FAO Statistical Database: FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT from FAO is the largest and most comprehensive statistical database on food and agriculture with sub national, national and international coverage, containing over 1 billion data points, 40 million updated annually. Data may be searched by FAOSTAT classic or the new FAOSTAT under Production, Trade, Consumption, SUA/FBS (Supply Utilization Accounts/Food Balances) , Food Security, Prices and Resources/Inputs (land productivity, land distribution, irrigation).
Scope: World

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: FAO
FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger serving both developed and developing countries, FAO helps the latter to modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. The site provides country information, access to their Statistical Databases and to their Online Publications and Documents. Also includes access to SARD, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development iniative.
Scope: World

Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura : IICA
Organismo especializado del Sistema Interamericano, dedicado a estimular, promover y apoyar los esfuerzos de sus Estados Miembros para lograr el desarrollo agrícola y el bienestar rural. Incluye documentos en texto completo en la Biblioteca Digital y bajo areas tales como Desarrollo de Agronegocios; Políticas y Negociaciones Comerciales; Tecnología e Información; Biotecnología; Sanidad e Inocuidad de los Alimentos; Desarrollo Rural Sostenible; y Agroindustria Rural. También provee acceso al Sistema de Información y Documentación Agropecuario de las Américas (SIDALC).
Scope: LAC

Agricultural Markets & Productivity

Agri-Food Trade service: Market Information: Agriculture and Agri Food Canada
Providing information, research, technology, policies and programs for security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth.
Scope: LAC

Economics, Statistics and Market Information System: USDA
Contains nearly 2500 reports (text files) and datasets (spreadsheets) from several agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture covering U.S. and international agriculture and related topics: Baseline Projection Tables; Commodities; Field Crops; Economic and Management; Livestock, Dairy and Poultry; Speciality Agriculture; Trade and International; Weather and Market News.
Scope: U.S. ; World

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: FAO
FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger serving both developed and developing countries, FAO helps the latter to modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. The site provides country information, access to their Statistical Databases and to their Online Publications and Documents.
Scope: World

Agricultural Research

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators: ASTI
Initiative managed by the ISNAR division of IFPRI. Compiles, processes, and makes available internationally comparable data on institutional developments and investments in agricultural R&D worldwide and presents country profiles for every World region, including Latin America and the Caribbean, where, under each country, are downloadable reports and publications.
Scope: World

Agridea
AGRIDEA is a resource and capacity building organisation for professionals working in rural and agricultural development in Switzerland and around the world. The website provides details of AGRIDEA's services inlcuding, development cooperation in Asia, Africa and Latin America, activities on Geographic Indications and Publications.
Scope: World

CAB International
CABI is a not for profit organization, specialising in scientific publishing, research and communication by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.
Scope: World

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute: CARDI
Enhancing the socio-economic well being of Caribbean people through research that improves the competitiveness and sustainability of regional agriculture.
Scope: LAC

Centro Internacional de la Papa: CIP
Seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweetpotato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.
Scope: LAC

Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregión Andina: CONDESAN
El Consorcio es un conjunto de socios de los sectores público y privado dedicados a realizar y facilitar acciones concertadas en investigación, capacitación, desarrollo e iniciativas de políticas que lleven al avance socioeconómico sostenible de la ecorregion andina. Bajo ‘Biblioteca Gris’ se encuentran documentos completos sobre Agrobiodiversidad, Conservación de Suelos y Agua, Sistemas de Producción, Políticas, Recursos Humanos e investigaciones Ecorregionales. Algunas ‘Publicaciones’ se encuentran en PDF.
Scope: Andean Region / Subregion Andina

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: CGIAR
CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. Under ‘Publications’ are all the downloadable titles, including those from the various CGIAR centers like CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, IITA, IWMI.
Scope: World

Global Forum on Agricultural Research: GFAR
GFAR is a  multi stakeholder-led initiative that serves as a neutral forum for dialogue and action on strategic issues in agricultural research for development (ARD). It facilitates and promotes cost-effective partnerships and strategic alliances among ARD stakeholders in their efforts to alleviate poverty, increase food security and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. Includes access to Knowledge, Web Ring links and Programmes.
Scope: World

