1990-2012 Received $12M in funding from NIH, NSF, USDA, & the Rockefeller Foundation
1995 Published study on isolation of the XA21 rice disease resistance gene in Science Magazine
1996 Established the Genetic Resources Recognition Fund (GRRF)
2006 Published study on the isolation of the Submergence tolerance 1a gene in Nature Magazine
2012 Established the CGI to accelerate genetics and breeding of the world's most important staple food crops
2012 "Tomorrow's Table ranked one of the top 25 powerful and influential books that educate, inspire, and drive change" (The New Earth Archive)
Growth Plan
2014 Identify key genes and develop strategies to improve production of staple food crops in South Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa
2016 Establish partnerships to improve staple food crops for the worldâs poorest farmers using CGI discoveries
Impact to Date
Advanced knowledge of the genetic basis for disease resistance and stress tolerance in the world's most important staple food crops
Based on CGI discoveries, our partners at IRRI developed a flood-tolerant rice variety that is now grown by two million farmers in Bangladesh and India
