The Institute promotes and advances soil security through composting of manures and food scraps. The West Hill Farm Compost Demonstration and Research Site is a “living laboratory” where the Institute conducts research in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of compost management. The Institute’s aim is to reduce the costs and increase the value of producing compost on the farm. 

The Centre aims to seek economically, environmentally and socially sustainable land management systems in the context of international and national land use policies. The Centre does considerable participative research with hill farmers, environmental managers and policy-makers. A particular focus is placed on sustainable livestock systems. 

The horticultural research station was established during the year 1988. The field experiments are conducted at a wood house farm with an area of 8 hectares. "Biological control of hill crop pests and diseases" and "Bio-dynamic organic farming in horticultural crops in Nilgiris Ecosystem" are two projects to address two among the twelve objectives fixed by the research station: to work out the production techniques for biodynamic organic farming system to reduce pesticide and chemical fertilizer application; to mass produce bio control agents for the management of pest and diseases of hill crops.

Although not dedicated exclusively to the study of organic production, the Horticultural Sciences Department engages in a variety of research on organic and sustainable agriculture.  Studies around nutrition, quality and health focus on comparisons of the phytochemical content and consumer sensory perception of fruit and vegetables produced organically and conventionally.

HARC includes several experimental fruit and nut orchards; forest farming, riparian and silviculture demonstrations; forage and shade trials; greenhouses; and a flood tolerance laboratory. The Center and related agroforestry research at the University of Missouri aim to enhance the development of agroforestry within North America and the temperate zone, world wide. Research conducted at the Center includes extensive bioremediation, non-point source pollution and, shade and flood tolerance studies. HARC is not currently conducting any research on organic agroforestry.

IFOAM established its Africa Office (IAO) in 2004 to help the growth of Organic Agriculture on the continent.  The IAO is staffed with a coordinator and is presently based at the IFOAM Head Office in Bonn, Germany. The IAO focuses on advocacy, networking and facilitating the exchange of information on different experiences from various parts of Africa.

AgroBioMediterraneo (ABM) was established as an official IFOAM Regional Group in 1997. AgriBioMediteranneo includes 146 IFOAM Affiliates from three continents and 16 Mediterranean countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.

ABM spearheads initiatives specifically targeted towards Mediterranean Organic Agriculture issues. Special emphasis is given to development of organic oliveculture, viticulture, citrus and Mediterranean fruits, arable crops and livestock, as well as development of local markets, regional standards and AgriBioTourism.

An IFOAM Draft Forestry Standard was produced in 2002, but voted down in 2005. No further international Standard has been created. 

GALCI represents organizations (IFOAM members) like producers associations, traders, certifiers, NGOs and individuals from Latin America and the Caribbean.

The IR-4 Project at Rutgers aims to further the development and registration of biopesticides for use in pest management systems for specialty crops and more minor uses on major crops. Research projects in the Biopesticide and Organic Support Program can be located by searching the Project database. IR-4 is a program developed by the USDA.