Agricultural and Rural Development FoundationThe Agricultural and Rural Development Foundation - Ghana was established in the year 1997 as a non-governmental organisation which is independent, voluntary and chartered in Ghana as a development organisation to promote sustainable agriculture, vocational training and comprehensive community development in the rural sector of the economy in Awutu-Effutu-Senya,Winneba, Central Region of Ghana.
PO Box 4435
Accra
GHANAContact: Robert J. Ghartey, Chairman
Tel: +233 21762689
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.wiz.uni-kassel.de/ardfg/index.html
Geographic coverage: Ghana
Languages: English
Subject areas: Community development; Education/training; Youth development
The aims of the Foundation are:
Agricultural Development in the American PacificADAP is a US Department of Agriculture-funded project that commenced in 1989. ADAP is a collaborative mechanism for five Pacific Land Grant institutions to work together on joint agriculture- and community-related projects. The institutions are American Samoa Community College; College of the Marshall Islands; Northern Marianas Community College; Palau Community College; and University of Guam. The Project office is located at the College of Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus (Honolulu).
University of Hawaii at Manoa
3050 Maile Way, Gilmore Hall 112
Honolulu, HI 96822-2231
USAContact: Jim Hollyer, Project Manager
Tel: +1 808 956 8140
Fax: +1 808 956 6967
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.adap.hawaii.edu/adap/ http://www.adap.hawaii.edu/adap2/information/pubs/index.html
Geographic coverage: American Samoa; Micronesia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Agricultural research
Publications: Publications list available online
Specifically, ADAP seeks to combine the knowledge and experience of faculty and staff at the five Land Grant institutions, to identify and resolve problems and opportunities of mutual interest. With its limited resources, considerable effort is spent in collaborating on projects that have regional interest. For example, the collecting of available extension-type publications has led to their being bound into a single volume for wider distribution throughout the region. Subsequently this led to the PEOPLE database (see University of Guam). Access to these resources is through the ADAP website.
ADAP partners are: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC); Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture (IRETA); and FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific (FAO - SAPA), University of Guam.
Agricultural Research & Extension Network [updated March 2004]
Overseas Development Institute
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JD
UNITED KINGDOMContact: Robert Tripp, Coordinator
Tel: +44 20 7922 0300
Fax: +44 20 7922 0399
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.odi.org.uk/agen/index.html
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural information; Agriculture; Extension and advisory work
Publications: AgREN Newsletter
AgREN links policy-makers, practitioners and researchers working in the agriculture sector of developing countries. It has over 1000 members located in more than 100 countries, with around 70 per cent located in developing countries. Members work in a range of organisations, predominantly in university and research organisations, as well as governments, parastatals, non-government organisations and aid agencies.
AgREN publishes the AgREN Newsletter and network paper series which come out twice a year, in January and July. These publications are available to download free of charge from the AgREN website. The newsletter includes short research notes and often reports on findings from on-going projects. Longer articles are published as network papers. These cover a wide range of topics relating to agricultural research and extension, including farming systems, agroforestry, institutional strengthening, community-based organisations, seed supply and crop diversity, as well as conservation and environmental management. AgREN publications are disseminated very widely: the recent readership survey indicated a readership of over 8,000.
In addition to its publications, AgREN hosts occasional e-discussions on topics of interest to its members.
Agricultural Research CouncilARC's vision is to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in agricultural science and innovation.
PO Box 8783
Pretoria 0001
SOUTH AFRICATel: +27 12 427 9700
Fax: +27 12 342 3948
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.arc.agric.za/
Geographic coverage: South Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Information management; Technology transfer
Publications: Publications list available online
ARC's mission is to promote the agricultural and related sectors through research, technology development and transfer in order to:
Alley Farming Network for Tropical AfricaAlley farming research in Africa was initiated in 1976 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. AFNETA was established in 1986 after an international workshop on alley farming recommended the establishment of an alley farming research network to promote and coordinate alley farming research and development within national agricultural research systems (NARS) in collaboration with three international agricultural research centres (IARCs): IITA, ILCA (International Livestock Centre for Africa) and ICRAF (International Centre for Research on Agro-Forestry, now called World Agroforestry Centre).
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
PMB 5320
Oyo Road
Ibadan
NIGERIAContact: Dr Olu Osiname, Coordinator
Tel: +234 22 241 2626
Fax: +234 22 2412221
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cgiar.org/iita/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Alley farming; Sustainable agriculture
Publications: AFNETAN (newsletter)
The objectives of AFNETA are to assist NARS in the development of their alley farming research programmes, to assist in the training of NARS scientists to raise their capacity and expertise in conducting alley farming research, and to coordinate research and development efforts among NARS.
Information exchange and dissemination is an important component of AFNETA's activities, and includes:
Asia - Pacific Association of Agricultural Research InstitutionsThe mission of APAARI is to promote the development of national agricultural research systems (NARS) in the Asia - Pacific region through facilitation of intra-regional and inter-institutional and international cooperation.
c/o FAO Delhi
55 Max Mueller Marg (Ex Lodi Estate)
Delhi - 110 003
INDIAContact: Dr R. S. Paroda, Executive Secretary
Tel: +91 11 4628877 ext. 377
Fax: +91 11 4620115
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.apaari.org/
Geographic coverage: Asia, Pacific
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Food security
Publications: APAARI Newsletter (biannual)
The objectives of APAARI are to:
In the area of networking, APAARI has made a start with establishing a regional information and knowledge network, made possible through support from CAB International and the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR). It intends to develop a database of existing regional/subregional networks/fora, which will include their objectives, activities, mode of operation and funding, etc. The APAARI home page is being developed as a tool to disseminate information strategies and knowledge exchange.
APAARI intends to pursue an aggressive publication programme to document events and research findings for a wide readership. APAARI Newsletter, published twice a year, covers the proceedings of important meetings and conferences of APAARI, activities of various networks working in the region, and the profile of important research institutions in member countries. Announcements of meetings, workshops, conferences and training courses to be organised in the near future, and a list of recent agricultural publications, are also given. Recently topics such as short articles on research breakthroughs and news on agricultural activities from outside the Asia - Pacific region have also been included.
Copies of the APAARI Newsletter can be obtained from FAO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, Phara Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand; [email protected]
Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North AfricaThe AARINENA was established in 1985 to strengthen cooperation among national, regional and international research institutions and centres through the dissemination and exchange of information, experiences and research results.
IRA/FANAR Laboratory
Ministry of Agriculture
Beirut
LEBANONContact: Dr Christo Hilan, Executive Secretary
Tel: +961 1 682473/4/5/6
Fax: +961 1 682472
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ari.gov.cy/aarinenapg.html
Geographic coverage: North Africa, Near East
Languages: Arabic, English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Education/training; Policy and planning
Publications: AARINENA Newsletter (biannual)
The mission of AARINENA is to contribute to the enhancement of agricultural and rural development in the region by fostering agricultural research and technology development, and by strengthening collaboration in this regard within and outside the region in order to achieve a greater degree of self-reliance in food and agriculture, and to improve the nutritional wellbeing and overall welfare of the people of the region, at the same time sustaining and further improving the productive capacity of the natural resource base.
The objectives of AARINENA are to:
AARINENA offers free distribution of its biannual AARINENA Newsletter on request.
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central AfricaASARECA is a non-profit-making, non-political organisation of the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of the 10 countries in the Eastern and Central African (ECA) region: Burundi, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. ASARECA and parallel organisations in Africa (Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research, SACCAR for Southern Africa, Conference des Responsables de Recherche Agronomique Africains, CORAF for Western Africa) are the main subregional organisations for agricultural research on the continent, and are members of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). The main objective of ASARECA is to enhance agricultural productivity in the ECA region through regional collaboration in agricultural research.
PO Box 765
Entebbe
UGANDAContact: Dr Seyfu Ketema, Executive Secretary
Tel: +256 41 320556
Fax: +256 41 321126
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.asareca.org/ http://www.cgiar.org/foodnet/workshop/asareca/
Geographic coverage: East and Central Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Crop production; Policy analysis
Publications: AgriForum (quarterly newsletter)
ASARECA undertakes its activities through a number of collaborative regional agricultural research networks and programmes, both commodity- and factor-based. Specialist areas include: cassava; beans; agroforestry; potatoes; maize and wheat; livestock; bananas; natural resources management; agricultural policy analysis; technology transfer; and electronic connectivity. Networks at the planning stage or about to be started include those for sorghum and millet; rice; post-harvest processing; agricultural information and documentation; coffee; and soil and water management.
The collaborative research projects of the regional networks/programmes are undertaken by scientists of the NARS with, in many cases, technical back-up from scientists of the international agricultural research centres (IARCs) as well as, in some cases, support from advanced research institutes (ARIs). Funding for the regional network/programme activities comes from a multiplicity of sources including national governments and donor agencies, as well as core support from the IARCs and ARIs.
AgriForum, ASARECA's quarterly newsletter is intended to be a simple, widely-read and disseminated newsletter for the region. Its aim is to achieve a sustainable flow of information within the region, and between the region and the international community.
Australian Centre for International Agricultural ResearchACIAR allocates significant levels of funding to promoting bilateral development-related research collaboration between Australia and individual developing countries.
GPO Box 1571
Canberra
ACT 2601
AUSTRALIAContact: Development Manager
Tel: +61 2 6217 0500
Fax: +61 2 6217 0501
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aciar.gov.au/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Natural resource management; Sustainable agriculture
Publications: ACIAR Newsletter; Partners in Research for Development
Overall objective: ACIAR is a statutory authority whose mandate directs it to mobilise Australia's research capacity to help solve agricultural research problems of developing countries.
Activities: the Centre itself does not carry out research, but brings together research institutions in Australia and partner developing countries to work together on problems of mutual interest and benefit, in fields in which Australia has a comparative advantage. ACIAR projects are implemented through contractual arrangements with such Australian organisations as state agricultural departments, universities, CSIRO and the cooperative research centres. The rural industry research and development corporation and private industry may also be involved.
ACIAR provides funds for research and development projects that are developed within priority programme areas, which reflect the fields of agricultural research and development needed by developing countries, and in which Australia can offer scientific and technical advantage.
CAB International [updated March 2004]
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxon OX10 8DE
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Tim Ison
Tel: +44 1491 832111 Fax: +44 1491 833508
E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cabi.org
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agriculture; Education/training; Information management
Publications: Publications list available online
CAB International (CABI) is an international, intergovernmental organisation established in 1928. It is owned by its member governments, which presently number 40, 25 of which are in the developing world. The organisation is largely self-supporting financially through the sale of its products and services and other sources of income.
CABI is dedicated to improving human welfare worldwide through the dissemination, application and generation of scientific knowledge in support of sustainable development, with emphasis on agriculture, forestry, human health and the management of natural resources and with particular attention to the needs of developing countries. Scientific and technical information services are provided, derived principally from bibliographic databases built by CABI staff from the world's relevant published literature. These include:
CAB Abstracts is the world's leading database in the applied life sciences. It covers research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, crop and plant sciences, crop and plant protection, environment, human health, animal science, animal health and nutrition and veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water science, and the environment. Information is drawn from over 9,000 journals, books, technical reports, bulletins and conference proceedings, from over 125 countries. It provides global coverage of both the developing and developed world with dozens of languages translated into English.
CAB Abstracts contains over 4 million records from 1973 to present, with over 180,000 new records added each year.
For customers with specific subject requirements, CABI produces database subsets derived from
CAB Abstracts. These include:
Outputs from the databases are distributed in printed and electronic form on diskette, CD-ROM, and magnetic tape. Online access is provided by commercial database vendors, or direct from CABI Publishing, on CAB Direct.
CABI also publishes books, primary journals, newsletters and training manuals.
Training in information management is offered especially for developing countries. Advice and practical assistance are also given in the design and implementation of science-based information systems and in the use of modern information technology. Where necessary, partnerships with development assistance agencies are sought to help developing countries acquire the products and services they need.
Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute [updated April 2004]CARDI is the foremost agricultural research and development organisation in the Caribbean. Established in 1975, CARDI has had a significant impact on agriculture through technical assistance, technology development and technology transfer in the areas of plant pathology, virology, nematology, agronomy, and soil and animal sciences. CARDI also has collaborative arrangements with over 50 regional and international research and development organisations.