International Food Policy Research Institute: IFPRI
IFPRI directly supports developing-country policymakers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society in their efforts to help the poor by presenting policy solutions for meeting food needs in a sustainable manner. IFPRI conducts food policy research and disseminates it through five research and outreach divisions, (Agriculture and Health, Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), Global Open Food and Agriculture University,HarvestPlus, Water and Food), publications, and the 2020 Vision Initiative.
Scope: World

Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura : IICA
Organismo especializado del Sistema Interamericano, dedicado a estimular, promover y apoyar los esfuerzos de sus Estados Miembros para lograr el desarrollo agrícola y el bienestar rural. Incluye documentos en texto completo en la Biblioteca Digital y bajo areas tales como Desarrollo de Agronegocios; Políticas y Negociaciones Comerciales; Tecnología e Información; Biotecnología; Sanidad e Inocuidad de los Alimentos; Desarrollo Rural Sostenible; y Agroindustria Rural. También provee acceso al Sistema de Información y Documentación Agropecuario de las Américas (SIDALC).
Scope: LAC

Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology: FONTAGRO
Consortium promoting regional strategic agricultural research with the direct participation of Latin American and Caribbean countries to secure priorities and finance research projects. Offer some of their studies full text in English and Spanish; also news in the field and links to related internet resources.
Scope: LAC

World Agricultural Information Centre of FAO: FAO-WAICENT
The World Agricultural Center (WAICENT) is FAO’s corporate framework for agricultural information management and dissemination. Provides access to many specialized information systems produced by FAO grouped by subjects: Animal Production & Health; Economics & Policy; Education & Extension; Engineering, Technology & Research; Farming Practices & Systems; Fisheries & Aquaculture; Food Security; Food Safety & Human Nutrition; Forestry; Geographical & Regional Information; Government, Administration & Legislation; Information Management; Natural Resources & Environment; Plant Production & Protection and Rural & Social Development.
Scope: World

Irrigation & Drainage

Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregión Andina: CONDESAN
El Consorcio es un conjunto de socios de los sectores público y privado dedicados a realizar y facilitar acciones concertadas en investigación, capacitación, desarrollo e iniciativas de políticas que lleven al avance socioeconómico sostenible de la ecorregion andina. Bajo ‘Biblioteca Gris’ se encuentran documentos completos sobre Agrobiodiversidad, Conservación de Suelos y Agua, Sistemas de Producción, Políticas, Recursos Humanos e investigaciones Ecorregionales. Algunas ‘Publicaciones’ se encuentran en PDF.
Scope: Andean Region / Subregion Andina

FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : Land and water 
Site of the Land and Water Development Division, provides databases, on-line publications, maps, CD-Rom series and links. Provides a Glossary of Land and Water Terms.
Scope: World

International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage: IPTRID
A multi-donor trust fund hosted at FAO as a special programme for more efficient use of water in agriculture. Mobilizing the expertise of a worldwide network of leading institutions in the field of irrigation, drainage and water resources management. Has events, projects, publications and knowledge systems.
Scope: World

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

NGO aimed to improve water and land management and the productivity of irrigated and drained lands through appropriate management of water, environment and application of irrigation, drainage and flood management techniques. Provides full text publications, statistics and news.
Scope: World

Water Information and Use in Agriculture
The WCA infoNET information system is an Internet-based integrated information platform which merges high quality information resources and expertise allowing direct access to publications, documents, data, computer programs and discussion groups which provide a knowledge base, support and the necessary global platform for decisions on water conservation and use in agriculture. The website is divided by Water Resources, Water for Agriculture, Water for Environment and Health, Water for Governance and Policy and Regional Views
Scope: World

Land Management

Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregión Andina: CONDESAN
El Consorcio es un conjunto de socios de los sectores público y privado dedicados a realizar y facilitar acciones concertadas en investigación, capacitación, desarrollo e iniciativas de políticas que lleven al avance socioeconómico sostenible de la ecorregion andina. Bajo ‘Biblioteca Gris’ se encuentran documentos completos sobre Agrobiodiversidad, Conservación de Suelos y Agua, Sistemas de Producción, Políticas, Recursos Humanos e investigaciones Ecorregionales. Algunas ‘Publicaciones’ se encuentran en PDF.
Area: Andean Region / Subregion Andina

