Agriculture: Favorite Links
- The African Development Bank is a regional multilateral development bank, engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its Regional in the Asia-Pacific Region. www.afdb.org
- The Asian Development Bank is a multilateral finance institution that promotes economic and social progress in the Asia-Pacific Region. www.adb.org
- The Beehive is web-based portal for every person, regardless of income and location, to use the power of technology to gain information to improve the quality of his/her life. www.thebeehive.org
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to bringing innovations in health, development, and learning to the global community. www.gatesfoundation.org
- CAPSA is a subsidiary body of the United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. CAPSA contributes to the UNESCAP subprogram on poverty and development. www.capsa.org
- CIRAD is a French research center working with developing countries to tackle international agricultural and development issues. www.cirad.fr
- The Clinton Global Initiative is a non-partisan organization that works for economic improvement across the developing world. http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/
- Croplife Africa Middle East represents crop manufactures and distributors of crop protection products, seeds and biotechnology products. http://www.croplifeafrica.org/
- DAI is an international development firm dedicated to reducing poverty and agricultural improvement around the world. www.dai.com
- The European Commission’s Agriculture and Rural Development website highlights the E.U. agricultural industry and ongoing development issues across the continent. www.ec.europa.eu
- The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations focuses on agricultural improvement around the world. http://www.fao.org/
- The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture encourages and supports the efforts of its Member States to achieve agricultural development and well-being for rural populations. www.iica.int
- The International Development Research Center is a Canadian organization that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. www.idrc.ca
- The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a specialized agency of the United Nations enables poor rural people to overcome poverty. www.ifad.org
- The National Sustainable Agricultural Organization is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. http://sustainableagriculture.net/
- The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development has a list of all the agriculture sites of OECD member countries including ministries and related agencies. http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_37401_41224743_1_1_1_1,00.html
- The Rural Development Institute partners with developing countries to help secure land right’s for the world’s poorest. http://www.rdiland.org/
- Share the World’s Resources is a non-governmental organization that advocates for using sustainable economics to end global poverty. http://www.stwr.org/
- The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture creates value for resource-poor small farmers in developing countries through innovation in sustainable agriculture and the activation of value chains. http://www.syngentafoundation.org/
- The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development implements the U.N.’s goals for investment in sustainable agriculture in developing countries. http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/susdevtopics/sdt_agriculture.shtml
- The United States Department of Agriculture focuses on initiatives in the United States and helps to keep agricultural an important facet of the U.S. economy. http://www.usda.gov
- The United States Agency for International Development is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world. http://www.usaid.gov/
- Wikipedia.org is the web’s biggest encyclopedia and has a great section on agriculture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture
- The World Bank Group offers loans, advice, and an array of customized resources to more than 100 developing countries. www.worldbank.org
- The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. www.wri.org
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