University of the West Indies Campus
St Augustine
TRINIDAD & TOBAGOContact: Claudette De Freitas, Information Resource Manager
Tel: +1 868 645 1205/7
Fax: +1 868 645 1208
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cardi.org/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Agronomy; Animal sciences; Plant diseases; Technology transfer
Publications: CAIS News, CARDI Review, CARDI Weekly, PROCICARIBE News
CARDI's mission is to accelerate sustainable agricultural development through strategic management of those processes that generate, transfer, adapt and commercialise appropriate technology, which will improve the social and economic wellbeing of the Caribbean people. Its activities include:
Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques MéditerranéennesCIHEAM was founded in 1962, pursuant to an agreement between the governments of seven southern European countries under the patronage of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe. Its aim is to train senior staff in agricultural development with a view to closing the gap between southern and northern Europe through training in the area of agriculture. The Centre presently has a membership of 13 countries: Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.
3191 Route de Mende
34093 Montpellier Cedex 5
FRANCEContact: M. L. Leclerc, Head, Mediterranean Documentation Centre
Tel: +33 4 6704 6049
Fax: +33 4 6754 2527
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iamm.fr/
Geographic coverage: Mediterranean
Languages: French
Subject areas: Agronomy; Education/training; Policy analysis; Rural development
CIHEAM has four Mediterranean agronomic institutes (MAIs) carrying out training, research and cooperative activities. Each MAI offers postgraduate learning which is both original and complementary to programmes taught in national institutions for training and retraining technical and scientific senior staff in agriculture and development.
The training programme of the MAI of Montpellier covers:
International Center for Tropical AgricultureCIAT is an international agricultural research centre specialising in tropical agriculture, common beans, cassava, rice, tropical forages and natural resource management. It is one of the 16 Future Harvest Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). To reduce hunger and poverty in the tropics through collaborative research that improves agricultural productivity and natural resource management, CIAT publishes a number of books and journals in English and Spanish and provides a bibliographic information service in its research areas. Selected serial publications can be made available to suitable institutions in developing countries through exchange agreements with libraries and documentation centres for publications of equivalent value and interest to CIAT. Complimentary access to CIAT's bibliographic databases and specialised bulletins on cassava, beans, forages and tropical acid soils is now available through CIAT's home page on the Internet. Its library (Information and Documentation Unit) is a leading information source for research and development in tropical agriculture.
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Apartado Aéreo 6713
Cali
COLOMBIATel: +57 2 4450000
Fax: +57 2 4450073
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/
Geographic coverage: Tropics
Languages: English; Spanish
Subject areas: Crop production; Natural resource management; Tropical agriculture
Centro para la Investigacion Sistemas Sostenibles de Producci AgropecuariaThe CIPAV Foundation is a Colombian NGO founded in 1986. The projects and programmes on which it focuses are alternative agricultural production systems. These systems promote the efficient and sustainable utilisation of the available human and natural resources, which are in harmony with the environment.
Carrera 35A Oeste No 3-66
Tejares de San Fernando
AA 20591
Cali, Valle
COLOMBIATel: +57 2 5542300
Fax: +57 2 5542309
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cipav.org.co/
Geographic coverage: Colombia
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Sustainable agriculture
Publications: Livestock Research for Rural Development
Its researchers and a network of small farmers (campesinos) and rural entrepreneurs have designed and implemented a wide array of innovative technologies and agricultural practices based on the efficient use of local resources, energy and manual labour. This network embraces approximately 1000 professionals and 2500 small farmers who have received training and disseminate the technologies and ideas in farms, enterprises, universities, and governmental and non-governmental organisations in several countries. All research activities are performed in real farming systems with the participation of farmers and their families.
Research is carried out mainly in the following areas: water resources, agroforestry systems, livestock production, energy, soils and system analysis
Since 1988, CIPAV has published the journal Livestock Research for Rural Development. It is read in more than 160 countries and receives contributions from a wide selection of tropical and temperate countries. Each issue of the journal contains 10 papers, and there are four issues a year. The journal is published entirely electronically and is distributed freely by diskette and over the Internet. With more than 260 papers published over the 10 years of the journal's existence, it represents a substantial resource in the fields of sustainable agriculture development.
CGIAR Secretariat [updated March 2004]
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW, MSN G6-601
Washington, DC 20433
USAContact: Mr Sarwat Hussain, Senior Information Officer
Tel: +1 202 473 5690
Fax: +1 202 473 8110
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cgiar.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; French; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Capacity building; Policy and planning; Sustainable development
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organisations, and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural research centrethat work with national agricultural research systems, the private sector and civil society. The alliance mobilises agricultural science to reduce poverty, foster human well-being, promote agricultural growth, and protect the environment. The
World Bank, FAO, UNDP and IFAD are cosponsors of the CGIAR.
The 15 Centers supported by the CGIAR are autonomous institutions, each with its own charter, international board of trustees, director and staff.
CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICLARM - International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
IPGRI - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
IWMI - International Water Management Institute
WARDA - West Africa Rice Development Association
World Agroforestry Centre
See individual entries for details on the above.
CIGR-FAO Global Network on Agricultural EngineeringThe CIGR-FAO Global Network on Agricultural Engineering became operational in 1999. It is a joint activity of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) and the Agricultural Engineering Branch (AGSE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The network consists of seven moderated E-mail discussion groups corresponding to the seven sections of CIGR.
c/o Agricultural Engineering Branch, FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome
ITALYContact: Dr Theodor Friedrich
Tel: +39 65 705 5695
Fax: +39 65 705 6798
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cigr.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural engineering; Farm buildings; Food processing; Renewable energy; Soil and water management
Publications: E-mail discussion lists
CIGR-FAO-LanWat-L - LAND AND WATER USE, and in particular agricultural engineering as applied to: soil and water management such as soil protection, improvement and conservation, drainage and irrigation systems; land improvement and land reclamation; rural planning and management; and rural roads and infrastructure.
CIGR-FAO-Build-L - FARM BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENT: optimisation and design of animal, crop and horticultural buildings and related equipment, climate control and environmental protection, farm planning and waste management.
CIGR-FAO-EquipPlant-L - EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING FOR PLANT PRODUCTION aims to develop exchanges in the field of know-how, technical study, scientific research and practical experiences between designers of machinery (researchers in private and public sector, technical boards), manufacturers, advisers, teachers and trainers at different levels, and final users of these machines (farmers, contractors etc.).
CIGR-FAO-Energy-L - RURAL ELECTRICITY AND OTHER ENERGY SOURCES: rural electrification and other renewable energies in developing countries - strategy, profiles and techniques; renewable energies especially from organic wastes and residues - exploitation and environmental impact; measuring, control and automation in agricultural electrical applications. The topics aim to cover the fields of interest of industrial countries as well as developing countries.
CIGR-FAO-SystMngm-L - MANAGEMENT, ERGONOMICS AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, an open discussion forum list for all experts interested in system engineering, work science, management and ergonomics.
CIGR-FAO-ProcQual-L - PROCESSING: physical properties of raw (food and nonfood) materials, quality of final products, processing technologies, processing management and engineering.
CIGR-FAO-InfoSyst-L - INFORMATION SYSTEMS, aims to advance the use of information systems for improving the production cost, processing and quality of agricultural products.
To subscribe to a list a message should be sent to [email protected]leaving the subject blank and entering the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE CIGR-FAO-...-L Multiple subscriptions are possible in one message, using one separate line for each group.
CIRAD (Scientific and Technical Information Service)CIRAD is a scientific organisation which specialises in agriculture in tropical and subtropical regions. It was created in 1984 by the amalgamation of a number of research institutes involved in studying agricultural, veterinary, forestry and farm produce topics in warm climates.
TA 383/05, Avenue Agropolis,
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5
FRANCEE-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cirad.fr/
Geographic coverage: Tropics
Languages: French
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Crop production; Education/training; Horticultural crops; Information management; Tropical agriculture
Publications: Tropicale (bulletin); publications list available online
CIRAD's mission is to contribute to the development of these regions through research, experimentation, training and the provision of scientific and technical information. It employs 1800 staff and operates in more than 50 countries.
CIRAD has seven research departments: annual cultivation (CIRAD-CA); perennial cultivation (CIRAD-CP); fruit and horticultural products (CIRAD-FLHOR); animal rearing and veterinary medicine (CIRAD-EMVT); forestry (CIRAD-Forêt); farm produce and rural systems (CIRAD-SAR); and management, research and technical support (CIRAD-GERDAT). CIRAD operates from its own research centres, within the national agricultural research structures of partner countries or in support of their development operations.
The Philippe Ariès Information and Documentation Centre at Montpellier is both an information network in the world of agriculture in warm regions, and also the means for the provision of CIRAD's scientific and technical information. This is done through:
Colegio de PostgraduadosThe Colegio de Postgraduados is an institution for teaching, research, and services in agricultural sciences at postgraduate level. It is one of Mexico's most highly reputed and internationally acknowledged centres on agrarian sciences. It is organised in four institutes: Institute of Phytopathology; Institute of Genetic Resources and Productivity; Institute of Natural Resources; and Institute of Socioeconomics, Statistics, and Information Technology. It has six campuses and more than 20 postgraduate specialities. The objective is the training of specialists who, supported in their research and the generation of knowledge, contribute to the development of the rural environment.
Institution of Teaching Research in Agricultural Sciences
Km 36.5 Carretera Mex - Texcoco
Montecillo, Estado de México
CP 56230
MEXICOContact: Luis Eduardo Chalita Tovar, Director of the Institute of Socioeconomics, Statistics and Information Technology
Tel: +52 595 9520200
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.colpos.mx/
Geographic coverage: Mexico
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agriculture; Education/training
Publications: Revista Agrociencia (bimonthly); Interacción (monthly)
The College publishes Revista Agrociencia bimonthly, and the newsletter Interacción monthly. Both can be accessed on its website. It also has an extended catalogue of publications.
Conseil National de Concertation et de Coopération des RurauxCNCR gathers together the principal country agricultural organisations of Senegal. It organises the dialogue between them and coordinates their activities. Its objectives are:
BP 249
Dakar - RP
SENEGALContact: M. Mamadou Sall, President
Tel: +221 827 4097
Fax: +221 827 4101
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cncr.org/
Geographic coverage: Senegal
Languages: French
Subject areas: Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Crop production; Land management; Rural sociology
Publications: CNCR Information
CTA [Updated June 2004]
Postbus 380
6700 AJ Wageningen
NETHERLANDSContact: Mr Carl B. Greenidge, Director
Tel: +31 317 467100
Fax: +31 317 460067
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.agricta.org/
Geographic coverage: Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
Languages: English; French; Portuguese
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Education/training; Radio broadcasts; Rural development
Publications: SPORE (bimonthly)
CTA was established in 1983 under the Lomé Convention, a cooperation agreement between the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) group of states and the European Union
(EU) member states. CTA's tasks are to develop and provide services that improve access to information for agricultural and rural development, and to strengthen the capacity of ACP countries to produce, acquire, exchange and utilise information in this area.
CTA's programmes are organised around three principal activities:
CTA's Services include:
1. Question and Answer Service
CTA set up a Question-and-Answer Service (QAS) in 1985 to provide information and documentation to ACP partners. CTA has since desolved the Service and established QAS centres in ACP regions: South Africa (to cover Southern Africa), Uganda (to cover Eastern Africa), Mauritius (Indian Ocean countries), the Caribbean and the Pacific. In Central and West Africa, QAS centres have been set up in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria. There are plans for a centre in Papua New Guinea (to cover the Pacific region).
2. Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
The service aims to help improve research capability by providing researchers with up-to-date information on their research topic. Every 2 months, SDI beneficiaries are sent bibliographic records, including abstracts. The profiles are run on multiple databases
(AGRIS, AGRICOLA, CAB-ABSTRACTS) to ensure optimum recall in terms of timeliness and subject, geographic and linguistic coverage. Priority is given to the beneficiary's language preference, within the following range: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
Contact: [email protected]
3. CD-ROM / Internet databases
The institutions supported by CTA's CD-ROM programme include research centres, government agricultural departments, universities, NGOs, farmers' organisations and private sector
organisations.
4. Electronic Reference Library (ERL)
Just as CTA played a key role in pioneering the use of CD-ROM technology to disseminate agricultural information, it is now involved in helping ACP agricultural research and development institutions to use the Internet to access and share information. One way is through access to agricultural databases. A recent pilot exercise in Botswana on the possibility of replacing CTA's CD-ROM and Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) services with an Internet subscription showed that ERL and similar gateway services are a suitable replacement where institutions have good Internet access and the resources to run such a service. Following the success of the Botswana exercise, the service has been expanded to other centres in ACP countries The current package that CTA supports has four core agricultural databases:
AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB Abstracts and TROPAG & RURAL. Centres supported by CTA under its CD-ROM programme can apply to be upgraded to receive the Internet subscription if they have the resources to support the service.
