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In a recent opinion piece published by Agri-Pulse, CGIAR’s Executive Managing Director, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, highlighted how investment in agricultural research delivers tangible economic and security benefits both globally and within the United States.She emphasized that enabling farmers worldwide to maintain productivity through geopolitical shocks is not a matter of aid, but one of strategic self-interest. CGIAR’s research, including improved wheat varieties, has strengthened production across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East while also enhancing disease resistance in crops that underpin U.S. export markets.