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The university is undertaking quality analysis of organic products
Country: Italy
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Nutrition, Quality, Health
Resource Concentrations: Consumers
Type of Institution: organic research
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University of Ghana was established as a university in 1961. It has a school of agriculture and three agricultural research centres. Despite the fact that UG does not have a specific organic research centre, it has participated in several research projects on organic and low input agriculture. The soil science department has been working on carbon sequestration and biodiversity of microbial populations in tropical soils. UG runs a project on co-compost in rain-fed peri-urban agriculture and are preparing a continuation of organically fortified co-compost. Moreover much work has been done on N-cycling through leguminous crops.
Country: Ghana
Geographical categories: Sub-Saharan Africa
Research Centres: Humid and Sub-Humid Agro-Ecosystem
Resource Concentrations: Compost & Waste
Type of Institution: organic research
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The Organic Agriculture Program combines both research and teaching and is spread between four campuses. Research is carried out by six different groups: Soils; Horticulture – Field Crops; Urban Agriculture – Livestock; Urban Agriculture – Environment; Social Justice – Marketing and Economics; and Rural Communities.
Country: Canada
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Seeds and Breeds - Urban and Peri-Urban
Resource Concentrations: Energy flows - Livestock - Pest/Disease Management - Protected Areas
Type of Institution: organic research
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Urban Harvest is a system-wide CGIAR initiative to direct and coordinate the collective knowledge towards strengthening urban and peri-urban agriculture. The Initiative helps Centres link together their individual efforts and form partnerships with other efforts. Urban Harvest works jointly with other national and international partners to come up with a framework to study the urban environment. It focuses on urban livelihoods and markets, urban ecosystem health, and stakeholder and policy dialogue.
Country: Andorra
Geographical categories: Global
Research Centres: Urban and Peri-Urban
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Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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The Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute’s principle task is to create sustainability and competitiveness in crop production for Latvian agriculture. The Institute’s Organic Farming Group conducts research on the suitability of plant varieties to organic farming conditions, efficiency of plant protection activities, analysis of weed growth dynamics, and preserving soil fertility levels.
Country: Latvia
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Seeds and Breeds
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Type of Institution: organic research
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VRF aims at simulating the diversity and eco-friendliness of the natural forests in farming and farm practices. The research technologies developed in the foundation, especially on organic farming, are being field-tested at a macro-level in Varanashi Farms (VF), before being advocated for wide-scale adoption. Thus, emphasis on organic farming is attempted in VRF and VF. Varanashi Agro-Sustainable Technology (VAST) Centre, another sister unit attached to the Varanashi Organization, has the responsibility of manufacturing and marketing eco-friendly farm inputs to the farming community.
Country: India
Geographical categories: Asia
Research Centres:
Resource Concentrations: Compost & Waste - Fruit & Vegetables - Pest/Disease Management
Type of Institution: organic research
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VEERU is a research and training centre in veterinary epidemiology and livestock economics. The Organic Livestock Research Group (OLRG) within VEERU carries out research to identify animal health and welfare constraints and research needs within organic livestock production. Current studies focus on milk production characteristics and fertility in organic dairy cows. Also, OLRG coordinated an EU-funded action project, Network for Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture (NAHWOA).
Country: United Kingdom
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Arid and Semi-Arid Agro-Ecosystem - Humid and Sub-Humid Agro-Ecosystem - Temperate and Irrigated Agro-Ecosystem
Resource Concentrations: Livestock - Pastures
Type of Institution: organic research
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NVI is a national biomedical research institute that oversees the areas of animal health, fish health, and food safety. In the past, the NVI has conducted research on post harvest strategies to reduce enteric bacteria contamination of vegetable, nut and fruit products, with a focus on the organic food chain.
Country: Norway
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Post Harvest and Safety
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Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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Scientists in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture have been working to compare the nutritional quality and sustainability of organically and conventionally produced fruit. Research at the College of Pharmacy has focused on the differences in polyphenol and antioxidant levels and forms in organic and conventional food.
Country: United States of America
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Nutrition, Quality, Health
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Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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The World Agroforestry Centre, a CGIAR centre, aims to generate science-based knowledge about the diverse roles that trees play in agricultural landscapes and to use its research to advance policies and practices that benefit the poor and the environment. The Centre partners with a range of scientific and development institutions to help move forward their efforts to generate tree-based solutions to global problems. One especially useful resource that the Centre offers online is the Agroforestree Database, a database of tree species for field workers and researchers. The Centre does not have a specific focus on organic agroforestry, but has supported work in the area in the past.
Country: Kenya
Geographical categories: Global
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Resource Concentrations: Agroforestry - Forests - Underutilized Varieties
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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