CIGR governance includes a Technical Board and seven Technical Sections each focused on different scientific and technical fields of Agricultural Engineering. Each technical Section is charged with promoting and developing its respective field of science and technology in pursuit of the CIGR Mission.

Each section is governed by an International Section Board and presided by a section chair. These are as follows:

• Section I: Land and Water
• Section II: Structures and Environment
• Section III: Plant Production
• Section IV: Energy in Agriculture
• Section V: System Management
• Section VI: Bioprocesses
• Section VII: Information Technology