Fundación Agrecol Andes
Presta servicios para la gestión del conocimiento en Agroecología a través de la capacitación, sistematización de experiencias, promoción de metodologías participativas, difusión de información, orientación y acompañamiento a procesos de cambio para contribuir al mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida en las sociedades rurales andinas. Incluye weblinks, biblioteca, publicaciones y documentos.
Scope: LAC

Land management: GTZ
The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. Access Services and Programmes.
Scope: World

Livestock

CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme: SLP
SLP is a CGIAR research initiative to improve livestock feed resources and natural resource management in crop-livestock agriculture. The objective of this project is to support development of technology and policy options for improved production and utilisation of feed resources in rainfed crop-livestock systems and natural resource management. Access Research and Publications.
Scope: World

Global Livestock-Collaborative Research Support Programme: GL-CRSP
Established in 1978 as the Small Ruminant CRSP, the Global Livestock CRSP is one of nine CRSP programs developed under Title XII of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975. Publications, News, and Resources are available.
Scope: World

International Livestock Research Institute: ILRI
The International Livestock Research Insitute works at the crossroad of livestock and poverty bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Information on their projects is under ‘Research’ and ‘InfoCentre’ takes to their publications (some online) and allows finding full text documents and articles from the FAO and CGIAR databases.
Scope: World

Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative: LEAD
LEAD is an inter-institutional project with the secretariat in FAO. The work of the Initiative targets at the protection and enhancement of natural resources as affected by livestock production while alleviating poverty. There is a digital library, research and a directory avialble on the site.
Scope: World

Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: PPLPI
The Initiative will contribute to poverty reduction through the formulation of international and national livestock policies that will ensure equitable, safe and clean livestock farming. Search by Thematic Area, Focus Area or Publication.
Scope: World

Rural Development

Agriculture and Rural Development: World Bank
The Bank's approach to rural development is holistic and multi-sectoral, focused on improving the well-being of rural people by building their productive, social, and environmental assets. Topics include Agricultural Trade, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forests and Forestry, Gender and Rural Development, Land Policy and Administration and Water Resources Management.
Scope: World

Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural: RIMISP
Apoya el aprendizaje organizacional y la innovación para promover la inclusión, la equidad, el bienestar y el desarrollo democrático en las sociedades rurales latinoamericanas. Incluye weblinks y publicaciones.
Scope: LAC

Focal Point for Rural Development: SDC
The Focal Point for Rural Development offers opportunities for joint work, information, virtual and face-to-face exchange and learning on burning issues in rural development. Explore the Book shop, Coffee shop and the Work Space.
Scope: World

ICTU Update: CTA
Each issue of ICTUpdate focuses on a specific theme relevant to ICTs for agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, and features four commissioned articles.
Scope: World

Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura : IICA
Organismo especializado del Sistema Interamericano, dedicado a estimular, promover y apoyar los esfuerzos de sus Estados Miembros para lograr el desarrollo agrícola y el bienestar rural. Incluye documentos en texto completo en la Biblioteca Digital y bajo areas tales como Desarrollo de Agronegocios; Políticas y Negociaciones Comerciales; Tecnología e Información; Biotecnología; Sanidad e Inocuidad de los Alimentos; Desarrollo Rural Sostenible; y Agroindustria Rural. También provee acceso al Sistema de Información y Documentación Agropecuario de las Américas (SIDALC).
Scope: LAC

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction: IIRR
IIRR has been involved in Latin America since 1965 through National Rural Reconstruction Movements in Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras. Access the Learning Community, Education and Training and Publications and Communications.
Scope: LAC

International Fund for Agricultural Development: IFAD
IFAD helps developing countries increase their food production with low-interest loans. The website provides online documents in the ‘Rural Poverty Knowledge Base’ and the ‘Documents & Publications’ section which includes annual reports, rural poverty reports, IFAD Factsheets by country, Country Strategic Opportunities Papers (COSOP), and basic and policy documents. Subjects covered are rural poverty, rural finance, food security & nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, gender, livestock & rangeland and anticorruption policy.
Scope: World

RIMISP: Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural
Rimisp es una organización regional sin fines de lucro que tiene por meta promover el aprendizaje organizacional y la innovación en las políticas, proyectos y programas públicos y privados, hacia la inclusión, la equidad, el bienestar y el desarrollo democrático en las sociedades rurales latinoamericanas.
Scope: LAC

Rural Poverty Portal: IFAD
The rural poverty portal is a website where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating rural poverty.
Scope: LAC

