An alphabetical listing of some organisations working for international agriculture, sustainable development, capacity building and the conservation of biodiversity and resources

AgroFair - European Fairtrade and organic fruit importers

Aleff Group - Technology for knowledge-driven organisations

BES - British Ecological Society

Best Foot Forward - Tools to measure environmental impact

BMS - British Mycological Society

Borlaug Institute - Research and training in plant sciences

CABI International - Working in the applied biosciences

CAFOD - Catholic development charity

CARE International - Global humanitarian organisation

CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity from 1992 Summit

Center for Health and the Global Environment - Human health and the environment

CGIAR - Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research

CICP - The Consortium for International Crop Protection

CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency

CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

CIP - International Potato Center

CIRAD - Agricultural Research Centre for International Development

Count Me In - a comprehensive calendar of charity awareness and fundraising events

CropBiotech.Net - Information service on crop biotechnology

CSL - Science and services for agriculture and the food chain

CTA - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

DANIDA - Danish International Development Agency

DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

Developments - Development information from DFID, UK

DFID - Department for International Development, UK

DGIS - Netherlands Directorate General on International Cooperation

DropData - Researching and advocating rational pesticide use (RPU)

DTI - Department of Trade and Industry, UK

Earth Day Network - Estimate your use of the World's resources

EMA - Environmental audits for UK farming

ERS / USDA AgBiotech IP - Data on intellectual property rights

ESA - Entomological Society of America

Ethical Trading Initiative - Promoting ethical sourcing strategies

European Tropical Forest Research Network - sustainable use of woodlands in tropical and subtropical countries

Fairtrade - Certification organisation helping producers

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

FARM-Africa - Working for agricultural development in Africa

Food Standards Agency - Research and advice on UK food issues

Generation Challenge Programme - Crop improvement

Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species - Facilitation mechanism for the sustainable use of underutilized plant species

Grameen Bank - Credit enterprises in Bangladesh

GRET - Analysis and communication for development

Global IPM Facility - from the Food and Agriculture Organisation

GTZ - German Technical Cooperation

HDR - Human Development Reports

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

ICARDA - Int. Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICIPE - Int. Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRISAT - Int. Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre

IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute

IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute

INIBAP - Int. Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain

IPARC - International Pesticide Application Research Centre, UK

IPGRI - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IRRI - International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines

ISAAA - International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

ISEC - International Society for Ecology and Culture

John Innes Centre - Research in plant and microbial sciences

ICTP - Advanced training in developing countries

Intermediate Technology Development - Appropriate technology

Kulika - training charity working in Uganda

Macaulay Institute - Research on rural land use resources

Micron Sprayers Ltd. - An innovative spray machinery company

Millenium Development Goals - Eight goals to be achieved by 2015

NEPAD - New Partnership for Africa's Development

New Agriculturalist - Magazine and development information source

Oxfam - Working for poverty alleviation and social justice

PAN - Pesticide Action Network

NRI - Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

RES - Royal Entomological Society, UK

Rothamsted Research - UK centre for plant-based sciences

SciDev.Net - Information about science and the developing world

Scottish Crops Research Institute - Crops and biological sciences

SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Send a Cow - Working for community development in Africa

SIDA - Swedish International Development Agency

SIP - Society for Invertebrate Pathology

SPORE - Development information for the ACP countries

TWAS - Scientific capacity building

TAA - Tropical Agriculture Association, UK

TIGR - The Institute for Genomic Research

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

VSO - International development charity

WARDA - Africa Rice Center, Côte d'Ivoire

WSSD - World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002

ZIL - Swiss Centre for International Agriculture