Collaborative research initiative

GENNOVATE represents unprecedented research collaboration for the Centers for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global partnership of research institutes advancing agricultural science and innovation. The large study team spans five continents and includes principal investigators (PIs) with nearly all CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), as well as other academic and independent researchers. The team includes a mix of senior, mid-career, and post-doctoral researchers from multiple countries.

Study coordination is managed by an Executive Committee (Excom). The Excom was formed at the study’s inception in October 2013 and provides ongoing leadership, resource mobilization, capacity building, and knowledge sharing for the study.

GENNOVATE PIs gather online and in workshops to coordinate activities, build research capacities, share learning, collaborate in analysis, and identify strategies for using GENNOVATE results to inform agricultural research for development activities in their CRPs.