Topics and Regions
Details
Location
Institut d’Economie Rurale Mali
L’Institut d’économie rurale (IER), créé en 1960, est une institution de recherche ayant pour mission de contribuer à la productivité agricole par des recherches mieux adaptées aux besoins du monde rural. Elle vise aussi la préservation des ressources naturelles et l’accroissement de la sécurité alimentaire et les revenus des agriculteurs. Assurer un développement rural durable en faisant du secteur du développement rural, le moteur de la croissance économique du pays, fait également partie de ses missions.
World Vegetable Center
The World Vegetable Center, an international nonprofit research and development institute, is committed to alleviating poverty and malnutrition in the developing world through the increased production and consumption of nutritious and health-promoting vegetables.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU is a university that is broad based both geographically and scientifically.
Science and education for sustainable life
SLU develops the knowledge about how to use natural, biological land and water resources in a sustainable manner.
Education, research and environmental monitoring and assessment are pursued at some thirty locations all over the country. The main campuses are Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala.
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
EIAR is a governmental research institute that conducts vast research activities in different research areas with the vision to see an improved livelihood of all Ethiopians engaged in agriculture, agro-pastoralism and pastoralism through market competitive agricultural technologies.
University of Kassel
The University of Kassel is a young, modern and vibrant university, characterized by its openness to new ideas in every single area of its work. Receptivity, initiative, transdisciplinary thinking and unconventionality are traits we cherish and welcome in studies, research and teaching, but also in knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial ventures, to which the university provides special support. We aspire to develop, validate and implement ideas – even if they are not yet in the mainstream.
Stockholm International Water Institute
SIWI's vision is a water wise world, where we recognize the value of water, and ensure that it is shared and allocated sustainably, equitably and efficiently, to meet everyone’s basic needs.
Through applied research, policy consultation, capacity-building, and connecting key actors across sectors, SIWI stimulates the development of innovative policies and scientifically-based solutions to water-related challenges.
We bridge science, policy and practice for a water wise world.
Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established as a development coordinating conference (SADCC) in 1980 and transformed into a development community in 1992. It is an inter-governmental organisation whose goal is to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development through efficient productive systems, deeper co-operation and integration, good governance and durable peace and security among fifteen Southern African Member States.
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
PABRA is all about beans.
We believe that beans can improve the food security, income and health of smallholder farmers and urban dwellers across Africa, as well as contribute to improved soil fertility.
We also believe that by increasing the competitiveness of bean markets, we can provide consumers with better products and contribute to the economic growth of our member countries.
We work with more than 350 partners and members across 30 countries to do just that.
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (Colombia)
Misión
Formular, Coordinar y Evaluar las políticas que promuevan el desarrollo competitivo, equitativo y sostenible de los procesos agropecuarios forestales, pesqueros y de desarrollo rural, con criterios de descentralización, concertación y participación, que contribuyan a mejorar el nivel y la calidad de vida de la población colombiana.
Visión
International Rice Research Institute
IRRI aims to improve livelihoods and nutrition, abolishing poverty, hunger and malnutrition among those who depend on rice-based agri-food systems. In doing so, IRRI’s work protects the health of rice farmers and consumers, and the environmental sustainability of rice farming in a world challenged by climate change. IRRI’s work promotes the empowerment of women and supports opportunities for youth in an equitable agri-food system.