AIAB aims to promote organic farming.  It acts as a bridge between farmers and the research community and works to direct research towards areas that are useful to farmers.  The Associazione developed a standard for organic bio-ecological holiday farms to guide farmers in a sustainable way to organize and manage specific tourist services in rural areas.  In addition, AIAB has developed an agritourism rating system to assist consumers in identifying properties to visit.  AIAB’s webpage is only available in Italian. 

AAO is an association of engineers, agronomists, producers, journalists, and researchers engaged in organic farming.  The Association publishes standards of organic production, conducts training and events, develops projects in cooperation with other institutions, and contributes to the growth of organic agriculture in Brazil.  AAO’s webpage is only available in Portuguese.

Auroville is a 20 square kilometre city that aims at becoming a model of “the city the earth needs”.  At the time of the formation in 1968, most of the land was wasteland or under marginal agriculture that could only support a small population.  Since then, Aurovilians have been regenerating the land back to supporting productive agriculture by preventing soil erosion by wind and rain.  Land used for agriculture either produces mostly organically grown crops or is used for research on improving farm practices and diversfying planting patterns.

The Australian New Crops Service provides information about individual plant species and gives step-by-step advice on new crop commercialization. It provides a listing of “Interesting Plants in the World”, which includes graphs depicting their frequency of mention in scientific journals by year.

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.

BRRI is part of the National Agricultural Research System of Bangladesh focusing on research and development of rice production.  The Institute’s mandate is to conduct research on all aspects of rice improvement and production; conduct research on different problems of rice; develop new varieties of rice; and train farmers on modern techniques of rice production.  BRRI researches many different program areas including varietal development, crop-soil-water management, pest management, rice farming systems, farm mechanization, and socioeconomic policy.

BERI is a small research institute researching the use of deep-burrowing earthworms for processing organic wastes in agricultural fields, vermicomposting toilets and other urban waste-management systems.

Since its launch in 1996, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative has been promoting sustainable biotrade in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Initiative has developed a unique portfolio of regional and country programmes.

BioTrade is concerned with the production or collection and commercialization of goods and services that are derived from native biodiversity: the vast array of plants, species and organisms on our planet. This includes trade in products that come from genetic resources, species and ecosystems and that are used in line with environmental, social and economic sustainability criteria.

Since 2003 the BioTrade Initiative has also hosted the BioTrade Facilitation Programme (BTFP) which focuses on enhancing sustainable bio-resources management, product development, value adding processing and marketing

The aim of the Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa (BDAASA) association is to strengthen, promote and advance the practice of biodynamic agriculture in southern Africa. In order to do this, the association seeks to establish an effective resource centre that can support the development of biodynamic farmers, farms and farming practice.

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.