Agriculture and Forestry

The Global Environment Facility/ Small Grants Program Albania (GEF/SGP)
English/Albanian
The Global Environment Facility/Small Grants Program embodies the very essence of sustainable development. SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives. The GEF Small Grants Program is a corporate program of the GEF, implemented by UNDP and executed by UNOPS. Albania joined the SGP as a participating country in 1996. The long-term goal of the GEF/SGP program in Albania is to contribute to achieving global environmental benefits through community-level action to conserve biodiversity, protect international waters, and reduce the likelihood of adverse climate change.

Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft (Federal Institute for Agricultural Economics)
English Site
German Site
Established in 1960, the Federal Institute for Agricultural Economics is a research institution for economics and social science focusing on activities such as empirical analysis in the field of agricultural economics as well as the development and provision of methodology and data processing software for agricultural research.

Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC)
English
The Food and Agricultural Research Council of Mauritius inspires and aids to steer research in the agri-food and related sectors to address national interests and needs, while ensuring that resources are expended on efforts that are scientifically relevant, innovative, and directed towards priority problems and practical objectives. The Council also provides research-based policy advice and develops national strategies for research and design in the agri-food, forestry, and fishery sectors.

Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (AREU)
English
The Mauritius Agricultural Research and Extension Unit serve the non-sugar agricultural sector (crop and livestock) through excellence in cost-effective, high-quality research. The AREU works to better agricultural production and meet the policy requirements of the government in terms of agricultural diversification and food production.

Forest Research and Management Institute (ICAS)
English Site
Romanian Site
French Site
ICAS was founded in 1933, as a public institution of national concern, specialized in research work and implementation new technologies in the public and private forestry sectors, in order to assure sustainable management of Romanian forest.

Forest Research Institute in Warsaw (IBL)
English Site
Polish Site
Established in 1930, IBL carries out scientific research and developmental work to advance sustainable forest management and raise awareness of the social, technical, and economic circumstances influencing the varied use of forest resources.

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas
Portuguese
The National Institute of Land Inquiry and of Fishing carries out the actions of inquiry, experimentation, and necessary demonstration for the reinforcement of the agricultural productive rows, livestock farming, and forest. They also develop technological and scientific bases of support for fishing, carrying out studies with an aim to evaluate the resources of existing fishing and connected activities.

Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research
English
The EIAR is a government institute devoted to improving knowledge of and access to technological developments in agricultural machinery and processes in Ethiopia.

Gunjar Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG)
English
GEPADG is a Gambia-based NGO focused on creating long-term, sustainable solutions to poverty in the country by reversing the current destruction of forests, mangroves and coastal ecosystems.