5. Rural Radio Programme
Aimed at strengthening the links between extension workers and farmers, promoting knowledge-sharing between farmers, and addressing the problem of illiteracy, CTA's Rural Radio Resource Pack
(RRRP) project is designed to encourage the use of rural radio to disseminate scientific and technical information. The people benefiting from the project include rural radio programme producers and managers, extension workers and farmers. Five RRRPs are produced every year. Some 50 topics have been covered
6. Publications Distribution Service
The publications which fall into two categories: those produced by the Centre alone and those co-published with other organisations cover a wide range of topics related to agricultural and rural development in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(ACP) countries. They are available free-of-charge to subscribers to this service. Eligible subscribers include agricultural and rural development organisations in ACP countries. Individuals resident in ACP countries may also apply. Subscriptions to
Spore (English and French editions) and Esporo (Portuguese edition) are available free-of-charge to those working in Europe for agriculture and rural development in ACP countries, as well as to those in the ACP countries themselves. They are also available online.
Those who are not eligible to receive any of these publications free-of-charge may purchase them from:
ITDG Publishing, Bourton Hall, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warks, CV23 9QZ Tel +44(0)1926 634501 Fax: +44(0)1926 634502, E-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.itdgpublishing.org.uk
Other CTA online resources include:
Agritrade - Agricultural trade issues in current and future ACP-EU relations.
Knowledge for Development - CTA's portal on ACP Science and Technology R&D
ICT Update newsletter
Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy AnalysisIn 1997 the Committee of Directors of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) created ECAPAPA to address the need to improve agricultural policy in the region, and to bring the national agricultural research systems (NARS) into the process.
PO Box 756
Entebbe
UGANDAContact: Dr Isaac J. Minde, ECAPAPA Coordinator
Tel: +256 41 321780/321 751/2
Fax: +256 41 321 777
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.asareca.org/Networks/ECAPDOC.htm
Geographic coverage: Eastern and Central Africa
Languages: English
Subject Areas: Agricultural productivity; Policy analysis
Its goal is to achieve accelerated economic growth, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability and food security in the Eastern and Central African (ECA) region.
Its purpose is to promote policies and institutions that facilitate sustainable agricultural productivity, growth and increased trade in the ECA region, and address the concerns raised by the Committee of Directors, ECAPAPA attempts to address two challenges by:
Ecoregional Program for the Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Sub-Saharan AfricaEPHTA is an ambitious attempt to tackle some of the region's agricultural and resource management problems in a holistic way. The national agricultural research systems of 11 countries participate in the programme: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Togo.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
PMB 5320, Ibadan, Oyo State
NIGERIATel: +234 2 241 2626
Fax: +234 2 241 2221
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cgiar.org/iita/research/ephta1.htm
Geographic coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Farming systems; Post harvest technologies; Sustainable agriculture
The overall objective of EPHTA is to formalise and strengthen close collaboration among national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), international agricultural research centres (IARCs), international and regional research and development organisations, and relevant stakeholders, for implementing holistic ecoregional research and development activities encompassing benchmark areas, resource management domains, farmer participation in technology development, and innovative technology transfer mechanisms, in order to:
EMBRAPAEMBRAPA's mission is to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development of Brazilian agribusiness by generating, adapting and transferring knowledge and technologies that benefit Brazilian society. From 1973, EMBRAPA has generated and recommended more than 9000 technologies for Brazilian agriculture, focusing on reducing production costs to help Brazil increase the offer of food, while at the same time conserving natural resources and the environment and diminishing external dependence on technologies, basic products and genetic materials.
Parque Estação Biológica-PqEB s/no.
Brasília - DF - CEP: 70770-901
BRAZILContact: Heloiza Dias da Silva, Head of Public Relations (E-mail:[email protected])
Tel: +55 61 4484433
Fax: +55 61 3471041
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.embrapa.br/
Geographic coverage: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Agribusiness; Sustainable development; Technology transfer
Publications: Cadernos de Ciência e Tecnologia [Science and Technology Journal]; Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira [Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research]
Networking through 37 research units, three services and 15 central units, EMBRAPA is present in almost all 27 states of the Union, each having its own ecological conditions. It has 8530 employees, 2045 of whom are researchers, 47 per cent with master's degrees and 49 per cent with doctorates. Embrapa coordinates the National Agricultural Research System with cooperating institutions carrying out research in geographical areas or in defined fields of scientific knowledge. Its research covers almost all the sectors of Brazilian production and agro-industry.
It has 18 top priority programmes:
It maintains a News Databank on its website and publishes a few journals, mainly in Portuguese, but they also accept articles written in Spanish and English (Cadernos de Ciência e Tecnologia - Science and Technology Journal; Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira - Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research); and many books and documents yearly. Embrapa also administers an Electronic Global Forum on Agricultural Research on the discussion theme 'Funding strategies and mechanisms for agricultural research' (http://www.embrapa.br/egfar/)
Escuela Agrícola PanamericanaEAP is a centre of higher education with the objective of preparing leaders of the Americas in sustainable agriculture, agribusiness, agro-industry, natural resource management and rural development. Zamorano aims to achieve this through unique undergraduate education and outreach activities such as training and professional events, community development and applied research, which combine theory, practice and character formation. It also has an active role in the discussion of and propositions for their core interests in Honduras and Central America.
EAP Zamorano
PO BOX 93
Tegucigalpa
HONDURASContact: Mayra Falck
Tel: +504 766150/766140/766200
Fax: +504 766246/766240
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.zamorano.edu/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agribusiness; Agro-industry; Education/training; Natural resource management; Rural development; Sustainable agriculture
New
European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the
Tropics (ECART)
European Consortium for
Agricultural Research in the Tropics
NRI
Central Avenue
Chatham Maritime
Kent ME4 4TB
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Executive Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 1634 883226
Fax: +44
(0) 1634 883386
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://ecart.iao.florence.it/
Geographical coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Natural resources management
ECART was launched in May 1992 in response to the need for a concerted effort from the international scientific community to meet the diverse and complex demands of developing countries in natural resources management. It exists both to offer European research skills and expertise in a more accessible manner, and to encourage more effective coordination of research activities within Europe.
ECART's seven members are:
CIRAD Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement France
IICT Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical Portugal
NRI Natural Resources Institute United Kingdom
NRIL Natural Resources International Ltd United Kingdom
GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH Germany
IAO Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare Italy
WUR Wageningen University and Research Centers Netherlands
These are leading European research organisations who share common objectives in the field of development-oriented research for sustainable agriculture (crops, livestock, forestry and inland fisheries) and natural resources management. Together, the organisations represent a European capacity of over 7,000 professional staff.
Collaboration through ECART allows the member organisations to make a greater contribution to sustainable agricultural development in tropical and sub-tropical regions. In addition to their own expertise the six organisations can mobilise expertise from other national and international research and development organisations in Europe and elsewhere.
All the member institutions are characterised by a history of extensive field involvement in addressing natural resources development issues in developing countries. ECART works closely with regional agricultural research networks in the South (e.g. CORAF, ASARECA) and with national agricultural research systems (NARS) in individual countries, responding to their needs and their priorities. ECART also has close relations with the institutions of the European Union, aid agencies of the member states, and other European organisations, and has been involved in the establishment of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development.
Food and Agriculture OrganizationFAO is one of the largest clearing houses of agricultural information in the world, and disseminates technical information on the latest advances in all fields of agriculture, fisheries, forestry, animal husbandry and human resources development. FAO does this through its periodicals, technical papers, bulletins and manuals, as well as through popular series such as Rural Home Techniques, the Better Farming Series and the Training Series, which are normally published in the FAO languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish.
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome
ITALYContact: Jane M. Wu, Chief Librarian, David Lubin Memorial Library
Tel: +39 06 570 53703
Fax: +39 06 570 52002
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fao.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural information; Agriculture
Publications: Periodicals, technical papers, bulletins and manuals
FAO is increasingly promoting production of its publications in the local languages of its member countries. Grassroots and intermediate-level texts, in particular, need to be available in local languages so that relevant and reliable information can be provided to extension and field workers throughout the world. As FAO itself does not normally publish this sort of material in local languages, it encourages governments and non-governmental agencies to adapt, translate, print and distribute FAO publications. FAO liberally grants copyright permission, often provides limited financial assistance in local currency for translation and production, and sometimes buys back a certain number of copies. More information is available on the website.
AGLINET: general agricultural libraries with strong regional/country coverage and specialised subject resource collections around the world have agreed to participate in AGLINET, whereby all member libraries provide on request speedy inter-library loan, electronic documents and photocopy services to other member libraries, normally without charge. AGLINET centres are only asked to provide literature originating in the country, region or specialisation concerned. This voluntary cooperative library network was founded in 1971 within the framework of the International Association of Agriculture Librarians and Documentalists. The aim is to achieve a comprehensive resource coverage and mutual and rational use of library resources, not only for the benefit of members' own constituencies, but also in support of other libraries within their country/region. Member libraries provide each other with electronic documents, inter-library loans, reproductions (electronic, fiche or photocopy) and bibliographic information. The structure, tasks, principles and procedures and changes in membership are guided by the AGLINET statutes which were formulated and are periodically reviewed by members.
Contact for AGLINET: Jane Wu at the David Lubin
Memorial Library
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.fao.org/library/
Information activites are also undertaken by FAO Regional and Subregional Offices:
FAO Regional Office for Africa
Mr. M. J. Omar, Box 1628, Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 21 665 343, Fax: +233 21 234
003, E-mail: [email protected]
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Masion, Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200,
Thailand
Tel: +662 697 4000, Fax: +662 6974445,
E-mail:[email protected], Web: http://www.fao.or.th/
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura
y la Alimentación, Oficina Regional para América Latina y el
Caribe, Av. Dag Hammarskjold 3241, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
FAO Regional Office for the Near East
Mr Zehni, 11 El Eslah El Zerai Street (near Agricultural
Museum), Dokki, Cairo
PO Box 2223, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20 2 337 2229, Fax: +20 2 349 5981,
E-mail: [email protected]
FAO Subregional Office for North Africa (SNEA)
Mr Mustapha Sinaceur, PO Box 300, Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: +216 1 847 553, Fax: +216 1 791 859,
E-mail: [email protected]
FAO Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa
(SAFR)
Ms Victoria Sekitoleko, PO Box 3730, Harare,
Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 253 656 or 791 407, Fax: +263 4 703
497,
E-mail: [email protected]
FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands
(SAPA)
Mr V. A. Fuavao, FAO Private Mail Bag, Apia, Samoa
Tel: +685 22127, Fax: +685 22126, E-mail:
[email protected]
FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean (SLAC)
Mr Winston Rudder, PO Box 631-C, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Tel: +1 246 426 7111 or 426 7110, Fax: +1
246 442 79894 or 427 6075
FAO Subregional Office for Central And Eastern
Europe
Maria Kadlecikova
Tel: +36 1 3517026 or 4612001, E-mail:
[email protected]
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) [Updated June 2004]
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
PMB CT 173 Cantonments
2 Gowa Close, Roman Ridge
Accra
GHANA
Contact: Dr Monty P Jones, Executive Secretary
Tel: +233 21 772823 / 779421 / 774561
Fax: +233 21 773676
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.fara-africa.org/
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is an umbrella organisation bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. FARA complements the innovative activities of national, international and sub-regional research institutions to deliver more responsive and effective services to its stakeholders. It plays advocacy and coordination roles for agricultural research for development, while the national agricultural research systems (NARSs), advanced research institutions (ARIs) and international agricultural research centres (IARCs) develop improved technologies along the research-to-development continuum in their respective countries and coverage areas.
FARA's primary functions are:
Advocacy of the role of agricultural research leading to:
Promotion of functional partnerships and strategic alliances that will lead to:
Accelerating sharing and exchange of knowledge by way of:
Expanding the use of information technology in Africa. These primary functions stimulate:
Its newsletter Fara News is downloadable in PDF Format from its website.
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa maintains the Directory for African Agricultural
Research, which was formerly managed by the Special Programme for African Agricultural Research (SPAAR). This directory (currently available in print and in due course online) provides a comprehensive listing of institutions and their leaders working and investing in African agricultural research for development. These include: national agricultural research institutions, extension agencies, nongovernmental organisations, community-based organisations, private sectors and farmers' organisations, international agricultural research centres (such as CGIAR), advanced research institutions, regional networks and donors.
