CIP2030 is a living, adaptive strategy —our plan for engaging with the present and future challenges facing the world’s agrifood systems. We have listened to our stakeholders and constituencies around the world. We have analyzed external signals and shifts that foreshadow the likely future of agrifood systems; and have evaluated CIP’s internal strengths and weaknesses for adapting to this future. CIP2030 is taking a foresighted approach to set CIP on a path for continuous, critical engagement with global issues and for strengthening our resilience.
Science Goals
At the heart of the Strategy, the four Science Goals set the course for our mission.
- Biodiversity stands as a custodian of root and tuber crop genetic diversity and as an enabler of its broader and more equitable use around the world.
- Crop Improvement steers the breeding of improved varieties towards regional priorities of climate resilience, nutrition and consumer demand in expanding and diversifying markets in the Global South.
- Regenerative Agriculture enhances both farm productivity and ecosystem health through innovative root and tuber crop production within diverse agricultural systems.
- Urban Food Systems addresses key risks and opportunities for agriculture from a rapidly urbanizing food system. Each goal, a targeted and measurable research response to a specific challenge and opportunity.
Innovation Pathways
Science for impact requires an Innovation approach that starts with defining ‘the job to be done’. For CIP this means listening to our constituencies – farmers, consumers, private agrifood enterprises, NARS, and public sector and social sector agencies. We engage these partners to turn science into impactful action, and do so fast and at scale through: Science and Innovation Hubs managed by universities and private sector; Policy Dialogue with public sector bodies and private industry; Capacity Sharing through training and technology extension; and agencies at the Humanitarian-Development Nexus delivering for vulnerable populations.
Enabling for Impact
To power these science goals, we invest in four strategic enablers. Equitable Partnerships ground CIP’s work in the priorities of our constituencies in the Global South creating shared ownership of research agendas and outcomes and fair and transparent implementation modalities. Digital and Data Leap accelerates and amplifies CIP’s progress and that of our partners, embracing AI and analytics for a digital transformation of our research and operations. Investing in People recognizes the workforce as the catalyst for agility and excellence and fosters a culture of growth and trust across all organizational layers. Value for Money introduces a unified metrics of Science and Operational Excellence that connects measures on return on investment with equity, inclusion and capacity-sharing goals.