Programs and Projects

organic farming: healing the Rift
We are educating people in the North Rift of Kenya about biointensive farming to enable them to have a secure source of food and create sustainable occupations. A major study by the United Nations presented in 2008 says that organic farming offers Africa the best chance of breaking the cycle of poverty and malnutrition it has been locked in for decades. We are working to make that possibility a reality in the North Rift.

Never Ending Food

Moringa Farming

Permaculture Research Institute in Australia

The Permaculture Master Plan – Permaculture Worldwide

The People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty

The Backpack Farm Agricultural Program (BPF) 
Care International, SEED Project:  Vilanculos, Mozambique

Great Green Wall project

Food Vision
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative
A coalition that seeks to avert planet-wide food and environmental crises through a “whole landscape” approach.

Read more: 
Whole Landscape Approach Can Help Feed the World Sustainably

Africa and Developing World

CORAF/WECARD
West and Central African council for agricultural research and development

African Agriculture Blog

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers. Smallholders--the majority women--produce most of Africa's food, and do so with minimal resources and little government support. AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support. Through developing Africa's high-potential breadbasket areas, while also boosting farm productivity across more challenging environments, AGRA works to transform smallholder agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, sustainable and competitive system, and do so while protecting the environment.

FANRPAN: Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources policy Analysis Network
Vision: A food secure southern Africa free from hunger and poverty. 
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Research Centers and Coalitions

Int'l Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems 
ICROFS was founded in 2008, the centre is an expansion of the former Danish Agricultural Research Centre for Organic Farming (DARCOF), which the Danish Government decided to provide with an international mandate and an international board.
Organic Research Gateway
This internet site is maintained by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL. It aims to serve as a gateway to key initiatives in the field of organic farming research. Furthermore the site permanently hosts the project homepages of several former European and international organic farming research projects.

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)    FiBL is an independent, non-profit, research institute with the aim of advancing cutting-edge science in the field of organic agriculture. FiBL’s research team works together with farmers to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to boost agricultural productivity while never losing sight of environmental, health and socio-economic impacts. Alongside practical research, FiBL gives high priority to transferring knowledge into agricultural practice through advisory work, training and conferences. FiBL has offices in Switzerland, Germany and Austria and numerous projects and initiatives in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.
International Society of Organic Agriculture Research 
(ISOFAR) promotes and supports research in all areas of Organic Agriculture by facilitating global co-operation in research, methodological development, education and knowledge exchange; supporting individual researchers through membership services, publications and events and integrating stakeholders in the research process.

Int'l Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements 
IFOAM represents the worldwide movement of organic agriculture and provides a plat-form for global exchange and cooperation. IFOAM has more than 700 member organizations in more than 100 countries of the world. IFOAM membership is open to associations of producers, processors, traders and consultants as well as to institutions involved in research and training committed to organic agriculture. Since its beginnings one of IFOAM's main aims has been the coordination of research and the dialogue of agricultural practice-research.

Organic Research Centres Alliance ORCA
ORCA intends to internationally network and strengthen existing institutions with scientific credentials and empower them to become centers of excellence in transdisciplinary organic agriculture research. The objective is to ensure that environmental, economic, and social benefits accruing from organic research are shared worldwide.

The World Agroforestry Centre
Part of the alliance of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres dedicated to generating and applying the best available knowledge to stimulate agricultural growth, raise farmers’ incomes and protect the environment. The Centre’s vision is a rural transformation in the developing world as smallholder households strategically increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve their food security, nutrition, income, health, shelter, energy resources and environmental sustainability.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
FAOSTAT Database 
FAOSTAT provides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture.
Blog of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Where all land and soils are assets
Integrated approach is key to food security in dryland, say experts
Prolinnova
This programme was set up by several nongovernmental organisations to promote sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in developing nations. It aims to facilitate the use of indigenous knowledge to help farmers devise systems to cope with change, achieve food security, sustain livelihoods and protect the environment. It also works towards integrating local innovations into formal agricultural research.

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