Organic Seed Alliance is an organisation that supports the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed.  It conducts its work through collaboration between organic farmers and breeding professionals.  The Alliance is researching new varieties and working to restore old varieties that do well without synthetic inputs and are suited for local environments.  In addition, work is being done to breed varieties specific for organic production, with consideration of disease resistance, weed competition, nutrient optimization, weather and pollution tolerance, and improved crop yield.

Bejo Zaden B.V. is a company involved with the development, production and processing of vegetable seeds.  The Organic Seed Program focuses on seed production, breeding and seed treatment.  New varieties are tested on trial plots in various climatic regions and in different types of soil.  Bejo Zaden B.V. is also exploring the possibility of organic seed coatings.

The Organic Training College is located at the Biological Husbandry Unit, a 10 hectare research farm in New Zealand.  The College provides information and training on several aspects of organic agriculture, including vegetable production.  Research on organic production and soil management is conducted at the University.

Research at Auburn University focuses on developing integrated organic production systems to allow mid-summer production of tomato and pepper in Alabama.  The components of the project include organic, no-till crop production, comparison of cover crops, tomato and pepper variety trials, farmscaping plants for insect control, and comparison of organic pesticides for disease control. 

Organic.Edunet aims to facilitate access, usage and exploitation of digital educational content related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology. It is a 36 months European project supported by the eContentplus Programme of the EC. The Organic Edunet consortium consists of 16 contractor organizations from 10 countries.

The web portal provides access to several learning repositories that have multilingual, quality-certified content related to the general topic areas of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology. It aims to serve as a single-point of access for searching, finding, reviewing, and accessing digital educational resources around the topics of interest.

OREDA is a state agency under the Department of Science and Technology in India.  The Agency’s mission is to promote research, development, and the popularization of non-conventional and renewable sources of energy including biogas.  One of OREDA’s major programs is the National Biogas & Manure Management Program which has over 70 NGOs involved in its implementation.

PELUM is a network of non governmental organisations working with small-scale farmers in east, central, and southern Africa.  It has 210 member organisations in 10 different countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana). The Association is working towards sustainable local community empowerment, food security and prosperity.  It strives to accomplish this by promoting ecological land use practices, seed security, and the consumption of indigenous foods. 

PELUM Association is a network of 207 civil society organisations in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, working towards poverty eradication, food security, and sustainable community development. PELUM’s work focuses on increasing and enhancing the members’ capacities in promoting improvements in the farmers’ livelihoods through sustainable agriculture, seed and food security. In order to attain the objectives above, PELUM Association facilitates learning and networking, participatory research, capacity building information sifting and dissemination as well as lobbying and advocacy.  

Around the world there is growing recognition of the dangerous risks that the use of chemical pesticides pose. Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center Yunnan Thoughtful Action (PEAC) was created in February 2002 to address this problem. The mission of PEAC is to reduce the use of harmful pesticides in China and to promote alternative ecological forms of pest control, and eventually protect the human health and ecological health for sustainable development.

PhilRice is a national research institute attached to the Philippine Department of Agriculture.  The Institute functions to plan, undertake, and coordinate a national research and development program for rice-based farming systems and to coordinate the national network of rice research and development stations.  Research at PhilRice is divided into four major programs and twenty-four sub-projects.  The major programs include: irrigated lowland, rainfed lowland, knowledge management and promotion, and impact and policy research.  Some of the sub-projects themes are variety, tillage and crop establishment, water management, integrated nutrient management, integrated pest management and harvesting.