Sustainable Rural Development Information System: SRDIS
SRDIS' objective is to catalog and organize information resources most useful to resolving rural issues of global, national and local interest. It contains Case Studies, Sourcebooks, and Country Profiles.
Scope: World

Rural Finance & Businesses

Regional Agricultural Credit Associations
Following the 1975 World Conference on Agricultural Credit, FAO promoted the establishment of regional agricultural credit associations (RACAs) consisting of financial institutions providing financial services to small farmers and rural people in general. The page is split into Policy Making, Insurance, Agricultural Finance, Financial Products, Value Chain Finance, Financial Education, Publications and Links.
Scope: World

Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology: FONTAGRO
Consortium promoting regional strategic agricultural research with the direct participation of Latin American and Caribbean countries to secure priorities and finance research projects. Offer some of their studies full text in English and Spanish; also news in the field and links to related internet resources.
Scope: LAC

Rural Finance: IFAD
IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. Access Policies and Decision tools, Poverty and Outreach and Publications.
Scope: World

Casa Alianza Latinoamerica: Casa Alianza
Casa Alianza is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation and defence of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico.
Scope: LAC

Children and Youth: Protection of the Most Vulnerable
The Children & Youth (C&Y) Team of the World Bank was established within the Human Development Network to guide and foster coordination and partnerships that contribute to more effective children and youth development work at the World Bank.
Scope: World

Street Children - Community Children : Worldwide Resource Library: PANGAEA
Provides full text articles and documents by regions and a directory of organizations working with children.
Scope: World

Youth at Risk Initiative
The Commission on Youth at Risk works with others concerned about the problems of youth to enhance evidence-based prevention, intervention and treatment programs for youth and their families.
Scope: World

Child Labor & Trafficking

Children’s Rights : Child Labor: Human Rights Watch - HRW
Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization dedicated to protecting human rights of people around the world. The page on children and juveniles offers News, Op-Eds, International Legal Standards and Publications in PDF.
Scope: World

Innocenti Research Center: UNICEF
The Centre has collected data related to the situation of children and the implementation of their rights. UNICEF IRC has also developed a good number of databases and tools (publications, research) based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a common basis to retrieve documents and information related to children.
Scope: World

IPEC : Programa Internacional de Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil: Organización Internacional del Trabajo, OIT
IPEC fue creada en 1992 por la OIT para prevenir y combatir el trabajo infantil. Presenta sus programas, proyectos, diversas publicaciones y documentos en línea bajo ‘Investigaciones y Estudios’ que también están agrupados bajo los siguientes temas: Legislación; Políticas; Educación; Estadísticas; Formas de Trabajo Infantil y Herramientas para Enfrentar el Trabajo Infantil.
Scope: World

Maternal & Early Childhood Healthcare

Child and Adolescent Health and Development: WHO
The WHO department for Children and Adolescent Health, presents information under their main areas of work: IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness), Rights, ASRH (Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health) and HIV/AIDS, Prevention & Care for Illness, Nutrition & Development. Also includes Data and Statistics and under ‘Resources’ find publications in PDF.
Scope: World

CORE
The CORE Group, a membership association of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), promotes and improves the health and well-being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning. Access the CORE child health and development database, recent additions and updates, documentation initiative, working groups and Elluminate (online technical sessions.)
Scope: World

Maternal Health: PAHO
PAHO’s website offers access to a compilation of books, multimedia, periodical publications, technical documents and other resources on Maternal Health in the Americas.
Scope: LAC

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The NICHD conducts and supports research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.  Some of these topics include reducing infant deaths, improving the health of women, men, and families, understanding reproductive health and fertility/infertility and examining, preventing and treating problems of birth defects, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities.
Scope: World

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition of individuals and organizations formed to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns in the developing, as well as, developed countries. Includes resources, activities, member organizations and publications.
Scope: World

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
The Partnership is a global health partnership that joins maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) communities into an alliance of some 240 members to ensure that all women, infants and children remain healthy and thrive. Access resources, events and partnership information.
Scope: World

