Resource on appropriate technologies in the fields of sustainable agriculture, waste management, textiles and renewable energy, primarily in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province in China. www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/index.html
Offers opportunities for government officials, experts from international organizations, and researchers in the region to exchange viewpoints. Includes reports on multinational congresses and workshops and links to country-specific sites. www.ecoasia.org
Serves the entire developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and rehabilitati www.cgiar.org/icarda
With a mission to help developing countries in the semi-arid tropics increase farm productivity and food security, reduce poverty, and protect the environment through optimum use of the natural resource endowment, through partnership-based international a www.cgiar.org/icrisat
A nonprofit international agricultural research and training center established to improve the well-being of present and future generations of rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes. www.irri.org
With a mission to contribute to food security and poverty eradication by fostering sustainable increases in the productivity of water through better management of irrigation and other water uses in river basins. www.cgiar.org/iwmi
The United Nations says pollution from south-east Asia is changing weather patterns and causing disease across the world. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2182783.stm
A rural development program. Its primary aim is to bring farm households into rural decision making. Includes annual reports, periodicals. farmnetasia.nic.in
Network assisting its member countries through information exchange, regional workshops, expert consultations and learning activities for those responsible for the development and dissemination of soil and water conservation practices for small-scale far www.asocon.org