The founding members of FARA are the three sub-regional organisations (SROs) in Africa:
ASARECA - the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa);
CORAF/WECARD - Conseil Ouest Africain Pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricole / West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development; and
SADC/FANR - Southern African Development Community / Food Agriculture and Natural Resource Department.
Forum for the Americas on Agricultural Research and Technological DevelopmentFORAGRO is an open and participatory mechanism to facilitate and foster dialogue and cooperation among the countries of the region, and to promote the integration of technology. A key role of the Forum will be to exert influence in the formulation of policies to promote agricultural development from a technological perspective, focusing its efforts on strengthening and executing actions with the subregional mechanisms known as PROCIs (programme for cooperation of institutes) and other similar networks.
PO Box 55
2200 Coronado
COSTA RICAContact: Álvaro Álvaro Uribe, President
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iicanet.org/foragro/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Technology transfer
FORAGRO's specific objectives are to:
Global Forum on Agricultural ResearchRelying on cost-effective partnerships and strategic alliances, GFAR aims to promote a global system for agricultural research to reduce poverty, achieve food security, and conserve and manage biodiversity and natural resources. In short, GFAR can be defined as a neutral and transparent stakeholder-led platform, allowing its stakeholders to:
GFAR Secretariat, c/o FAO/SDR
viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Roma
ITALYTel: +39 06 57053413
Fax: +39 06 57053898
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.egfar.org/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Biodiversity; Food security; Natural resource management
Publications: GFAR Newsletter
GFAR publications are available from the GFAR website. Most can be downloaded as pdf and Word 97 files. These include the GFAR Newsletter, which disseminates information on GFAR activities, events and meetings organised by the various stakeholders, and important inter-stakeholder initiatives that are being organised or facilitated in the context of the Global Forum.
Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchICAR is an autonomous apex national organisation registered as a society, which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for the advancement of agriculture and allied sciences. It operates through 46 central research institutes; four national bureaux; 10 project directorates; 27 national research centres; 90 all-India coordinated research projects; 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras; and eight trainers' training centres (the central research institutes, national bureaux and national research centres are listed below).
Directorate of Information and Publications of Agriculture (DIPA)
Krishi Bhavan
New Delhi 110 001
INDIAContact: Director of Information
Tel: +91 11 5731350
Fax: +91 11 5731282
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://icar.org.in/welcome.html
Geographic coverage: India
Languages: English; Hindi; regional languages
Subject areas: Agriculture; Education/training; Information management; Research; Technology transfer
Publications: A wide range of publications
The Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) aims to bring the information management culture to the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) so that agricultural scientists can carry out research more effectively through having systematic access to research information available in India as well as in other countries, better project management of agricultural research, and modernisation of office tools.
ARIS has four information modules:
Publications: the Directorate of Information and Publications of Agriculture (DIPA) is the window of ICAR through which the research and other activities are revealed to the world. It brings out a variety of publications in English, Hindi and regional languages for the use of scientists, researchers, students, policy planners, extension personnel, farmers and the general public. These publications include research journals, popular magazines, scientific monographs, technical and popular books, handbooks, low-priced books, bulletins, reports, proceedings of conferences, etc.
DIPA has a mandate to:
Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), PB 181,
Andaman Nicobar & Lakshwadeep Group of Islands, Port Blair
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur,
Rajasthan, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/cazri.htm
A unique multidisciplinary research organisation in South and
Southeast Asia having research facilities for over 30 different
disciplines.
Central Avian Research Institute (CARI)
E-mail: [email protected]
A premier institute in the field of poultry research,
education, extension and training in India.
Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute (CICFRI),
Barrackpore, West Bengal
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/cicfri.html
The oldest premier research institution in the field of inland
fisheries research and training in India.
Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG), PO Farah,
Makhdoom, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
cirg.up.nic.in
A pioneer institute dedicated to the development of goats in
India
Central Institute for Sub-Tropical Horticulture (CISTH), Rae
Bareli Road, PO Dilkusha, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB), Sirsa
Road, Hissar, Haryana
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT),
Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
education.vsnl.com/circot
An Institute engaged in research and development activities in
cotton technology in India
Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), PO No. 225, GPO
Panjari, Wardha Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Its mission is to improve production, productivity and quality
of cotton through the development of ecologies for different agroclimatic
regions.
Central Institute for Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), PO
Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
E-mail: [email protected]
Premier research institute on freshwater aquaculture in
India.
Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology
(CIPHET), PAU Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/ciphet.html
A nodal institute for lead research in the area of post
harvest engineering and technology appropriate to the agricultural production
catchments, agro-processing industries, pilot plants, industrial liaison,
technology transfer, and national and international cooperation to meet national
needs.
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE),
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.mp.nic.in/ciae/
It aims to develop appropriate equipment and processes for
modernisation of agriculture using animal and mechanical power sources, develop
technology for reducing post harvest losses, and add value to agro-produce
through processing.
Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), 141,
Marshal's Road, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to conduct research for development of
techno-economically viable and sustainable culture system for finfish and
shellfish in brackish water.
Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Jaiprakash
Road, Seven Bungalows, Versova, Mumbai, Maharashtra
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/cife/index.html
First fisheries' university in India mandated to conduct
education and research programmes leading to post-graduate (MFSc) and doctoral
(PhD) degrees in specialised disciplines of fisheries science and
technology.
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Willingdon
Island, PO, Matsyapuri, Cochin, Kerala
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (CITH), PO
Sanatnagar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), PO 1603,
Ernakulam, Cochin, Kerala
E-mail: [email protected]
The premier research institute dedicated to marine fisheries
research.
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI),
Kasaragod, Kerala
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
cpcri.nic.in
Mandated to develop appropriate production, protection and
processing technologies for coconut, arecanut and cocoa through basic and
applied research.
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres
(CRIJAF), 24 Paraganas, Barrackpore, West Bengal
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA),
Santosh Nagar, PO Saidabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack,
Orissa
E-mail: [email protected]
Its main objective is to carry out research on basic and
applied aspects in all disciplines of rice culture, to devise ways of optimising
hectare yields of rice.
Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute (CSWRI),
Avikanagar, Tehsil Malpura, Tonk, Rajasthan
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to undertake basic and applied research in all
disciplines relating to sheep and rabbit production.
Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training
Institute (CSWCRTI), 218 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Zarifa Farm,
Kachwa Road, Karnal, Haryana
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Rajahmundri, Andhra
Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Sreekartiyam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Trivandrum, Kerala
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to undertake basic, strategic and applied research
for generating technologies to enhance productivity and utilisation potential of
tuber crops (other than potato).
ICAR Research Complex for Goa (ICARRCG), Ela Old,
Goa
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to conduct strategic and applied research on
potential agricultural and horticultural crops, livestock and fisheries for
improving productivity and post harvest management
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region (ICARRCNEHR), Umroi Road,
Barapani, Meghalaya
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Lac Research Institute (ILRI), Namkum, Ranchi,
Bihar
E-mail: [email protected]
The only research institute of its kind in the world, being
devoted exclusively to all aspects of lac research including its cultivation,
processing, value addition and utilisation.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar
Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Dr K. S.
Krishnan Marg, New Delhi
E-mail: [email protected]
IARI is the country's premier national institute for
agricultural research, education and extension. It has served the cause of
science and society with distinction through first rate research, generation of
appropriate technologies, and development of human resources.
Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI),
Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/iasri/default.html
IASRI aims to promote and conduct research and education and
training in agricultural statistics and computer applications, and to advise and
liaise with other institutes that have a stake in strengthening the agricultural
statistics system.
Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI),
Pahuj Dam, Jhansi-Gwalior Road, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kalyanpur, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/iipr.htm
A national centre for basic and applied research on pulse
crops: chickpea, pigeonpea, mungbean, urdbean, lentil, lathyrus, rajmash and
fieldpea.
Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR),
Hassaraghatta, Lake Post, Bangalore, Karnataka
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to undertake basic and applied research for
developing strategies to enhance the productivity and utilisation of tropical
and subtropical horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables, ornamental, medicinal
and aromatic) and mushrooms.
Indian Institute of Soil Sciences (IISS), Nabi Bagh, Berasia
Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), PO 1701, Marikannu
PO, Calicut, Kerala
E-mail: [email protected]
IISR Calicut, a constituent body of ICAR, is a major institute
devoted to research on spices.
Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR), Rae Bareli
Road, PO Dilkusha, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (PDV), Gandhinagar,
Naira PO, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
The project was envisaged as a national network of
multidisciplinary research on the improvement of the major vegetable
crops.
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM),
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal,
Haryana
E-mail: [email protected]
National Institute for Research on Jute Allied Fibres
Technology (NIRJAFT), 12 Regent Park, Calcutta, West Bengal
E-mail: [email protected]
National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology
(NIANP), NDRI Campus, Adugodi, Bangalore, Karnataka
E-mail: [email protected]
Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu
E-mail: [email protected]
Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Shala (VPKAS), Almora,
Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Premier institute of ICAR engaged in hill agricultural
research for the North-Western Himalayan region of India.
ICAR National Bureaux:
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), 351/28,
Radha Swami Bhawan, Duriyapur PO, Rajendranagar, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to collection, classification and evaluation of
information on fish genetic resources of the country.
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), PB 129,
Karnal, Haryana
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://www.nic.in/icar/nbagr/nbagr.html
It is responsible for identification, evaluation,
characterisation, conservation and utilisation of livestock and poultry genetic
resources in India.
National Bureau of Plant & Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa
Complex, Inder Puri, New Delhi
E-mail:[email protected], Web:
http://nbpgr.delhi.nic.in/
A nodal organisation for plant genetic resource activities in
India.
National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning
(NBSSLUP), Shankar Nagar, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra
E-mail: [email protected]
It was set up in 1976 with a mandate to provide a research
input into the soil survey activities of the country and also carry out soil
resource mapping programmes at national, state and district level for land use
planning.
ICAR National Research Centres:
National Centre for Agricultural Economics & Policy
Research (NCAP), IASRI Campus, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi
E-mail: [email protected]
Conducts policy-oriented research and strengthens agricultural
economics research and teaching capability in state agricultural universities
and ICAR institutes.
National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM), Lal
Bahadur Shastri Bhawan,
Wing L-1&M-1, Block F, IARI Campus, New Delhi
E-mail: [email protected]
Through the partnerships, NCIPM plans and conducts ecofriendly
IPM research and development programmes which are essentially required for
sustainable agriculture and environmental security.
National Research Centre for Agroforestry (NRCAF), IGFRI
Campus, Pahuj Dam,
Jhansi-Gwalior Road, Jhansi, Madhya Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to undertake basic and applied research for
developing and delivering technologies based on sustainable agroforestry
practices on farms, marginal lands and wastelands for different agroclimatic
zones in India.
National Research Centre for Arid Horticulture (NRCAH), 10th
Milestone, Ganganagar Road, Beechwal, Bikaner, Rajasthan
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), 44 Ramalinga
Nagar, Vayalur Road, Trichurapalli, Tamil Nadu
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Cashew (NRCC), Kamminje, Puttur,
Karnataka
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to increase production and productivity of cashew by
developing high-yielding varieties of cashew.
National Research Centre for Camel (NRCC), Jorbeer, PO Box 7,
Bikaner, Rajasthan
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to undertake basic and applied research for
improvement of camels.
National Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC), PO Box 464,
Shankar Nagar PO, Nagpur, Maharashtra
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for DNA Fingerprinting (NRCDF),
NBPGR, IARI Complex, Pusa, New Delhi
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Equines (NRCE), Sirsa Road,
Hissar, Haryana
E-mail: [email protected]
A premier institute conducting research on equine health and
production.
National Research Centre for Grapes (NRCG), Post Bag 3, Manjri
Farm Post, Sholapur Road, Pune, Maharashtra
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Groundnut (NRCG), Ivanagar Road,
PB 5, Junagarh, Gujarat
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Meat & Meat Products
(NRCMMP), c/o PD Poultry Science, APAU Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
(NRCMAP), Borivai, Anand, Gujarat
E-mail: [email protected]
Its mandate is to develop appropriate production, protection
and processing technologies for important medicinal and aromatic plants through
basic, strategic and applied research.
