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Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages.  Here you can see examples of videos, download them or order a DVD copy.  The audio tracks can also be downloaded by radio stations.

Access Agriculture is a platform for agricultural R&D staff, service providers, extension agents, communication professionals and representatives of farmer organisations to see what training videos are available and request new language versions.The videos are all designed to support sustainable agriculture in developing countries.

For maximum impact in improving opportunities for farmers explore Access Agriculture.

The Africa Coffee Academy (ACA) was founded in 2006 and is a private institution that provides a “Total Coffee Experience” to its clients. The Academy runs training, mentoring and coaching workshops in all aspects of the coffee value chain i.e from “Seed to Cup”. The Academy deals in coffee in coffee consultancy, boasting a team of associate consultants and practitioners collectively exceeding over 120 years of relevant experience within the coffee industry.
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The goal of this NASA Applied Remote Sensing Education and Training project is to increase the utility of NASA Earth Science and model data for decision-makers and applied science professionals in the area of Water Resources Management Applications. The project conducts trainings and other capacity building activities on utilization of NASA satellite remote sensing and model data for a variety of water management applications including floods and snow related topics. Training activities are a combination of lectures and hands-on activities that teach professionals how to access, interpret, and apply NASA rainfall, snow, cloud, and atmospheric humidity products at regional and global scales with an emphasis of Case Studies. This website provides access to educational materials and regular updates on upcoming events and workshops.

For more information, visit the ARSET Website

Applied GeoSolutions, LLC (AGS) provides scientifically sound, cutting-edge geospatial technologies and integrated spatial information services for resource management and the decision-making process. 

AGS is a focused group with experience and specialized skills in the design and application of biogeochemical models and geospatial technologies. They work with a variety if end-users and clients to generate customized solutions for the decision making process. 

AGS was formed in 2000 to provide consulting services and training for environmental applications of geospatial technologies. AGS is a private for-profit business that works with international organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, industry, and private clients. AGS was originally formed in response to the growing need for improved environmental and resource management information. AGS provides and uses advanced geospatial tools and models to provide necessary information to our clients.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development with the funders of this work. The funders include developing and industrialized country governments, foundations, and international and regional organizations. The work they support is carried out by 15 members of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, in close collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, and the private sector.

The Vision:

To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership.

The Objectives:

• Food for People: Create and accelerate sustainable increases in the productivity and production of healthy food by and for the poor.
• Environment for People: Conserve, enhance and sustainably use natural resources and biodiversity to improve the livelihoods of the poor in response to climate change and other factors.
• Policies for People: Promote policy and institutional change that will stimulate agricultural growth and equity to benefit the poor, especially rural women and other disadvantaged groups.

IRRI, or the International Rice Research Institute, is a nonprofit independent research and training organization. IRRI is part of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture (CGIAR).

IRRI develops new rice varieties and rice crop management techniques that help rice farmers improve the yield and quality of their rice in an environmentally sustainable way. We work with our public and private sector partners in national agricultural research and extension systems in major rice-growing countries to do research, training, and knowledge transfer. Our social and economic research also informs governments to help them formulate policy to improve the equitable supply of rice.

Mission

To reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships, and the strengthening of national agricultural research and extension systems.

Our goals

• Reduce poverty through improved and diversified rice-based systems.
• Ensure that rice production is sustainable and stable, has minimal negative environmental impact, and can cope with climate change.
• Improve the nutrition and health of poor rice consumers and rice farmers.
• Provide equitable access to information and knowledge on rice and help develop the next generation of rice scientists.
• Provide rice scientists and producers with the genetic information and material they need to develop improved technologies and enhance rice production.

In collaboration with colleagues in the Sustainable Development Network and across the Bank, ARD works to reduce poverty through sustainable rural development. To this end, ARD provides analytical and advisory services to the Bank's regions on a wide range of agriculture and rural development topics.

These services include the preparation and implementation of the ARD Action Plan, monitoring of the Bank's portfolio of agriculture and rural projects, and promoting knowledge sharing among agriculture and rural development practitioners, inside and outside the Bank, in order to continually improve the Bank's activities in rural areas.

Implementing Agriculture for Development, World Bank Group Agriculture Action Plan: FY2010-12 is the follow up to the broad consensus represented by World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. It outlines the scaled-up World Bank Group commitment to support the improvement of agriculture’s contribution to food security, to raise the incomes of the poor, to facilitate economic transformation, and to provide environmental services. It builds upon previous themes found in Reaching the Rural Poor, the 2003 Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy. 

Following the insights of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, it gives greater attention to:

• Increasing agricultural productivity, especially of poor smallholders, for greater progress in rural poverty alleviation;
• Differentiating the mix of support across the three “country worlds” of agriculture; and
• The role of agriculture in providing environmental services, including agriculture in the context of climate change.

Conventional maize and wheat breeding is at the heart of CIMMYT's work and accomplishments. This involves the painstaking, controlled cross-pollination of promising plant types or those containing specific traits of interest. Hundreds of thousands of the progeny from such crosses are grown on experiment stations under controlled infections, drought, heat, low-fertility conditions, or other stresses to see which perform well. Most plants are discarded; those selected are re-crossed, and the process is repeated. 

Modern breeding essentially parallels the selection performed by the ancient farmers who thousands of years ago domesticated maize and wheat from wild grasses. But now the process is supported by cutting-edge experimental designs, statistical analyses, molecular markers (DNA signposts for genes of interest), and other advanced science. The work also depends on the free, global exchange of seed, and a worldwide network of partners who test CIMMYT's experimental maize and wheat varieties at their locations and return data on those varieties' performance. 

CIMMYT's work is centrally related to agricultural risk management  and some of their projects include: creating drought tolerant maize in Africa, working in effective grain storage, and creating insect resistant maize for Africa. 

Opportunity International provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training to more than two million people working their way out of poverty in the developing world – many of whom are involved in the agricultural sector. By providing these loans, savings, and insurance, Opportunity International provides much needed access to finance for agricultural producers in developing countries. Clients in over 20 countries use these financial services to start or expand a business, provide for their families, create jobs for their neighbors and build a safety net for the future.