With its foundation firmly anchored in three core planks of the CGIAR Vision and
Strategy to 2010 ¿ giving highest priority to research needs of South Asia and adopting a
regional approach to research planning and integration of partnerships, a draft strategy for
the South Asia Regional Partnership was endorsed by CDC at ICW 2000 with ICRISAT
being designated as focal center. Focal points were identified for 13 CGIAR centers
(CIMMYT, IRRI, ICRISAT, IWMI, ILRI, IPGRI, CIP, ICLARM, ICRAF, ICARDA
IFPRI, CIFOR, ISNAR) and 3 affiliated centers (AVRDC, ICIMOD, ICBA)