Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development provides worldwide leadership for evaluating and scaling-up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), a methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients. These practices contribute to both healthier soil and plants supported by greater root growth and the nurturing of soil microbial abundance and diversity.

http://ciifad.cornell.edu

The German Foundation for World Population has been working with partners in Asia and Africa to implement integrated social-environmental-economic projects that improve sexual and reproductive health, advance economic development and preserve fragile ecosystems. The organisation supports education, awareness-raising and local empowerment as core methods for achieving sustainable change in people’s behavior towards their own health, their communities and the natural environment.

www.dsw-online.de

FECHAC brings together the private sector, civil society and the government of Chihuahua to develop social programs aimed at reducing marginalization and social exclusion. It was established over 10 years ago after severe flooding devastated parts of Chihuahua City with the most severe effects hitting the very poor.


www.fechac.org.mx

IDE is an Indian not-for-profit organisation committed to providing long-term solutions to poverty, hunger and malnutrition engaged in the development of small-scale irrigation and rural mass-marketing of simple, affordable, appropriate and environmentally sustainable technologies to small and marginal farm families through private marketing channels.

www.ide-india.org/

Instituto Terra is a civil non-profit organization that promotes the growth of conservation areas and the sustainable use of Atlantic forest biodiversity. Instituto Terra is working to return the Atlantic Forest of the Rio Doce Valley to its rich diversity, stimulate social development in the area, promote the recovery, conservation, and balanced use of the environment, strengthen rural life, and stem the exodus of rural population in the region.

Mennonite Economic Development Associates designs and implements sustainable and innovative market-driven economic development programs that reach marginalized communities around the world. MEDA’s objectives are to improve the well-being of disadvantaged peoples; bring hope through economic opportunity; build trust amongst partners and project stakeholders; and develop viable locally-owned structures and systems.

www.meda.org

Naandi works with under-served communities spread across 6,000 villages in India. Naandi creates sustainable livelihoods for small and marginal farmers including landless, indigenous people. Naandi’s solutions have resulted in nearly 15000 families experiencing a three-fold increase in their per capita incomes, guaranteed food security, zero distress migration and a sustained conversion of 27,000 acres of semi waste and fallow land in eco–fragile areas into productive, cultivatable lands.

www.naandi.org

Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) promotes sustainable energy approaches and practices in the development of Africa through research, capacity building, information dissemination, project implementation, lobbying, and networking. SEA’s skills and experience include urban and regional planning, engineering, environmental science, and education. SEA's mission is to promote just and sustainable urban societies founded on the efficient use of energy and other resources.

www.sustainable.org.za

The Barefoot College began in 1972 with the conviction that solutions to rural problems lie within the community.
The College addresses problems of drinking water, female education, health and sanitation, rural unemployment, income generation, electricity and power, as well as social awareness and the conservation of ecological systems in rural communities. Barefoot benefits the poorest of India’s poor by emphasizing practical knowledge and skills over paper qualifications through a learning-by-doing process of education.

www.barefootcollege.org

TERI was established in 1974 to deal with the immense problems facing mankind in the years ahead due to the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite energy resources and the existing methods of their use.
The strength of the Institute lies in not only identifying and articulating intellectual challenges across a number of knowledge disciplines, but also in mounting research, training, and demonstration projects leading to development of specific problem-based advanced technologies that benefit society at large.

www.teriin.org