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The CAR is a multi-commodity research centre with focused research to provide solutions to agricultural problems. The centre’s research is geared towards sustainable agricultural systems and environmental conservation. The Centre for Agricultural Research currently has seven Research Thrusts (including Organic Agricultural Systems) with potentials for future expansion.
Country: Nigeria
Geographical categories: Sub-Saharan Africa
Research Centres: Climate Change
Resource Concentrations: Agroforestry - Cropland Yield
Type of Institution: organic research
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This Centre does multi-disciplinary research on problems that affect arid areas including desertification, drought and soil degration, and crop and livestock issues. It includes work on ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, climatology, rural development, human and animal health, and socio-economical problems. Specific research topics include soil and moisture changes in relation to land use patterns, over-cultivation and grazing leading to desertification, rehabilitation of degraded lands, and prevention of livestock diseases.
Country: Nigeria
Geographical categories: Sub-Saharan Africa
Research Centres: Arid and Semi-Arid Agro-Ecosystem
Resource Concentrations: Livestock - Pastures
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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The Centre aims to predict the impacts of climate change on agro-ecosystems and provide solutions for mitigation and adaptation through renewable bioenergy crops and sustainable management strategies. Research topics include integrating cell, organism, community, and ecosystem processes as a method of predicting the impact of climate change; microbial oxidation of methane; increasing yield and quality of biomass crops; and the impacts of land use change associated with adoption of energy crops.
Country: United Kingdom
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Climate Change
Resource Concentrations: Agro-energy
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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CDE’s mission is to contribute to sustainable development in countries in the North, South and East by focusing on management of natural resources, integrated regional development and interventions that mitigate syndromes of global change. CDE works to combine research and knowledge generation with outreach and policy advice. Their work places a special emphasis on highland-lowland interactions and, as such, several of CDE’s programs are focused on mountain regions.
Country: Switzerland
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Hilly and Mountainous Agro-Ecosystem
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Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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CETDEM is a training, research, consultancy, referral, and development organization committed to improving environmental quality through sustainable development. Formerly, CETDEM ran an organic farm growing local vegetables for a decade. Currently, the farm is no longer in existence and CETDEM focuses on demonstrating the viability of organic farming and promoting the need for conservation of resources. It aims to do this by sharing its experience with farmers, trainers, and individuals.
Country: Malaysia
Geographical categories: Asia
Research Centres: Humid and Sub-Humid Agro-Ecosystem
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Type of Institution: other organic partners
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The Centre for Mountain Studies, located in the Scottish highlands, aims to undertake and maintain high quality research on mountain environments and the people who depend on them. To date, research conducted by the centre that is relevant to agriculture has primarily focused on forestry.
Country: United Kingdom
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres: Hilly and Mountainous Agro-Ecosystem
Resource Concentrations: Forests
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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The mission of CPBR is to enhance knowledge, understanding, conservation and sustainable utilization of plant biodiversity in Australia. The Centre aims to be a national centre of excellence in the fields of plant systematics and conservation biology, as a basis for the sustainable use and management and conservation of Australian vegetation. Centre resources available online do not indicate a focus on organics, but, because much native vegetation is grown in the absence of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the work of the CPBR likely covers many organically grown products.
Country: Australia
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres:
Resource Concentrations: Protected Areas
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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CSA is a policy research organization with a vision to make agriculture productive, ecologically sensitive and capable of preserving the social fabric of rural communities. It works with farmers by promoting a non-pesticidal approach to pest management, soil fertility, disease management, and seed production.
Country: India
Geographical categories: Asia
Research Centres: Arid and Semi-Arid Agro-Ecosystem
Resource Concentrations:
Type of Institution: organic research
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CIRAA is an agricultural experimental center run by the Università di Pisa. The Centre conducts mainly on-farm research at the field scale. The Mediterranean Arable Systems Comparison Trial (MASCOT) experiment began at the Centre in 2001 with an aim of long-term comparison of organic and conventional cropping systems. It evaluates the long-term dynamics of soil characteristics, macronutrients, weed and pest populations, system biodiversity, and economic and energetic management.
Country: Italy
Geographical categories: Developed countries
Research Centres:
Resource Concentrations: Comparative Studies
Type of Institution: of interest to organic research
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CREAR maintains a working farm with programs in education, training, and on-farm research in organic and sustainable agriculture. The centre is divided into several focal areas including intensive horticulture, field crops, animal husbandry, soil conservation, agroforestry, and compost production.
Country: Dominican Republic
Geographical categories: Caribbean
Research Centres: Coastal and Small Island Agro-Ecosystems
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Type of Institution: other organic partners
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