National Research Centre for Mithun (NRCM), ICAR Research
Complex, Jharnapani, Medziphema, Nagaland
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Mushroom (NRCM), Chambaghat,
Solan, Himachal Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Oilpalm (NRCO), Pedavegi, West
Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
A centre of excellence for conducting and coordinating
research on all aspects of oilpalm, including conservation, improvement,
production, protection, post harvest technology, transfer of technology and
human resource development.
National Research Centre for Onion & Garlic (NRCOG),
Rajgurunagar, Distt Pune, Maharashtra
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Orchids (NRCO), Pakyong, East
Sikkim
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Rapeseed Mustard (NRCRM), Sewar,
Bharatpur, Rajasthan
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Weed Science (NRCWS), PB 17,
Maharajpur, Adhartal, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture (NRCWA),
1199 Jagamana, PO Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre for Yak (NRCY), Dirang, West Kameng,
Arunachal Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Mandated to conduct research on improvement of yak and its
products through selection and breeding with exotic frozen semen and
crossbreeding programmes with BOS species.
National Research Centre on Coldwater Fisheries (NRCCWF),
Saurabh Cottage, Thandi, Sarak, Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttar Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Is emerging as the nodal facility in India where research
investigations are undertaken both on capture and culture aspects, with a focus
on exotic and coldwater species.
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology (NRCPB), IARI
Campus, Pusa, New Delhi
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre on Sorghum (NRCS), Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
National Research Centre on Soyabean (NRCS), Khandwa Road,
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
E-mail: [email protected]
Institute for Research, Extension and Training in AgricultureIRETA was established in 1983 as an institute of the University of the South Pacific, a regional university with 12 member countries. The Institute is located together with the School of Agriculture at the University's Alafua Campus in Samoa. In addition to the 12 member countries, IRETA also provides a service to Papua New Guinea as well as to other island nations in the Pacific. IRETA also hosts the regional branch office of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), which serves the 11 Pacific ACP member states.
Alafua Campus, University of the South Pacific
Private Mail Bag
Apia
SAMOAContact: Mohammed Umar, Director; Chris Nelson, Senior Librarian
Tel: +685 22372/21671
Fax: +685 22347/22933
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.usp.ac.fj/
Geographic coverage: Pacific Islands
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Capacity building; Education/training; Extension and advisory work
Publications: South Pacific Agricultural News (newsletter, 11 issues per year); Journal of South Pacific Agriculture (three issues per year); handbooks and conference reports
Research: together with national departments of agriculture, IRETA conducts applied agricultural research to increase food production and productivity in its member countries. Its main area of research is root crop breeding, tissue culture (root crops in particular), farming systems (especially on atolls and in Polynesia), local livestock feeds and post harvest technology.
Extension: IRETA's outreach programme includes national agricultural liaison officers (usually staff of national departments of agriculture), audiovisual media, and library services and publications. Through the Agriculture and Rural Development Information Network (ARDIN) Centre, IRETA is able to respond to requests for information and assistance from its member countries. Placing an ALO in nearly all member countries brings access to these services closer to national institutions and individuals. IRETA has an extensive catalogue of technical manuals, extension leaflets and brochures (many in local Pacific languages), a newsletter (IRETA's South Pacific Agriculture News), the peer-reviewed Journal of South Pacific Agriculture, and other publications including conference proceedings, workshop reports and annual reports.
Training: IRETA has set up a training centre (with accommodation) to facilitate the hosting of formal and informal training courses, workshops and seminars. The five to seven workshops held annually cover a range of topics, including crop and livestock production, crop protection, floriculture, agricultural research, and information and communication skills.
IRETA's services and resources are designed specifically for its member countries in the Pacific, but on application they may be available to other developing countries. A website, currently being developed, will provide further information and contact details.
Instituto de Investigaciones AgrícolasINIA, the agricultural national research institute of Venezuela, was previously known as FONAIAP (Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias) and is an executive body of the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología for agri-food chain research and specialised services for knowledge and technology generation and validation.
Avda Casanova Godoy
Maracay 2103
Estado Aragua
VENEZUELAContact: Trino Barreto, Director of Technology Transfer
Tel: +58 243 2836978
Fax: +58 243 2836978
Web: http://www.inia.gov.ve/
Geographic coverage: Venezuela
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Aquaculture; Crop production; Horticulture; Livestock
Publications: Agronomía Tropical; Zootecnia Tropical; Veterinaria Tropical (quarterly)
It is demand-oriented, focusing on development-oriented research. Its leading objectives are to:
INIA publishes three quarterly technical journals: Agronomía Tropical, Zootecnia Tropical and Veterinaria Tropical.
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y PecuariasINIFAP is the Mexican National Research Institute for Agricultural Production. Its main focus is on integrating the whole food chain, from producer to consumer, contributing to productive, competitive, fair and sustainable rural development. INIFAP concentrates mainly on forestry, agricultural and livestock production. It counts on more than 1000 highly trained researchers and up-to-date facilities in 81 research units coordinated by eight regional research centres.
Serapio Rendón 83
Col. San Rafael
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
CP 06470 México DF
MÉXICOContact: Rosalia Teliz Triujeque, Director of Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Tel: +52 51 401600
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.inifap.conacyt.mx/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural production; Crop production; Food production; Forestry; Livestock; Sustainable development
Publications: Técnica Pecuaria en México; Agricultura Técnica en México; Revista Ciencia Forestal en México; Memorias
INIFAP research programmes have four main objectives:
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)IICA is the agency of the inter-American system specialising in agriculture. It was created in October 1942 by the governing board of the Pan American Union to support the efforts of the member states in promoting agricultural development and rural wellbeing.
PO Box 55
2200 Coronado
COSTA RICAContact: Gerardo Escudero, Director, External Relations, Communications and Marketing
Tel: +506 229 0222
Fax: +506 229 4741/2651
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iicanet.org/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean; Latin America
Languages: English; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Sustainable development
Publications: CommunIICA (quarterly)
During its years in existence, IICA has adapted to the changing needs of the member countries. Presently its focus is on promoting and supporting sustainable agricultural development, taking into account the impact of globalisation and the progress of various integration processes under way throughout the hemisphere.
IICA maintains technical cooperation agencies in 34 countries, which are grouped into regional centres (Northern, Central, Caribbean, Andean and Southern). Each works directly with the relevant ministries and the private sector in developing technical cooperation activities in pursuit of goals consistent with IICA's objectives.
IICA's technical cooperation activities address the following topics: socioeconomic policy, trade and investment; science and technology, natural resources and agricultural production; agricultural health; sustainable rural development; integration and agribusiness development; training, education and communications; information, documentation and informatics.
IICA maintains a variety of databases pertinent to the agricultural sector, has a publications list of over 200 technical titles for sale, and is presently publishing two series of books on sustainable development (discussion papers and education series) for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). Moreover, it publishes and distributes widely a quarterly magazine, CommunIICA, and produces a weekly radio programme which is broadcast by some 500 radio stations.
Like other international organisations, IICA produces timely, reliable and high-quality technical and promotional information on the Institute's activities, and on the scientific and technical knowledge it transmits, as an essential part of the technical cooperation activities it provides through its areas of concentration and related activities.
Since it was founded, IICA has been producing specialised information for its official audiences in the form of annual reports, specific reports, reports on research findings and on the results of externally funded activities.
In addition it produces promotional materials intended to enhance the image of the institute, as well as technical materials that it distributes to its technical audiences, including students, teachers and specialists associated with the agricultural and forestry sectors. It has an institutional audience as well, consisting of the countless professionals working in the fields of science and technology associated with activities such as agricultural trade, agro-industry and issues related to economic globalisation and the integration processes under way in the Americas, as well as civil society as a whole.
A large part of these materials are produced at IICA headquarters, such as the educational books and materials series; the series produced by the areas of concentration; the annual report; the ComunIICA magazine; the official documents series (MTP, EC, IABA, etc.); publications corresponding to programmes or projects (GTZ, PREVAL, PRIAG, ACT-CR, specialised centres, AIBDA, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, CATIE, etc.); the upcoming magazine AgroAmerIICA; administrative, accounting and personnel manuals; as well as a variety of institutional promotional or informational brochures. Given this broad range of publications, a special unit exists at headquarters called Editorial AgroAmerica, which provides support to those who produce these written materials by means of editorial, translation, design and layout, printing and binding, and distribution services.
IICA JamaicaIICA was established in 1942 as the inter-American agency specialising in agriculture. IICA's office in Jamaica is one of 34 technical cooperation units operating in the Latin American and Caribbean subregions. IICA's main focus is agriculture, and its stated mission is to cooperate with the Government of Jamaica, the private sector, national, regional and international institutions in order to improve competitiveness and promote sustainable development of agriculture in Jamaica.
PO Box 349
Kingston 6
JAMAICAContact: Dr Chelston Brathwaite, IICA representative in Jamaica
Tel: +1 876 927 0020/702 4779 or 7024780
Fax: +1 876 702 4781
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.agroinfo.org/caribbean/iicacarc/jamaica/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean; Latin America
Languages: English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Sustainable development
Publications: JADIN Bulletin (biannual)
IICA-Jamaica meets these objectives through several programmes that address better use and management of natural resources, the improvement of middle management technical capabilities and farmers' skills, the fostering of agribusiness development linked with private sector participation, and support of activities that contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the Jamaican agricultural sector. IICA's links with its other Caribbean representations and with its Latin American partners contribute to coordination and dialogue between regional and international agencies and with the private sector.
IICA-Jamaica has identified the following strategic areas for its 1998 - 2002 work programme:
The current holdings of the Information Centre at IICA Jamaica cover a range of types of literature, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, journals and non-conventional literature. A small collection of these items is available in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
BIBLIO is accessible via Agri2000 at http://www.sidalc.net/
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry AreasICARDA, one of 16 centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), was established in 1977 and works through a network of partnerships with national, regional and international institutions, universities, NGOs and ministries in the developing world, and with advanced research institutes in industrialised countries.
PO Box 5466
Aleppo
SYRIAContact: S. Varma, Head of Information Services
Tel: +963 21 2213433/2225012
Fax: +963 21 2213490
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: Arabic; English; French
Subject areas: Crop production; Dryland ecosystems; Natural resource management; Poverty
Publications: Dryland Pasture and Forage Legume Network News (newsletter); FABIS (faba bean) Newsletter; ICARDA Caravan (journal); LENS (lentil) Newsletter; RACHIS (barley and wheat) Newsletter
ICARDA's mission is to improve the welfare of people through research and training in dry areas of the developing world by increasing the production, productivity and nutritional quality of food, while preserving the natural resource base. ICARDA is committed to the advancement of agricultural research; free exchange of germplasm and information for research; protection of intellectual property rights, including indigenous knowledge of farmers; human resources development; the sustainable use of natural resources; and poverty alleviation, particularly among women and children.
ICARDA serves the developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil and faba bean, and dry-area developing countries for on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition, productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and the rehabilitation of rangelands. It is also responsible, in the West Asia/North Africa region, for the improvement of durum and bread wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage legumes.
The Centre shares information about its research strategy, activities and accomplishments with all those concerned with agriculture. It produces a variety of publications, which fall into four broad categories:
The LIS specialises in research areas of interest to ICARDA, and exploits emerging information technologies to provide the best possible support. Its specific objectives are to:
CIGR General SecretariatCIGR is building a worldwide network of national, multinational and regional associations of agricultural engineering. Its goal is to facilitate worldwide exchange of experience and to boost cooperation between all colleagues working in the field of agricultural engineering.
Institut Für Landtechnik
Universität Bonn
Nussallee, 5
D-53 115 Bonn
GERMANYContact: Professor P. Schulze Lammers, Secretary General
Tel: +49 2 28 73 23 89
Fax: +49 2 28 73 96 44
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cigr.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Agricultural engineering
Publications: Agricultural Engineering International (e-journal); CIGR Newsletter/Bulletin de la CIGR (quarterly)
Publications
Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR Journal of Scientific Research and Development, its electronic peer-reviewed technical journal (cigr-ejournal.tamu.edu/), includes both original scientific and engineering research and invited overviews of broad topics of interest to agricultural engineers. Manuscripts should be submitted to [email protected]
CIGR Newsletter/Bulletin de la CIGR - a quarterly newsletter in English and French which is sent to all members; contains information on member associations, members, sections, working groups, future events such as congresses, seminars, symposia and workshops, and lists publications available from CIGR.
