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With a mission to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support. Also promotes sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management of natural resources.
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CGIAR Home R is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. October 2005 Speaking Up: Young People Advocate Science-based Solutions What do fish have to do with the fight against HIV/AIDS in...Working to secure a prosperous future for Asia's rice societies by supporting rice educational activities, cultural preservation, research, and advocacy movements.
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The Asia Rice Foundation For more than half of humanity RICE IS LIFE. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. For them, life without rice is simply unthinkable. The Asia Rice Foundation is...A seed supplier of tropical vegetable seeds in Thailand, Indonesia, Philipines and Vietnam.
http://www.eastwestseed.com
Established to help improve the nutrition, health, and incomes of people in developing countries.
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Welcome to AVRDC The World Vegetable Center Horticulture leaders assess global and regional needs Mauritius releases three AVRDC tomato varieties AVRDC mungbeans welcomed by poor Indian farmers Spraying tomato flowers raises yields by 400% in Vietnam Vientiane consumers looking for more local vegetables More news from AVRDC...Part of Food and Agriculture Organization. Works with local governments, institutions and farmers, to develop strategies to tackle livestock problems.
http://www.aphca.org
With a mission to contribute to the sustained well-being of people in developing countries, particularly in the tropics, through collaborative strategic and applied research and related activities in forest systems and forestry, and by promoting the transfer of appropriate new technologies and the adoption of new methods of social organization, for national development.
http://www.cgiar.org/cifor/