The Center is currently working to build its research and teaching capacity in organic agriculture.  Research is being undertaken on organic pest management and soil amendments. Information about these research endeavours is not currently available on the University webpage.  

The Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, is responsible for most of the agricultural research conducted in Israel. This research aims to improve existing agricultural production systems and to introduce new products, processes and equipment, thereby ensuring the basis of Israel's future agriculture. Specific projects undertaken by the different Departments of ARO focus on organic agriculture themes (e.g. Crop nutrition and plant protection for organic agriculture, grazing in organic agro-ecosystems; pest management in organic farming).

AREU, a body of the Government of the Republic of Mauritius regularly conducts collaborative research in organic agriculture.  On-going projects include studies on the effects of leguminous crop cover and organic soil amendments on soil fertility, the effects of biofertilizers on yield and the efficacy of biopesticides and microbial pesticides.

Agri Punjab is the State Department concerned with agricultural research and extension.  The Department’s Ayub Agricultural Research Institute is the primary research centre.  Research directorates at the Institute cover the following areas: agronomy, plant protection, horticulture, post harvest, cotton, oil seeds, pulses, sugarcane, vegetables, wheat, arid areas, maize and millets, rice, fodder, and soil science.  A special campaign was started to research methods of increasing crop production within a period of two years.      

The Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM), located within Agriculture and Natural Resources was established thirty years ago to develop and promote the use of ecologically sound IPM programs.  The Program develops and delivers programs in agricultural, urban and community, and natural resources IPM.  Their website offers interactive tools on pest management that the user can personalize.

Agro Eco Louis Bolk Institute conducts research on organic agriculture, nutrition and health care and engages in knowledge transfer in Africa.  The Institute, which is based in the Netherlands, has two regional offices in Africa to engage in research and information dissemination around tropical organic agriculture: Eastern Africa (Uganda) and West Africa (Ghana).  Research at the Institute is divided into four thematic areas: Human, Animal, Plant and Soil.  Current studies include organic productivity trials using different pest and disease management strategies; organic cotton staple length trials; studies on organic livestock rearing techniques; research on the nutritional and health attributes of organic food; and work in support of organic social impact research. 

Since 1999, CGIAR has continued SP-IPM to promote the adoption of more effective, client-oriented approaches to IPM and increase awareness of the benefits of IPM.  SP-IPM supports IPM research and inter-institutional partnerships.  Within CGIAR, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have conducted research on organic pest and disease management.

CSANR is actively supporting the expansion of organic agriculture through teaching, research and outreach.  Current research priorities in organic agriculture include nutrient and soil management, the integration of livestock and cropping systems, pest management, seed production, food quality and economics.  

CIRAD is a French research centre working with developing countries to tackle international agricultural and development issues using sustainable methods. CIRAD's activities involve the life sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences, applied to agriculture, food and rural territories. The approach is to work hand-in-hand with local people in the local environment, on complex, ever-changing issues: food security, ecological intensification, emerging diseases, the future of agriculture in developing countries, etc.

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resource Management Research Unit (ARU), The work on aquaculture was focused mainly on Sub-Saharan Africa for a long period, but has now diversified towards South America and Southeast Asia.  It conducts research involving the biological and ecological basis of aquaculture to the development of sustainable socio-technical models. 

The Co-ordination for Organic Farming and Consumer Protection conducts organic research through many of the Institutes at the University of Hohenheim.  Research on fruit and vegetables has recently included work on the impact of conventional, integrated and organic vegetable production on soil fertility and vegetable quality in Vietnam; the development of fertilisers of plant origin for organic vegetable production; the use of biological pest control for fruit-growing; strategies for weed control in root crop production; and impact of different cultivation measures (such as cultivar and biodynamic application used) on vegetable quality.  The University also manages a 60 hectare organic experimental research station near the main campus and has degree offerings in organic agriculture.