International Farming Systems Association [updated Sept 2004]
Institute of Community Education
University of the Philippines
Los Banos College
Laguna 4031
PHILIPPINESContact: Dr Virginia R Cardenas, Secretary/Treasurer
Tel: +632 49 536 3256 Fax: +632 81 356 897
E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.laguna.net/ifsa/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English
Subject areas: Farming systems
IFSA (International Farming Systems Association), formerly the Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension, is a global association with an international membership consisting of individual researchers and practitioners and various regional associations and networks involved in farming systems related work around the world. It represents a unique movement of agricultural professionals from five continents and diverse disciplinary and institutional backgrounds.
It aims to:
Members receive both the IFSA News Sheet and the Journal for Farming Systems Research-Extension.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [updated Sept 2004]
Oyo Road
PMB 5320
Ibadan
NIGERIAContact: Y. Adedigba, Head, Library and Documentation
Tel: +234 2 2412626 Fax: +234 2 2412221
E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.iita.org
Geographic coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Crop production; Food security; Natural resource management; Post harvest systems; Tropical agriculture
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was founded in 1967 as an international agricultural research institute with a mandate for improving food production in the humid tropics and to develop sustainable production systems. It became the first African link in the worldwide network of agricultural research centres known as the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), formed in 1971.
IITA's mission is to enhance the food security, income and well-being of resource-poor people, primarily in the humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa by conducting research and related activities to increase agricultural production, improve food systems and sustainably manage natural resources, in partnership with national and international stakeholders.
To this end, IITA conducts research, germplasm conservation, training and information exchange activities in partnership with regional bodies and national programmes including universities, NGOs and the private sector. The research agenda addresses crop improvement, plant health, and resource and crop management within a food systems framework and targeted at the identified needs of four major agro-ecological zones: the dry savanna, the moist savanna, the humid forests and the mid-altitude savanna. Research focuses on smallholder cropping and postharvest systems and on the following food crops: cassava, cowpea, maize, plantain and banana, soybean and yam.
The IITA Library serves as the central reference library for materials on the tropical agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa and operates an international information centre (International Grain Legume Information Center - IGLIC) on tropical grain legumes with special emphasis on cowpeas.
Details of IITA publications are to be found via its Publications Catalog. Some are available online. These include Annual and Project Reports and several newsletters produced by IITA or networks hosted at IITA, such as:
Alternative international mailing address: IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, c/o Mrs Teresa Cox, L W Lambourn & Co, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon CR9 3EE, UK.
ISNAR Program [updated April 2004]
PO Box 5689
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Tel: +251 1 463215
Fax: +251 1 461252 / 464645
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.isnar.cgiar.org
The ISNAR Program, a research and outreach division of IFPRI based in Addis Ababa, began operations on April 1, 2004. Its activities focus on two main areas of research:
While the main focus of the programme's attention is on Africa, it also maintains a global mandate and is active in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and the West Asia and North Africa region.
The ISNAR Program at IFPRI incorporates some of the research responsibilities of the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), which ceased operations in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2004. For activities prior to April 2004, please visit ISNAR's archived website at
www.isnar.cgiar.org/index1.htm
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT-Agriculture) [updated Sept 2004]
PO Box 95001
1090 HA Amsterdam
NETHERLANDSContact: Drs J H W van Hartevelt, RI, Head of Information Services
Tel: +31 20 568 8290 / 8298 Fax: +31 20 665 4423
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Web: http://www.kit.nl
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; Dutch
Subject areas: Agriculture; Development; Information management; Sustainable development
Publications: Agriculture and Environment for Developing Regions (monthly); publications list available online
The Information Services department (IS) collects, documents, interprets, disseminates and manages information about international development issues and developing countries.
The TROPAG & RURAL bibliographic database on CD-ROM covers the international literature on agriculture, development, environmental management and agricultural processing in developing countries. It:
The printed version of the database comprises the monthly journal, Agriculture and Environment for Developing Regions.
In order to close the gap between information needs and information demand, the department has focused the development of its expertise on the field of effectively disseminating the right information to the right person. Information management projects have been implemented in many developing countries covering, among other subjects, the effective management of information services and the development of library collections.
KIT has published the following 7 titles in the Gender, Society & Development series:
Advancing women´s status; Gender, citizenship and governance; Gender perspectives on property and inheritance; Gender training; Institutionalizing gender equality; Natural resources management and gender and Women´s information services.
The KIT Library offers one of the world's largest collections of scientific and popular books, periodicals, articles and maps concerning developing countries. It contains more than 250,000 books and monographs, complemented by 4,600 current serials. It also includes substantial collections of UN publications and maps. Subjects covered include: agriculture, anthropology, culture, economic development, health, history, international development and social sciences. The library also comprises an important collection of over 100,000 documents belonging to colonial history.
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development InstituteMARDI was established in 1969 to function as a central, integrated organisation to undertake agricultural research (except in rubber, oilpalm and cocoa) geared to the development of locally adapted technology to serve the agro-based industries and the farming community.
Petit Surat 12301
50774 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIAE-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.mardi.my/
Geographic coverage: Malaysia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Crop production; Food technology; Livestock; Tropical agriculture
Publications: A wide range of publications
R&D activities cover:
The MARDI central library, established in 1972, is a specialised agricultural library designed to provide reference and information services to its researchers and administrative personnel in support of their research and management activities. It aims to be a premier research library providing relevant information and services on tropical agriculture and its related fields.
MARDI has a central library at its headquarters in Serdang and branch libraries at its regional stations, while smaller stations are equipped with relevant book and journal collections.
MARDI also publishes a wide range of publications in the following categories: scientific serial publications; books/monographs; advisory serial publications; general publications.
Movimiento Agroecologico de America Latina y el CaribeMAELA, a movement for the promotion of ecological farming in Latin America and the Caribbean, was founded in Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1989 in the context of the crisis in Latin American agriculture. Its aim is to develop a socially just, economically profitable and ecologically stable model of development.
Coordinación General de MAELA
Almirante Riveros
043 Providencia
Santiago
CHILEE-mail:
Web: http://www.maela-net.org/
Geographic coverage: Latin America; Caribbean
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Sustainable agriculture
Publications: Hoja a Hoja (quarterly)
The promotion of binding regulations and controls for the production and trade of agricultural products in Latin America is part of the activities of MAELA, as is the training of experts for certain tests and for certification. Also, the movement prepares proposals to advise national and international institutions which have decision-making powers with regard to environmental, agricultural and food-related issues. MAELA promotes political strategies and initiatives that preserve the cultural heritage of the regions and aim for self-sufficiency in food stocks and the participation of the population.
MAELA's central coordination office is in Santiago, Chile. It has five regional coordination centres for the region of Cono Sur (including Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile); the region of the Andes (covering Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia); the Brazilian Amazon; Brazil (excluding the Amazon); and Central America and the Caribbean (covering Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela).
The coordination centres undertake research, information, training and standards, as well as marketing. MAELA publishes a quarterly magazine with the title Hoja a Hoja.
New August 2004
National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)
National Agricultural Advisory
Services
PO Box 25235
Kampala
UGANDA
Contact: Dr. Francis Byekwaso, Manager, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Tel: +256 41 345440/345065/345066
Fax: +256 41 347843
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]
Web: http://www.naads.or.ug/
Geographical coverage: Uganda
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural development;Agricultural extension; Farming systems; Information transfer
Publications: NAADS Newsletter; Linking; and other publications available online
The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) is a new programme of the government of Uganda put in place to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural extension service. It is a semi-autonomous body formed under NAADS Act of June 2001 with a mandate to develop a demand driven, farmer-led agricultural service delivery system targeting the poor subsistence farmers, with emphasis to women, youth and people with disabilities. Its development goal is to enhance rural livelihoods by increasing agricultural productivity and profitability in a sustainable manner.
NAADS’ aims to increase farmers’ access to information, knowledge and technology for profitable agricultural development.
NAADS has several publications on various aspects of NAADS' programme implementation which can be downloaded in PDF format from the NAADS website. These include the NAADS Newsletter: A Quarterly Bulletin of NAADS Secretariat
NAADS to-date is being implemented in 21 districts and 153 sub-counties. The expansion to new districts and sub-counties is through either direct entry or harmonisation with on-going programmes that have extension related components. The programme will continue to expand gradually and systematically until all the districts in the country are covered within the first 7 years of implementation.
Closely associated with NAADS is the ‘Project for Linking Demand for, and Supply of, Agricultural Information in Uganda’. This works with the government, R&D agencies, NARO, Makerere University, NGOs, farmers, private service providers, local government and other stakeholders in Uganda to integrate smallholder demand for agricultural technologies and market information with the supply of information from a variety of sources in particular DFID research programmes in Eastern Africa.
Linking, the newsletter of the Project is also available on the NAADS website.
National Agricultural Research InstituteNARI was established by an Act of Parliament in 1996 and launched in 1998 as a publicly funded, statutory research organisation. In addition to conducting applied and adaptive research, NARI is responsible for providing authoritative technical, analytical and diagnostic services and up-to-date information to the entire agricultural sector in Papua New Guinea.
PO Box 4415
Lae 411 Morobe
PAPUA NEW GUINEAContact: Ipul Powaseu, Information Manager
Tel: +675 472 1751
Fax: +675 472 2242
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.nari.org.pg/
Geographic coverage: Papua New Guinea
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Education/training; Extension and advisory work
Publications: NARI Nius (newsletter); extension publications in simple English and Tok Pisin
The mission of NARI is to contribute, through applied research and technical services, to the development of the agriculture sector and the realisation of national goals by identifying, adapting and transferring agricultural technologies and information on food crops, alternative cash crops, livestock and resource management, in order to:
A range of extension publications has been issued and information services delivered through strategically located information centres and points. NARI collaborates actively with similar institutions in Papua New Guinea, NGOs and community-based organisations and international development assistance agencies. NARI has set up a library catalogue and information database which is the prototype of a national agricultural information system. The database is available to organisations, agencies and projects in Papua New Guinea working in the agricultural and rural sector.
Noragric [updated Sept 2004]
Centre for International Environment and Development Studies
PO Box 5001
N-1432
NORWAYContact: Joanna Boddens-Hosang, Information Officer
Tel: +47 64 94 99 50 Fax: +47 64 94 07 60
E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.nlh.no/noragric/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Biodiversity; Community development; Dryland ecosystems; Food security; Genetic resources; Poverty; Sustainable agriculture
Established in 1986, Noragric is the Agricultural University of Norway's (NLH) Centre for international environment and development studies. Noragric's activities focus on research, education (MSc and PhD programmes) and assignments with an emphasis on developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
With more than 30 years of interaction between NLH and institutions in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, Noragric has established a broad network of worldwide contacts including institutional cooperation with academic and professional institutions.
Noragric's objective is to promote equitable development and community empowerment in low-income countries and countries with an economy in transition, through generating and disseminating knowledge in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food security, natural resources management and environmental policy.
Noragric's professional focus lies in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food and livelihood security, natural resource management and community development. More specifically, Noragric focuses on:
Noragric's library supplements the NLH library with a specialised collection on agriculture and natural resources management in tropical areas. The library is an integrated part of Noragric's professional activities, and makes up an important part of the resource base. The library catalogue is searchable on the database.
Information dissemination is an important aspect of Noragric's work. Research results and education must reach those that require the information most - people working in the field of international environment and development, and, ultimately, the people whose livelihoods depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. Various means of communication are used to disseminate information: in a printed format (publications such as Noragric Reports, Working Papers, PhD and MSc theses, but also articles in scientific journals, joint publications, popular publications and various papers) and electronically. Besides its own website, Noragric also carries the coordinating and/or editing responsibilities for the following activities:
Noragric also coordinates the website for the Norwegian Forum for Agricultural Development Cooperation
(http://www.agronor.org)
PROCICARIBE [updated Sept 2004]
PROCICARIBE Secretariat
CARDI, UWI Campus
St Augustine
TRINIDAD & TOBAGOContact: Executive Secretary
Tel: +1 868 645 1205
Fax: +1 868 645 1208
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.procicaribe.org/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Technology transfer
Publications: PROCICARIBE NEWS (three issues per year)
PROCICARIBE is the Caribbean Agricultural Science and Technology Networking System. It is designed to provide an institutional framework by which the region can design and implement strategies for the integration and coordination of agricultural research at the national and regional levels with linkages to international organisations.
Its objectives are to:
The PROCICARIBE secretariat facilitates the operations of the networks whilst making the relevant linkages with collaborators at the regional and international levels.
