The Working Group functions across departments at Cornell to increase teaching, research and extension activities in organic agriculture.  Research priorities include studies on pest and disease management; whole-of-farm systems; marketing, economics and farm business management; making the transition to organic production; plant breeding; crop and animal management; soil quality, fertility and organic matter management

The Crop Protection Research Centre studies the protection of cultivatable crops from insect pests by using Bio-intensive Integrated Pest Management (BIPM).  The research focuses on the usage of natural enemies, plant and microbe-based insecticides and inter- and trap-crops in pest and disease management.

DiSTA’s staff is involved in numerous collaborative efforts across various disciplines falling into six areas. The Agronomy and Crop Science Area provides statewide leadership in research, teaching, and extension in the subjects of crop production, sustainable agricultural systems and environment, soil physics, crop physiology, bioenergy and fibre crops, land management and use, applied plant ecology, weed biology, agrometeorology, agroclimatology, crop modelling, seed biology and production. "Environmental sustainability of organic farming" is one of the ongoing projects of the department.

The Department’s objective is to provide sustainable manpower to meet the growing needs in agronomy to Nigeria.  Their mandate is to reduce hunger though applied research into various indigenous agronomical problems.  Researchers in the Department are engaged in organic agriculture research.  Current studies include research on cover crops, organic soil amendments and the use of plant extracts for pest and disease control. Information about these research endeavours is not currently available on the University webpage.

The Department  deals with  the factors and technologies concerning herbaceous and tree crop production, through both the teaching and the research activities carried out by its staff. For its scientific activity the Department is structured into the  Agroecosystems Section and the  Horticultural and Tree Crop Section. The Agroecosystems Section deals with the research and teaching releated especially with general agronomy and crop science, soil physics, field crops, turfgrass and sustainable and organic agriculture.

Research at the Department of Crop Science is undertaken in all fields of crop science and also forms the backbone of graduate training in the Department. A number of staff members are leading research and training projects in the various discipline of crop science. “Towards sustainable cassava and sweet potato production in eastern Africa” is one of the major projects of the Department.

The Department of Ecological and Sustainable Production Systems belongs to the Faculty of Horticultural Science of the CORVINUS University of Budapest. The main principal of Department of Ecological and Sustainable Production Systems is education. Ecological Farming is the topic of high priority in our Department, which shows the whole scale of agriculture to horticultural engineers. Besides education research work is also important in the field of Ecological Farming. The Department issues MSc and PhD topics in ecological farming for four years.

The department mandate is to carry out multidisciplinary research, training and extension aimed at creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge of organic agriculture based on principles of ecology, health, fairness and care; evolving organic management strategies for major insect-pests, diseases & nematodes of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, potato, etc.; standardization of organic fertilization for various crops of the region for yield maximization; training of human resource for expansion of organic farming in the state; advisory services on organic farming to officials, farmers and entrepreneurs.

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences has seven academic departments, covering a breadth of agricultural issues.  The University is a collaborating centre with ICROFS and researchers in the Faculty have partnered with ICROFS to study various organic issues.  Recent organic research undertaken by the Faculty has included comparison studies of dairy products produced under organic and non-organic systems, selective livestock breeding, methods of plant pest protection and levels of greenhouse gas emissions from organic soils under different agricultural management schemes. 

The aim of the Faculty is to impart knowledge of sustainable agriculture with regard to different agro-ecological and economical conditions.  The Faculty’s main focal areas are in crop sciences, animal sciences, socio-economic and food sciences.  Within each focal area, there are multiple departments that focus on areas such as, but not limited to, agricultural engineering, crop production, animal nutrition, ecological plant protection, farm management, grassland science and renewable plant resources, marketing, and food quality and culture.