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1 GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (GACSA) MEMBERS LIST Version 28::11 May 2016 Addendum to the Framework Document (GACSA 1) 1. Canada 2. Costa Rica 3. Denmark 4. France 5. Grenada 6. Ireland 7. Italy 8. Japan 9. Netherlands 10. Malawi 11. Mexico 12. Nigeria 13. Niger 14. Norway 15. Philippines 16. Republic of Cyprus 17. South Africa 18. Spain 19. Switzerland 20. Tanzania 21. United Kingdom 22. United States of America 23. Viet Nam 24. Aequator Groen & Ruimte 25. African Network for Policy Research & Advocacy for Sustainability (ANPRAS) 26. Africa Partnership on Climate Change Coalition 1

2 27. African Union Commission 28. Agriculture for Impact 29. The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) 30. Agroforestry Research Group of the University of Santiago de Compostela 31. The Alliance of Religions & Conservation (ARC) 32. Analogue Devices 33. Asia Farmers Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) 34. Association for Agricultural Research Asia Pacific (NAARAP) 35. Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) 36. Bioversity International 37. CAB International 38. Canadian Fertilizer Institute (CFI) 39. Carbon Drawdown Solution 40. Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) 41. Central Himalayen Environnent Association (CHEA) 42. Center for Development & Competitive Strategies Ltd 43. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) 44. Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) 45. CGIAR Consortium (Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers) 46. Chemonics 47. Cool Farm Alliance 48. Cornell University 49. Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 50. CROPP Cooperative 51. Crops for the Future (CFF) 52. Colorado State University 53. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) 54. Danone 55. Drylands Research and Resilience (DRYRES) 56. Ecofys 57. Écotierra 2

3 58. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) 59. Evergreen Agriculture Partnership 60. EcoAgriculture 61. FACCE MACSUR 62. FCG ANZDEC Limited 63. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 64. Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) 65. The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) 66. Fertilizers Europe 67. Ghana Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security Platform 68. Global Biotechnology Transfer Foundation 69. The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) 70. Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) 71. GLOBAL G.A.P. 72. Haifa Chemicals Ltd. 73. Humana People to People 74. Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) 75. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) 76. Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 77. Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence 78. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 79. International Agri-Food Network 80. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) 81. International Coffee Organization 82. International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) 83. The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) 84. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 85. Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Dessarollo Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDA) 86. International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) 87. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) 88. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 3

4 89. Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education (INHERE) 90. Institut national de la richerche agronomique (INRA) 91. Interdisciplinary Group of Research in Agroforestry 92. Kansas State University 93. Koppert Biological Systems BV 94. Mosaic Company 95. Farmers Union of Malawi 96. National Research Centre - Egypt 97. National Council for Climate Change Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD) 98. New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD) 99. Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) 100. North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA) 101. Rainforest Alliance 102. Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V RTI International 104. Sahara Forest Project 105. SCS Global Services 106. Solutions from the Land 107. Spectrum 108. Sustainable food lab 109. Tropenbos International 110. Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) 111. The Nature Conservancy 112. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) 113. The Virtual Fertilizer Research Center (VFRC) 114. UK-China Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network (SAIN) 115. University of Missouri, National Center for Soybean Biotechnology 116. University of California, Davis, USA 117. Wageningen University and Research Center, the Netherlands 118. Wiracoucha Foundation (WIRA) 119. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) 4

5 120. World Bank 121. World Farmers Organization (WFO) 122. World Food Programme (WFP) 123. World Resources Institute (WRI) 124. Yara International 125. Youth Millennium Development Ambassadors Initiative, Sierra Leon 126. Zimbabwe Climate Change Coalition 127. Zimbabwe Commercial Farmer's Union Carbon 5

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