PROCICARIBE strategies are focused on the development and support of commodity and thematic networks. Regional networking is necessary whenever national efforts alone are insufficient to solve problems. National agricultural research systems (NARS) that recognise clear advantages from networking are required to make firm commitments to ensure timely and efficient execution of the network's activities.
The Secretariat also works closely with the Caribbean Agricultural Information Service (CAIS) to ensure information flow through the Networks
(http://www.caisnet.org/).
Presently, PROCICARIBE is working with the following regional networks:
CARIFruit - fruits
CRIDNET - rice.
CIPMNET - integrated pest management
CAPGERNET - plant genetic resources
CLAWRENET - land and water resources
CARINET - biosystematics
CASRUNET - small ruminants
CAROT - roots and tubers
CARIVEG - vegetables
CAIS - information systems
CAMID - marketing development
CAPHNET - post harvest technology
PROCICARIBE News disseminates technical and general information on agricultural technologies associated with the various commodity and thematic networks within the system.
New April 2004
PROLINNOVA initiative
PROLINNOVA initiative
c/o ETC Ecoculture
POB 64
NL-3830 AB Leusden
NETHERLANDS
Contact: Laurens
van Veldhuizen
Tel: +31 33 4326024
Fax +31 33 4940791
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.prolinnova.net
Geographical coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Indigenous Knowledge; Local innovation
PROLINNOVA (PROmoting Local INNOVAtion) is an NGO-led initiative to promote
local innovation in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). It on
ways to promote local people's innovation in ecologically-oriented agriculture
and natural resource management. Activities include:
· documenting local innovations and innovation processes by resource-poor farmers and communities;
· strengthening farmer-advisor-scientist partnerships to further develop and scale up promising local innovations;
· creating wider awareness of and skills in PROLINNOVA processes through a variety of learning mechanisms; and
·
integrating PROLINNOVA approaches into mainstream institutions of
agricultural research, development and education. National and regional
multi-stakeholder platforms facilitate mutual learning about PROLINNOVA
processes.
Its website is its first attempt to develop an e-platform
for exchanging information and experiences about how to promote local
innovation.
With support from IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), multi-stakeholder platforms in three countries have designed their own PROLINNOVA programmes, co-ordinated by the following NGOs:
· Ethiopia: AgriService Ethiopia (ASE), Addis Ababa; Contact: Amanuel Assefa ([email protected])
· Ghana: Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD), Accra; Contact: King-David Amoah ([email protected])
·
Uganda: Environmental Alert, Kampala; Contact:
Fred Kafeero ([email protected]).
In each country, multi-stakeholder steering groups have
collected local experiences in recognising farmer innovation and promoting
participatory technology/innovation development (PTD/PID).
From January 2004 PROLINNOVA programmes are starting up in
Cambodia, Nepal, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania.
In collaboration with existing electronic databases and networks, PROLINNOVA will build up discussion platforms on promoting local innovation in Ecological Agriculture/NRM. To overcome the digital divide, printed materials will also be disseminated, and links will be sought with other media such as radio and video.
PROCISURPROCISUR constitutes a joint effort of the National Institutes of Farming Technology of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. It aims to answer to the technological demands of its countries' members and the block as a whole, with the purpose of increasing the internal and external competitiveness of the farming and agro-industrial sectors.
Walk 1365, Floor 8
11100 Montevideo
URUGUAYContact: Dr Robert M. Bocchetto, Executive Secretary
Tel: +598 2 9020424
Fax: +598 2 9002292
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.procisur.org.uy/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: English; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural development; Agro-industry; Technology transfer
Publications: Publications accessible online
Objectives are to:
PROCITROPICOSPROCITROPICOS began its activities in 1992, through a Cooperation Agreement signed by the national agricultural research institutions of eight Amazon countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Its purpose is to institutionalise a permanent system of coordination, mutual support, knowledge exchange and cooperative actions related to the generation and transfer of agricultural technology for the sustainable development of the South American tropical ecosystems.
Via S1 Eixo Monumental, Campus do INMET
70610-400 Cruzeiro
Brasilia-DF
BRAZILContact: Waldo Espinoza, Executive Secretary
Tel: +5561 342 1590, 342 1591
Fax: +5561 343 1993
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.procitropicos.org.br/ingles/presentation.html
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Ecosystem management; Technology transfer; Tropical agriculture
The network includes the institutions and organisations that make up the national technological innovation systems (NARIs, universities, private sector and NGOs), together with the international agricultural research centres, particularly Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) and Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), as well as other international cooperation and technical assistance programmes in Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean, especially GTZ and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD).
PROCITROPICOS has been responsible for consolidating the operation of the TROPIGEN (Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources) and TROPINFO (Production and Dissemination of Information on Natural Resources) networks during this period.
PRODARPRODAR is an international technical cooperation programme on rural agro-industry, rural development and agribusiness for Latin America. Its main focus is on information, training and technical advice. Its members are a variety of organisations (entrepreneurial, political, governmental, international) engaged in rural agro-industry.
Av. Jorge Basadre 1120
San Isidro
PERUContact: Hernando Riveros Serrato, Executive Director
Tel: +51 1 4224583
Fax: +511 4424554
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.prodar.org/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish; English; French
Subject areas: Agribusiness; Agro-industry; Rural development
Publications: INFORMAIR and INFORBOSQUE (monthly e-bulletins); PRODARNET (mailing list)
It publishes two monthly e-bulletins: INFORMAIR and INFORBOSQUE, and publishes books and documents on its core subject, mainly in Spanish but also - though less frequently - in French and English. PRODAR also administers a mailing list, PRODARNET, on agro-industry.
Red Agricultura Urbana Investigaciones LatinoamericaFounded in 1995, AGUILA began official operations in early 1997. Its goal is to identify priorities for research in the region, and to promote policies, technologies, and methods that improve the productivity, accessibility, and sustainability of urban production systems. AGUILA is composed of institutions and organisations legally established, non-governmental, public and private, interested in promoting the economically viable, ecologically sustainable and socially equitable use of urban land. Member institutions in the Caribbean, Central America and South America undertake research on behalf of AGUILA in key areas such as wastewater re-use, urban horticulture, aquaculture and small animal production.
Instituto de Promoción de la Economía Social (IPES)
Carlos Krumdieck 325, Urb. Santa Catalina
Lima 13
PERUContact: Mario Gonzales Novo
Fax: +51 1 475 1325 or 475 1690 or 475 7173
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.idrc.ca/cfp/aguila.html
Geographic coverage: Caribbean; Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Urban agriculture
Publications: AGUILA Bulletin
AGUILA's main objective is to promote and improve conditions for urban agriculture and its use, with the aim of securing and sustainably diversifying the nutrition and wellbeing of low-income population groups by advocating policies, technologies and methods to improve the productivity, accessibility and sustainability of urban production systems. Through its activities, AGUILA seeks to have an impact on several urban problems: food security, income generation, sustainable use of resources and community management. AGUILA's main activities are as follows.
Network development and coordination:
ROPPA c/o CNCRThe initiative for a network of West African farmers' organisations and agricultural producers was launched at a meeting in Ouagadougou in September 1999. In theory, most of the farmers' organisations in West Africa are members, although their characteristics and the extent of their operations vary from country to country. The countries where the national farmers' movement is most advanced are Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.
Boulevard of East X Street 2 - Not E
Dakar
SENEGALTel: +221 8255665/8243851
Fax: +221 8245771/8244851
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.roppa.info/
Geographic coverage: West Africa
Languages: French
Subject areas: Agriculture; Farming; Education/training
Publications: Newsletter
ROPPA's main aim is to represent the interests of African farmers in a world that is rapidly globalising. The network intends to take part in regional and international negotiations that are relevant to West African farmers. This includes consultations with the European Union, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Network members organise seminars in member countries to address issues such as the training of farmers' leaders, data collection and dissemination on the state of agriculture in West Africa, and the participation of network representatives in fora that are important for the cause of African farmers.
Various documents can be downloaded in pdf from the website, and the newsletter is available on request.
RUAFThe main aim of RUAF is to facilitate the integration of urban agriculture in the policies and programmes of national and local governments, technical departments, research centres and NGO's and to facilitate the formulation of projects on urban agriculture with active involvement of all local stakeholders.
ETC Foundation
PO Box 64
3830 AB Leusden
NETHERLANDSContact: Ir H.de Zeeuw, Coordinator
Tel: +31 33 4326039
Fax: +31 33 4940791
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ruaf.org/
Geographical coverage: Global
Language(s): English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese.
Subject areas: Urban agriculture; Urban planning
Publications: Urban Agriculture Magazine (produced in 5 languages); Video on Urban Agriculture (produced in 5 languages); CD ROM containing various UA publications including the Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture and a searchable bibliographic database; a/o.
RUAF is coordinated by ETC Foundation based in Leusden, the Netherlands. Seven regional organisations, linked to regional and national networks and local partners, function as Regional Focal Points on Urban Agriculture:
The regional focal points play a central role in the collection, exchange and dissemination of information on urban agriculture in their region (project experiences, research results, policy briefs, planning tools, training manuals, case studies, videos).
The RUAF partners also:
The Rodale InstituteThe Rodale Institute works with people worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that renews environmental and human health. The Institute's programmes aim to find agricultural solutions to hunger, malnutrition, disease and soil degradation. They encourage growing organic food using regenerative principles, and place primary emphasis on information exchange to affect changes in behaviour, conditions and thinking. Using education, communication and research, the Institute shares success stories wherever they are to be found with farmers, consumers, food industry leaders, policy makers and youth.
611 Siegfriedale Road
Kutztown, PA 19530
USAContact: John Haberern, President; Michael Bassey, International Programs Director; Amadou Diop, Technical Director
Tel: +1 610 683 1400
Fax: +1 610 683 8548
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; Spanish
Subject areas: Food security; Organic agriculture; Youth development
Publications: Publications list available online
The Institute maintains its own collaborative overseas programmes in Senegal, Japan and Guatemala. Through its international programmes, The Rodale Institute is helping developing countries meet the growing demand for high quality information about regenerative agriculture. These programmes serve as the hub of an informal global network that puts people in touch with each other to share experience and research results.
The Institute also participates in a variety of other projects related to improving soil quality, increasing farm productivity and income, capacity building in production techniques, market access, and institutional and organisational aspects. An important initiative, the Global Young Farmers' Leadership Development Program, which seeks to improve the capacity of young farmers to perform competitively and act as change agents, is being actively developed with support and funding from the World Bank and the Rockefeller Foundation. The International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) and The Citizen Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA) are also collaborators in this programme. Another initiative is Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment (RAISE), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The Rodale Institute is a member of a consortium of organisations which will respond to RAISE technical assistance task orders from around the world.
To receive free lists of events, services, reports and publications, or to become a member, contact the Institute at the above address.
Secretariat of the Pacific CommunitySPC was established by the Canberra Agreement in 1949 as an international technical assistance agency operating solely in the Pacific Islands. The Land Resources Division has its headquarters in Fiji and provides technical support, training and information for national and regional agriculture and forestry programmes. The work of the Land Resources Division is organised into five sections: crop improvement services; animal health services; resource economics and agricultural information services; plant protection services; and the forest and trees programme. A separate project, the SPC - GTZ Pacific German Forestry Project, is also part of the Land Resources Division. The Regional Germplasm Centre, a regional in vitro genetic resources conservation facility, is housed in Suva, Fiji.
Library Suva
Private Mail Bag
Suva
FIJI ISLANDSContact: Ms Christina Tuitubou, Assistant Librarian
Tel: +679 337 0733
Fax: +679 337 0021
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.spc.int/
Geographic coverage: Pacific Islands
Languages: English; French; Pacific Island languages
Subject areas: Education/training; Food security; Information management; Sustainable agriculture
Publications: SPC Agricultural News (biannual newsletter); Pacific Islands Forests & Trees (quarterly newsletter); publications list available on request and various publications accessible online
Overall objective: to provide information and coordination for institutions and organisations working in agriculture and forestry in the Pacific Islands in order to improve the economic and social wellbeing of the Pacific Island people through sustainable agricultural and forestry development. Issues particularly affecting agriculture and forestry in the Pacific and being addressed by the Division are: land use and population growth; biodiversity and plant genetic resources conservation and use; quality standards; globalisation; and diminishing resources to the sectors.
The Division works closely with national departments of agriculture and forestry to determine the extent of issues, priorities and strategies.
