Agricultural Innovation Project (AIP)

Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan is working to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes in the agricultural sector through the promotion and dissemination of modern technologies/practices in the livestock, horticulture (fruits and vegetables) and cereals (wheat, maize and rice) sector. Project management is vested in a unique c onsortium of CGIAR Centers and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), led by CIMMYT supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The project aims to foster emergence of a dynamic, responsive, and competitive system of science and innovation in Pakistan. AIP seeks to catalyze equitable growth in agricultural production, productivity, and value.

This unique project is rooted in the principles of Agricultural Research for Development, with particular emphasis on building partnerships between public research and those it serves, including farmers and the private sector; increasing investments; generating, sharing, and making use of agricultural knowledge for development; and demonstrating and building awareness of the development impacts and returns from agricultural innovation.

CIMMYT is the implementing organization; managing and taking overall responsibility for AIP and providing direct oversight of the agronomy, wheat, and maize commissioned projects within the cereals and cereal systems science window. Four international partners the International Livestock Research Institute; University of California Davis, The World Vegetable Center, and the International Rice Research Institute lead on commissioned projects in livestock, tree fruits, vegetables, and rice, respectively, while PARC serves as both the hosting partner and the lead on a province-inclusive competitive grants system. Combined, these organizations are CIMMYT’s “primary partners.”