clues to unlocking similar traits in others.
Each Consortium member appoints a representative to the Consortium Committee (CC). The CC has an independent (non-institutional) Chair, Dave Hoisington.
Interveiw with the Chair of the Consortium Comittee
Full members
|
Institute |
Consortium Committee Representative |
| 1 |
African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT, incorporating ARC,CSIR,UoJ, UoP and UoW) |
John Becker |
| 2 |
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) |
Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop |
| 3 |
Agropolis (incorporating CIRAD, INRA and IRD) |
Jean-Louis Pham |
| 4 |
Bioversity International |
Elizabeth Arnaud |
| 5 |
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) |
Ruilian Jing |
| 6 |
Cornell University |
Leon Kochian |
| 7 |
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) |
Jurandir Magalhães |
| 8 |
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT; International Center for Tropical Agriculture) |
Steve Beebe |
| 9 |
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT; the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
Kevin Pixley |
| 10 |
Centro Intenacional de la Papa (CIP; International Potato Center) |
Reinhard Simon |
| 11 |
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) |
Swapan Datta |
| 12 |
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
Marteen van Ginkel |
| 13 |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) |
Rajeev K Varshney |
| 14 |
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) |
Hei Leung |
| 15 |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) |
Melaku Gedil |
| 16 |
John Innes Centre (JIC) |
John Snape |
| 17 |
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS-Japan) |
Hirohiko Hirochika |
| 18 |
Wagenningen University and Research Centre |
Fred van Eeuwijk |
The GCP Director is an ex-officio member of the Consortium Committee
Provisional members
|
Institute |
Consortium Committee Representative |
| 19 |
Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico |
Victor Villalobos |
| 20 |
Instituto Agronomico per l'Oltremae (IAO), Italy |
Giovanni Totino |
| 21 |
Insitut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Morocco |
Mohamed Badraoui |
| 22 |
National Center for Generic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand |
Duangkaew Chongkachornphong |
Links and downloads
Amended Consortium Agreement (152.83 kB)
