Funders
We think of them as visionary funders — far-sighted governments, development banks, foundations, charitable organizations, private sector companies, and individuals. who recognize that the elimination of poverty is the key to a peaceful world with food security and prosperity for all.
Current Bilateral Funders
(Investing directly to ICRISAT as of 30 April 2022)
- Aberystwyth University
- ABInBev Ltd.
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- African Union
- Afri-Oils Limited
- Agricultural University of Athens
- Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department, Government of Odisha
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Asian Development Bank
- Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)
- Australian National University
- Austrian Development Cooperation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of India
- Bountifield International, USA
- CARE Interational
- Catholic Relief Services
- Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- Cornell University
- Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agribusiness, Government of Tamil Nadu
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
- Department of Horticulture, Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)
- Dr Reddys Foundation
- Environment Protection Training & Research Institute (EPTRI), Government of Telangana
- European Union
- FAO thru Practical Action
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Global Challenges Research Fund
- Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT)
- Good Food Institute, Inc
- Government of Malawi
- Government of Uttar Pradesh
- GREENPETAL INFRA & RESOURCES PVT LTD, Vijayawada
- Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
- HarvestPlus Program
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
- ICAR-National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF), Government of India
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
- Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh
- Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER)
- Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Telangana
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Irish Aid, Malawi
- ISRA, Senegal
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
- Jim and Wendy Ryan Endowment Fund
- JSW Foundation
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
- Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC),
- Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
- Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
- MARS Chocolate Inc.
- McGill University
- McKnight Foundation
- Michigan State University
- Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India
- Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Ethiopia
- Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India
- Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
- National Coordination Unit, Government of Niger
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NBPGR)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Neta Analytics Private Limited
- NFSM, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India
- Norwegian Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development (NL-CGIAR Partnership Programme), The Netherlands
- Odisha Livelihoods Mission (OLM), Government of Odisha
- Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL), University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc.
- PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd
- Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University
- Progressive Environmental & Agricultural Technologies (PEAT) GmbH, Germany
- Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL)
- Sabanci University, Turkey
- Save the Children Norway
- Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India
- Seed Companies (HPRC and SPMHPRC)
- Seed Systems Development for Africa, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
- Sehgal Family Endowment Fund
- Sehgal Foundation
- Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
- Tata Education and Development Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust
- Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture & Nutrition, USA
- Telangana Scheduled Tribes Cooperative Finance Corporation Limited (TRICOR), Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana
- Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc.
- Tetra Tech/SERVIR WA
- The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- The University of Nottingham
- Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana
- Trident Sugars Limited
- Tufts University
- Ultratech Cements Limited
- United States Agency for International Development
- Univ. of California-Davis
- Universita Politecnica delle Marche
- UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, Spain
- University College of London
- University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
- University of Cambridge
- University of Chicago
- University of Columbia
- University of Florida Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
- University of Georgia thru Department of Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University, USA
- University of Nevada-Reno
- University of Reading
- University of Stirling
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Zambia
- USAID thru Kansas State University
- VolkswagenStiftung
- Wageningen University
- Walmart Foundation
- Wellcome Trust thru by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Welthungerhilfe-Harare
- Seed Excellence, Australia
- Somali Agriculture Technical Group (SATG)
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Telangana State Council of Science & Technology (TSCOST), Government of Telangana
- TMG Research gGmbH
- World Food Programme (WFP), India
- World Food Programme (WFP), Mali
Led by ICRISAT
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CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland
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Big Data
UK
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Excellence in Breeding
UK and USA
Partnered by ICRISAT
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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security:
Australia, Thailand, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and UK.
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Genebanks:
Switzerland.,Netherlands, UK.
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Policies, Institutions and Markets:
Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, USA.
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Water, Land and Ecosystems:
Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, UK.
- Action Contre la Faim, Zimbabwe
- Adam Smith International
- Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management, WRD, Government of Karnataka
- Aga Khan Foundation, Switzerland
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
- Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC)
- Aquagri Processing Pvt. Ltd.,
- Asian Paints
- Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
- Australian Center for International Agricultural Research
- Austrian Development Agency
- Bayer BioScience Pvt Ltd
- Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture
- CARE International
- CARE-Mali
- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Zimbabwe
- Catholic Relief Services
- Centennial Group
- Common Fund for Commodities
- Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
- Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles/West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development
- Coordinamento delle Organizzazioni per il Servizio Volontario
- Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture
- D1 Oils Fuel Crops India Pvt.ltd
- Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka, India
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC)
- Earthnote Co. Ltd.
- European Space Agency
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
- Govt. of Rajasthan thru Swami Keshawanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU)
- Grains Research & Development Corporation
- GRM International Ltd
- IKP Knowledge Park, Hyderabad
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
- Iowa State University
- Isabela State University, Philippines
- Kellogg Foundation, USA
- Mariano Marcos State University, Philippines
- Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
- Ministry of Economy and Finance cell, Republic of Niger
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India
- Molde University College, Norway
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rual Development
- National Institute of Agricultural Science of the Rural Development Administration(NAS, RDA), the Republic of Korea
- National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.
- Nigeria Breweries Limited (NBL)
- OCP Foundation
- Oxford Policy Management
- Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) thru North Carolina State University (NCSU)
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pioneer Overseas Corporation
- Purdue University
- Rabo Foundation Employee Fund
- Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
- Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Department of Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Solar Electric Light Fund
- SPACEBEL
- START International
- Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Netherlands
- The Coca-Cola Foundation
- The Council of Grain Grower Organisations Ltd.
- The Kirkhouse Trust SCIO
- The OPEC Fund for International Development
- The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform, Switzerland
- The University of Copenhagen
- The University of Tasmania
- TVS Agri Science Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Unilever Industries Pvt. Ltd.
- United Nations University, Japan
- Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Paris-Sud
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Twente
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- USGS Western Geographic Science Center
- Watershed Development Department, Government of Karnataka
- West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change
- World Trade Organization (WTO), Switzerland
- World Vision International
- Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust