To fulfil its mission, GCP has forged and nurtured R&D partnerships in research, breeding and delivery. GCP was created to yield large impacts in the short term through thematic, interdisciplinary research approaches involving a wide range of research, breeding, and delivery organisations. Every activity in the GCP, therefore, is a collaborative exercise conducted by carefully chosen partner institutions with complementary expertise.

GCP partners in 2009:

1. GCP Consortium
2. Developing country partners
3. Newly industrialised country partners
4. Industrialised country partners
5. Funders
6. CGIAR Centres and CGIAR Programmes
7. Private sector, service providers and other partners