Earth Net Foundation was established by the Green Net Cooperative, the first organic produce wholesaler in Thailand, for the purpose of promoting and supporting organic agriculture and products through the whole food system.  The Foundation conducts several organic agriculture initiatives around the country including research and development, promotion of community enterprises, and management of a farmer field school for organic agriculture.  Specifics on their research initiatives are not available on the Green Net Cooperative website.

Egerton University is an officially recognised university in Kenya. It started as an agricultural school and has gradually been upgraded to offer studies at university levels in several subjects. The Faculty of Agriculture is in progress of establishing an organic approach for education at all university levels. The organic activities include a curriculum for an organic master- and preparation of a bachelor degree, the planning of an interdisciplinary organic agriculture institute, preparation of the demonstration farm for organic farming, a research concept on organic research integrating master students and the different departments. The university has a group of academic staff trained in organic farming with international degrees, able to publish internationally.

Established in 2001, the ESRI aims to carry out research on the various aspects of the environment. Many qualified professors in Biology, Chemistry, Law, etc. at Shahid Beheshti University collaborate with the work of the Institute. ESRI offers Master and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Sciences. One of the research objectives of the Institute is studying economic factors related to bio-environmental research.

ENOAT is a network of University teachers with the goals to coordinate courses on organic production, processing and marketing, and to facilitate the exchange of students and teachers

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 University of Hohenheim has a long tradition of research and teaching in agriculture and natural sciences.  The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences has five research stations each with its own area of specialization.  The Crop Production and Crop Protection Station focuses on systems and process engineering, efficiency and productivity, as well as plant and grassland production.  The Plant Breeding Station focuses on certain grains, forage and energy crops.  The Horticulture Station focuses on vegetable cropping, orchards, and ornamental plants.  The Husbandry Station focuses on high-performance dairy production.  The Animal Husbandry, Animal Breeding and Poultry Production Station focuses on production methods, animal welfare, and environmental impact.

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry has a vision of being a world-class training and research centre in the sustainable production and management of renewable natural resources.  The Department of Agronomy’s mission is to develop and deliver educational and research programmes, manage renewable natural resources with a focus of propagation agricultural plant production systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and sustainable.  This Department is currently involved on research on sourcing organic fertilizer locally for smallholder farmers.

Researchers in many of the departments within the Faculty of Agriculture are engaged in research on organic agriculture.  Several of these research endeavours explore economic and trade components of the organic market. 

The Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, is the foundation faculty of this subject – in the nation. It has a very good record of 60 years of excellent education in tropical agriculture. The Department of Crop Science of the faculty has an active program on organic farming. It teaches tropical organic cropping both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, has an active research program and is therefore a key player in organic cropping in the country. It also manages an experimental station, which is developing an organic husbandry unit.

The Division of Organic Foodstuffs is a teaching and research division interested in the quality of organically produced foods and their impact on health.  Researchers in this division are interested in the quality of organically produced foods and their impact on health.  Recent research includes comparative studies on the nutritional quality of organic versus conventional plant products.