Activities include providing technical, training and other support with emphasis on:
The SPC library in Suva holds the largest collection of agricultural documents on agricultural research and development in the Pacific. A substantial information resource of forestry documents has also been collected. Access to these collections is by E-mail and conventional means (visit, letter, phone and fax); the catalogue of these materials is also distributed to national departments in the region. A number of significant databases have been established to capture and exchange critical information, such as data on agricultural pests and diseases. Training continues to be a major activity of the Land Resources Division. This includes training on information technology, publication design, and database and website design and management.
In the course of its work, the Land Resources Division participates in many networks, international and regional. Notable among these is the Taro Genetic Resources Network (Tarogen), the Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN), the South Pacific Yam Network (SPYN), the Taro Network for Southeast Asia and Oceania (TANSAO), the Coconut Genetic Resources Network (COGENT), the Banana Asia Network (BAPNET) of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP), and the Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA). Through these and similar networks, the Land Resources Division can bridge the gap between researcher and farmer, and between need and possible solutions.
See also Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Headquarters (New Caledonia).
Southeast Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in AgricultureSEAMEO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture serves the agricultural and rural needs of the region through its human resource development programmes, research, and extension activities. SEARC is hosted by the Government of the Philippines on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. It is committed to strengthening institutional capacity in sustainable agriculture for a food-secure Southeast Asia through human resource development, research, knowledge exchange and policy support.
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031 College
Laguna
PHILIPPINESContact: Dr Ruben L. Villareal, Director
Tel: +63 49 536 2365/7
Fax: +63 49 536 7097
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.searca.org/
Geographic coverage: Southeast Asia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Education/training
Publications: SEARCA Diary (newsletter); publications list available online
Knowledge dissemination and exchange: the management of and access to information are development imperatives. SEARCA packages and disseminates its research findings and other information related to agricultural concerns in the region through seminars, workshops and conferences, publications and the mass media (newspapers, radio and television), including the Internet.
Information databases: SEARCA has databases on agricultural and related subjects:
AGRIASIA - an inventory of agricultural literature about Southeast Asia. It is part of AGRIS, the International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology established by the UN-FAO.
APINMAP Factual Database - contains information on five major areas of study on plants: botany, chemistry, pharmacy, medicinal value and marketing.
APINMAP Integrated Database - contains information on literature, research projects, research institutions and researchers on medicinal and aromatic plants. The data are available as print, diskette and CD-ROM. It also provides information services based on mechanised literature searching, referrals to appropriate experts and institutions and selective document delivery, and is an active participant in inter-library loans.
ASEAN IPM Knowledge Network - SEARCA hosts the regional centre for the ASEAN IPM Knowledge Network (ASEAN IPM). It is an initiative to accumulate the vast collection of knowledge capital on IPM that can be re-used and shared by national IPM programmes in the ASEAN region. ASEAN IPM is an electronic, Internet-like, wide-area network composed of each ASEAN member country with its regional centre located at SEARCA in the Philippines. Its mission is to help governments improve the effectiveness of their programme implementation by making knowledge sharing among their national IPM programmes easier.
Publications: SEARCA produces various publications on agriculture and related topics as a result of its research and development activities, as well as convening scientific meetings, workshops and conferences. It promotes the production of textbooks for use by students in Southeast Asia, and recently published several technical papers on sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, commercialisation research results, rural development, and gender and development.
Audiovisual production: SEARCA uses other media, including audiovisuals, to disseminate information on its research findings and experiences. These come in the form of video tapes, photo exhibits and slide shows.
Learning centres: SEARCA establishes learning resource centres throughout the region which are intended to function as quick delivery systems for its educational services and products.
Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural ResearchSACCAR covers 11 countries (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and aims to foster regional integration in agricultural research and training by assuming coordination and catalytic functions and delivering relevant services.
Private Bag 00108
Gaborone
BOTSWANAContact: Mr K. Molapong, Director
Tel: +267 328705/328848
Fax: +267 328806
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ibis.bw/~saccar/hrd.htm
Geographic coverage: Southern Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Technology transfer
Publications: Zimbabwe Journal of Agricultural Research
To facilitate and institutionalise the development of effective, efficient and sustainable research and training systems for the agriculture sector, SACCAR promotes regional research networking and integration, the forging of global partnerships, human capital development, resource mobilisation, and information and technology exchange. Its overall objectives are to:
Terres et VieTerres et Vie publishes and popularises illustrated books on tropical agriculture, field practices on the environment, and the management of settlements and pedagogy in rural Africa. It aims to create and publish basic texts and works in a comprehensible language for peasants, secondary and technical education pupils, rural executives and all those who are interested in the development of the rural world and in the fight against hunger. More specifically, Terres et Vie acts to:
Rue Laurent Delvaux, 13
B-1400 Nivelles
BELGIUMContact: Hugues Dupriez
Tel: +32 67 21 71 49
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.terresetvie.com/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: French; English; Swahili; Portuguese
Subject areas: Tropical agriculture; Environment; Rural development
Publications: Publications list available online and on request
Books are available in French, English, Swahili and Portuguese.
Tropical Agriculture Association
c/o Membership Secretary
Rothes, Frankscroft
Peebles, EH45 9DX
UNITED KINGDOME-mail:[email protected]
Web: http://www.taa.org.uk/
Geographical coverage: Global
Languages: English;French
Subject areas: Rural development; Tropical agriculture;
Publications: TAA Newsletter
The Tropical Agricultural Association (TAA) is a professional association of individuals and corporate bodies concerned with the role of agriculture for development throughout the world and has as its mission to:
· be an association which brings together individuals and organisations from both developed and less-developed countries to enable them to contribute to international policies aimed at reducing poverty and improving livelihoods.
· encourage the efficient and sustainable use of local resources and by raising the productivity of both agriculture and related enterprises to increase family incomes in the rural sector. Particular emphasis is given to rural areas in the tropics and subtropics and to countries with less-developed economies in temperate areas.
The Association recognises the interrelated roles of farmers, scientists (agriculturists, economists, sociologists, etc.) and other people living in rural areas (stakeholders) in achieving a convergent approach to rural development, including recognition of the importance of the role of women, the effect of AIDS and other social issues on the rural economy. The Association encourages the undertaking of agricultural research and the application of indigenous and accumulated knowledge, together with research results, in order to improve the livelihoods, health and welfare of producers, traders and consumers.
The TAA contribution is achieved through discussion, debate, the transfer and dissemination of information derived from the wealth of knowledge and experience which exists within its worldwide membership, and through its association with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (GFAR).
The TAA aims to facilitate the establishment of a global network of national or regional branches each with its own membership and programme of activities, and to coordinate their activities from its central office. The principal coordinating instrument is the TAA executive committee which oversees the production of a quarterly global TAA Newsletter, maintains a detailed database of members and maintains a webpage, (www.taa.org.uk) on which are published the activities of the Association. It is also a source of information on all aspects of agriculture and rural development.
Free copies may be available from CTA for
organisations in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific countries.
A comprehensive series of more than 40 practical field guides and textbooks
on many aspects of agriculture in the tropics covering both crops and
livestock. They are aimed at producers, farmers and farm managers,
agriculture extension officers, agricultural diploma, degree and vocational
students, teachers and lecturers, senior secondary students, adult education,
rural community development programmes.
Universidad Autónoma ChapingoThe Universidad Autónoma Chapingo is one of the leading national institutions related to agricultural sciences and rural development research and learning in México. It has two campuses, in Chapingo and Durango, and nine regional centres. It delivers specialisation and degree courses and master and doctorate programmes in many areas related to productive and socio-economic aspects of the agricultural sector. Outstanding are its courses on rural and regional development, agribusiness and agro-industry, forestry and sustainable development and management.
Km 38.5 Carretera México - Veracruz
Texcoco
Edo de México CP 56230
MÉXICOContact: Juan Antonio Leos Rodriguez, Coordinator Post-graduate and Research Department
Tel: +25 595 95 21500
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.chapingo.mx/
Geographic coverage: Mexico
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agribusiness; Agro-industry; Forestry; Sustainable development
Publications: Revista Chapingo; Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente; Revista Geografía Agrícola
The university has its own publishing department, and many journals and books are issued each year on different subjects of its core research activities. Among other journals are, Revista Chapingo (published since 1927, this is one of the leading Latin American journals on the agricultural sector), Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente and Revista Geografía Agrícola. It also offers documents on its website.
Centros e Institutos de InvestigaciónCentros e Institutos de Investigación is a research and production unit of the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano that concentrates on research into indigenous agricultural species production and indigenous genetic resources preservation, and training and extension activities for agronomists and rural producers. The unit focuses particularly on transformation technologies for indigenous species, their application in rural production, and their contribution to rural development. Training of agronomists and producers in these technologies is targeted.
Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
Casilla 291
Puno
PERÚContact: Angel Mujica Sánchez, Manager of Centros e Institutos de Investigación; Ricardo Ponce Arenas, Director Maestría en Desarrollo Rural, EPG-UNA
Tel: +51 54 364069/624416
Fax: +51 54 352992
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Geographic coverage: Peru
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Crop production; Education/training; Plant genetic resources
Publications: Agricultura Andina (biannual)
The unit publishes the journal Agricultura Andina twice yearly, and also maintains a document distribution service.
University of GuamThe University of Guam is a government institution primarily serving the needs of the people of the Micronesian territory of Guam. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (UOG-CALS) is a Land Grant institution, similar to state-run universities in the USA. The priorities of the College are to:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
UOG Station
Mangilao GU 96923
GUAMContact: Dr Jeff Barcinas, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Tel: +671 735 2080
Fax: +671 734 8377
Web: http://www.uog.edu/cals/
Geographic coverage: Micronesia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Education/training; Extension and advisory work; Rural development
UPWARD-CIPUPWARD is a network of scientists and development specialists working to increase participation by farmers and other users of agricultural technology in research and development. Launched in 1989 under the sponsorship of the International Potato Center (CIP), UPWARD seeks to address three important challenges facing agricultural research and development today:
PO Box 933
Manila
PHILIPPINESTel: +63 49 5360235; 5361662
Fax: +63 2 8911292/+63 49 5361662
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.eseap.cipotato.org/upward/
Geographic coverage: Asia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural research; Root crops; Rural development
Publications: UPWARD Fieldnotes (biannual newsletter); publications list available online
Its goals are to support research that leads to sustainable improvements in Asian rootcrop agriculture and food systems, to test, adapt and disseminate participatory research methods and tools, and to build the capacity of Asian professionals and institutions in user participatory root crop R&D.
UPWARD currently supports 26 research activities in six countries.
Information exchange and dissemination are a central part of UPWARD's capacity building strategy, and institutions and individuals with limited access to information are especially targeted. A computer-searchable database of library accessions in the coordinating office dealing with methods and root crop R&D participants is now available.
The Data Support Group secretariat in Wageningen also welcomes requests from network members for literature searches, acquisition of documents/materials not locally available, and referral to appropriate sources and experts. UPWARD's own publications are distributed either free, at cost or through an exchange deal. These include: biannual newsletter, working papers, training documents, research guides and papers, monographs, technical reports and conference/seminar papers.
UPWARD Fieldnotes is a biannual newsletter that reports on highlights of UPWARD's R&D, networking and capacity building activities. Each issue comes with a thematic focus.
A full list of publications is available and can be ordered online.
Those seeking more information on the Data Support Group should contact:
UPWARD DSG, Department of Household and Consumer Studies,
Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8060, Wageningen,
Netherlands
Tel: +31 317 482088; 482184, Fax: +31 317
482593
West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development [updated March 2004]
BP 48 Dakar RP
7 Av. Bourguiba
Dakar
SENEGALContact: Dr Paco Sérémé, Executive Secretary (E-mail: [email protected])
Tel: +221 825 96 18
Fax: +221 825 55 69
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.coraf.org/
Geographic coverage: Central & West Africa
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Agricultural research
Publications: CORAF Action (newsletter)
CORAF was founded in 1987 as Conférence des responsables de recherche agricole en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre. In 1999 a change of title to West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD) was adopted.
The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development has united the national agricultural research systems (NARS) of the 21 countries of the West and Central African Region, represented by their National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs).
Its mission is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural research in West and Central Africa by contributing to the construction and the consolidation of the capacities of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), through co-operation between its members, development partners, regional and international organisations, private sector , non-governmental organisations, users of research results on one hand, and to consolidate the position of the West and Central African sub-region within the context of the international agricultural research and development, on the other hand.
CORAF/WECARD is a discussion forum with the objectives to:
