AGROVOC Community of Editors
AGROVOC is a collaborative effort. The institutions responsible for the different language versions and domains are shown below.
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Institutions
Governmental
Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Institute (IZPI) – Slovakia
The Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Institute (IZPI) is an educational facility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic.
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2003
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Slovak
Governmental
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Technology Center ( AFFRIT )
Tsukuba Business-Academia Cooperation Support Center, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan (MAFF) was established in 1978 as Tsukuba Office and has been planning and...
Other
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts ( ASFA )
ASFA is a partnership of over 100 aquatic science, fisheries and aquaculture institutions worldwide. The partnership maintains and develops the ASFA database and Subject Thesaurus.
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2019
COUNTRY: International
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: English , Russian , Ukrainian , Spanish; Castilian , Estonian
Governmental
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) ( Embrapa )
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) was founded on April 26, 1973, and is under the aegis of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply. Since our foundation, and with our partners from the National Agricultural...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2011
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Brazilian Portuguese
Governmental
Central Scientific Agricultural Library ( CSAL )
The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Central Scientific Agricultural Library" (CSAL) is the oldest Bibliographic Center for Agricultural Science and Food Industry in the Russian Federation. The library was founded in 1930. Today, more than 3...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2007
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Russian
Research
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement ( Cirad )
CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions.
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2018
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: French , English
Research
CGIAR
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future in a climate crisis. CGIAR science is dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2021
COUNTRY: International
Research
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences ( CAAS )
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) is a national, integrative agricultural scientific research organization with responsibility for carrying out both basic and applied research, as well as research into new technologies impacting agriculture...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2002
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Chinese
Intergovernmental
FAOLEX ( FAOLEX )
FAOLEX is a database of national legislation, policies and bilateral agreements on food, agriculture and natural resources management. It currently contains over 180,000 legal and policy documents drawn from more than 200 countries, territories and regional...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2019
COUNTRY: International
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Arabic , Chinese , French , English , Spanish; Castilian , Russian
Intergovernmental
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO )
With the objective to increase accessibility and visibility of research products in its Member Countries, FAO has been promoting the exchange of scientific and technical information related to all aspects of agriculture since the early 1970s. Moving from paper...
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: English , French , Arabic , Chinese , Spanish; Castilian , Russian
Non-Governmental
GAK Education, Research and Innovation Nonprofit Ltd ( GAK )
GAK was established in 1995 by the Godollo University of Agriculture as well as by major agricultural stakeholders in Hungary. GAK's objective is to bridge the gap between university research, development, the technical implementation and utilisation of...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2002
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Hungarian
Academia
I.S. Lupinovich Belarus Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus ( BelAL )
I.S. Lupinovich Belarus Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (BelAL) is a national scientific agricultural library with the national repository of agriculture and forestry literature, that performs a function of the national...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2020
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Belarusian
Research
Institute for Scientific and Technical Information ( TECHINFORMI )
Institute TECHINFORMI represents an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary scientific information center that provides a wide variety of information services to scientists throughout the Georgia. TECHINFORMI is the lead organization in Georgia whose one of...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2016
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Georgian
Other
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information ( IAEI )
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI) is the expert centre for the agricultural economy, food, agricultural advice and information. IAEI is also the Library of Antonin Svehla (Knihovna Antonína Švehly - KAŠ), which is the third greatest...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2002
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Czech
Research
International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems ( ICROFS )
ICROFS, International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, has existed since 1996. The centre is appointed and financially supported by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. ICROFS contributes to further development of a market-driven and...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2019
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Danish
Governmental
Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute ( IFSRI )
Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute (established in 1918) with 100 years history and experience cover several applied branch in fisheries and aquaculture consist of Reproduction and nutrition, Biology, Stock assessment, Aquatics Health & Diseases...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2016
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Persian
Other
Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e. V. ( KTBL )
The Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. is a registered association comprising approximately 400 experts from agriculture and related sciences, trade and industry, public administration and consulting. The KTBL is institutionally...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2009
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: German
Research
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research ( ZALF )
As a contribution to overcoming global challenges such as climate change, food security, biodiversity conservation and resource scarcity, ZALF develops and designs crop systems, integrated in their landscape contexts, that combine food security with...
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: German , English
Academia
Makerere University ( Mak )
Established in 1922 as a technical school, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious English Universities in Africa. On July 1, 1970, Makerere became an independent national university of the Republic of Uganda, offering undergraduate and...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2021
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Swahili
Other
Matica Srpska Library ( MSL )
The Matica Srpska Library (MSL) is the oldest Serbian library of national importance and the first public and scientific library of the Serbs. Together with the Matica Srpska Literary Society, it was founded in Pest (Hungary) in 1826 and moved to Novi Sad in...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2020
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Serbian
Governmental
National Historical Library of Agriculture
The National Historical Library of Agriculture was born in 1860, within the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade far before the unification of Italy, in order to allow ministerial officers the access to most relevant texts and field studies. Particular...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2019
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Italian
Governmental
National Institute for Fishery Research and Development ( INIDEP )
The National Institute for Fishery Research and Development (INIDEP), Argentina, was created in 1977 on the basis of the former IBM in order to perform integral research programs on fishing grounds, emphasizing the assessment of Argentine fishing resources and...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2021
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Spanish; Castilian
Academia
Norwegian University of Life Sciences ( NMBU )
NMBU is a university for higher education from bachelor to PhD education. Research themes at NMBU are climate, environment, food, nutrition, landscape and society, development studies and veterinary science.
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2019
Research
Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography ( VNIRO )
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) is the head research Institute of fisheries industry. VNIRO provides scientific support of the fishery management, coordination of implementation of plans and programs of fishery research...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2021
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Russian
Academia
Technical University of Moldova ( TUM )
Technical University of Moldova (TUM) is the accredited higher technical educational institution in the Republic of Moldova. TUM was established in 1964 and currently comprises 12 faculties, covering the needs of the national economy in preparing specialists...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2007
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Other
Technologies and Practices for Small Agricultural Producers ( TECA )
TECA is an online platform that gathers successful agricultural technologies and practices to facilitate knowledge exchange and help family farmers in the field. Launched by FAO in 2002 and managed by FAO’s Research and Extension Unit, the TECA platform...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2011
COUNTRY: International
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: English , French , Spanish; Castilian
Academia
Thai National AGRIS Centre, Office of the University Library, Kasetsart University ( ThaiAGRIS, KULIB )
Thai National AGRIS Centre was established on March 13, 1980, by General National FAO Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives cooperated with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Thai National AGRIS Centre responsible to...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2004
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Thai , English
Research
The BonaRes Centre for Soil Research ( BonaRes )
The central motivation of the BonaRes Centre is the transfer of existing and newly generated knowledge about soil functions into scientifically based decision support tools for soil management in the context of a sustainable bioeconomy. In future, it should be...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2018
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: German , English
Research
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ( ICARDA )
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is an international organization undertaking research-for-development. We provide innovative, science-based solutions for communities across the non-tropical dry areas. In partnership...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2020
COUNTRY: International
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: English , Arabic , Persian
Non-Governmental
The Land Portal Foundation ( Land Portal )
The Land Portal Foundation was established to create, curate and disseminate land governance information by fostering an inclusive and accessible data ecosystem. Over the last decade, the portal has evolved from a simple information gateway to become a...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2012
COUNTRY: International
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: English , French , Spanish; Castilian , Portuguese , Thai , Swahili , Italian , Arabic
Governmental
Türkiye - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Training and Publication
The Training and Publication Department, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, carries out works related to farmer training, extention activities, print and visual publishing on behalf of the Ministry. Our institution has a digital...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2008
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Turkish
Academia
University of Belgrade – Faculty of Agriculture
The Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade (Универзитет у Беогрaду - Пољопривредни фaкултет) was established in 1919 as one of the six faculties of the University of Belgrade. The Faculty of Agriculture is the educational and scientific...
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 2021
LANGUAGE(S) MANAGED: Serbian