ANSAB is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working in the South Asia region.  The organization promotes community-based enterprises and value chains, natural resources management, and biodiversity conservation, especially for non-timber products and high value crops.  It is committed to biodiversity conservation and economic development through community-based enterprises.  ANSAB encourages organic certification for NTFPs in Nepal and has played a facilitation role in organic certification for NTFPs for various products, including 9 essential oils. 

Avalon is an international, non-profit organisation in the Netherlands dedicated to sustainable rural development.  The promotion of organic agriculture is an essential feature of Avalon’s work.  The organisation plays a role in knowledge and capacity building as well as market and chain development for organics.  Working with International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) partners, Avalon has carried out research on the markets for non-timber forest products in Russian National Parks.

The purpose of the Association is to foster knowledge of the practices and principles of the biodynamic method of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry in the North American continent and to advance the applications of this method through educational activities such as research, lectures, conferences; publishing and distributing literature on the biodynamic methods; and supporting consultation and extension services to farmers, gardeners, and foresters.

Bioversity International is a CGIAR centre and is the largest international research organization dedicated solely to the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity.  The organizations is based in Rome, but is engaged in projects in over 100 countries, including projects on use of forest and other wild species and underutilized species.  In addition, the organization is creating a global accession-level information system in biodiversity.  Bioversity International now hosts Crops for the Future, a new international organization created dedicated to underutilized crops and formed by the union of the International centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC) and the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilised Species.  Despite this restructure, the Underutilised Species Database is still available on the former website for the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilised Species website. 

CIFOR, a division of CGIAR, functions as a leading source of information and analysis on the following topical areas: the relationships among forests, livelihoods and the environment; how to harness forests for climate change mitigation and adaptation; the importance of forest products in conservation and economic development; and the impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest-dependent communities.     

The Centre for Mountain Studies, located in the Scottish highlands, aims to undertake and maintain high quality research on mountain environments and the people who depend on them.  To date, research conducted by the centre that is relevant to agriculture has primarily focused on forestry.

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry has a vision of being a world-class training and research centre in the sustainable production and management of renewable natural resources.  The Department of Agronomy’s mission is to develop and deliver educational and research programmes, manage renewable natural resources with a focus of propagation agricultural plant production systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and sustainable.  This Department is currently involved on research on sourcing organic fertilizer locally for smallholder farmers.

FFAR Library is a comprehensive catalogue of Australian farm forestry research and information.  It is a free downloadable database and provides information about publications, how to source them as well as the contact information for many of the authors. 

JKI is both a federal authority and research body for the German Government.  The Centre carries out a variety of research on cultivated plant systems and products at 15 different specialized institutes: Application Techniques for Plant Protection; Biological Control; Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops; Breeding Research on Horticultural and Fruit Crops; Crop and Soil Science; Ecological Chemistry, Analysis and Stored Products Protection; Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics; Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants; Grapevine Breeding; National and International Plant Health; Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland; Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture; Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests; Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance; and Strategies and Technology Assessment in Plant Protection.  Of particular interest, the Institute for Biological Control performs research on the use of natural antagonists to control arthropod pests and diseases and has produced a number of publications on the use of biological control in organic agriculture. 

FORIG’s work is specifically focused on sustainable development of tropical forests.  The Institute conducts research and plays a knowledge translation role around sustainable development, conservation and efficient utilization of forest resources.  FORIG has recently worked on several projects focused on forest resources, agroforestry, indigenous and under-utilized tree species.