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN´S FUND: UNICEF
The United Nations Children´s Fund works for children´s rights, their survival, development and protection. Their work covers HIV/AIDS; Child Survival and Development; Basic Education and Gender Equality; Child Protection; Policy Advocacy; Early Childhood; Immunization; Child in the Family; Sports for Development; Evaluation and Good Practices; Gender Equality; Life Skills; Nutrition; Water, Environment & Sanitation; Rights and Results. The website provides abstracts and some PDF files for their publications; information by country, videos, statistical information and news. It also links to the Innocenti Research Centre that makes their publications in full text available.
UNICEF Chile and UNICEF Colombia have many of their publications online.
Scope: World

Preschool & Early Childhood Education

PREAL: Programa de Reforma Educativa de América Latina y del Caribe: Inter-American Dialogue
Contribuye al mejoramiento de la calidad y equidad de la educación mediante la promoción de debates informados sobre política educacional; la identificación y divulgación de buenas prácticas y el monitoreo del progreso educativo en los países de la región. Incluye información sobre Actividades, Publicaciones, Seminarios, News y Sitios de Interés.
Scope: LAC

Primary Education: World Bank
The Children & Youth (C&Y) Team of the World Bank was established within the Human Development Network to guide and foster coordination and partnerships that contribute to more effective children and youth development work at the World Bank.
Scope: World

World Education
World Education provides training and technical assistance in nonformal education across a wide array of sectors. Registered as a private voluntary organization, World Education has worked in over 50 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as in the United States.
Scope: World

World Fund
Supports high-quality and results-driven education in Latin America from pre-K through twelfth grade in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
Scope: LAC

Sports & Recreation

Grassrooots: UEFA
The UEFA Grassroots Newsletter is a publication produced by European football's governing body with the game's grassroots at heart. UEFA pursues a variety of grassroots initiatives as part of its work, buoyed by its belief that football's élite sector cannot flourish without a healthy basis.
Scope: World

International Alliance for Youth Sports: IAYS
The International Alliances for Youth Sports is driven by the belief that sports have great value in the physical, social, and moral development of children.  IAYS is focused on convincing all child-minded organizations throughout the world that sports can play a major role in the overall development of children.
Scope: LAC

Sport for Development: UNICEF
UNICEF works with governments and partners throughout the world to use sport-based programmes to improve children’s lives and to strengthen communities. UNICEF teams up with leading sports organizations and world-renowned athletes to bring attention to challenges facing children and to mobilize resources to address them.
Scope: LAC

Street Football World
streetfootballworld believes in the power of football in order to contribute to an environment of social change on a global scale. Since 2002 they have been linking relevant actors in the field of Development through Football with the goal of promoting global partnerships for development.
Scope: World

Vocational Training

CINTERFOR : Centro Interamericano de Investigación y Documentación sobre Formación Profesional: OIT - CINTERFOR
CINTERFOR es un servicio técnico de la Oficina Internacional del Trabajo, creado en 1963, establecido en Montevideo, Uruguay. Actúa como núcleo de un sistema constituido por las instituciones y organismos de formación profesional de los Estados Miembros de la OIT en las Américas y España. Trata la formación bajo diversos aspectos: Gestión de Calidad; Competencia Laboral; Economía Informal; Género; Jóvenes & Empleo; Rol de los Sindicatos; Formación y Desarrollo Rural; Rol de los Empleadores; Formación & Empresa y Diálogo Social & Formación. Bajo ‘Recursos de información’ ofrecen sus publicaciones en línea y en cada sección temática.
Scope: LAC

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training: CEDEFOP
Cedefop is the European Agency to promote the development of vocational education and training (VET) in the European Union. Access News, Reporting, Library, Publications and Links.
Scope: World

International Youth Foundation
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) is working in close to 70 countries and territories to improve the conditions and prospects for young people where they live, learn, work, and play.
Scope: World

Youth & Development

Acting with and for Youth: UNESCO
UNESCO’s site with the objective to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, fostering useful and long-lasting skills. Special work on Youth related to HIV/AIDS and the Information Society. Provides information on UNESCO’s activities on the topic like forums, partnerships and publications.
Scope: World

Child and Adolescent Health and Development: WHO
The WHO department for Children and Adolescent Health, presents information under their main areas of work: IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness), Rights, ASRH (Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health) and HIV/AIDS, Prevention & Care for Illness, Nutrition & Development. Also includes Data and Statistics and under ‘Resources’ find publications in PDF.
Scope: World

ICNYP.net : International Council on National Youth Policy: International Council on National Youth Policy
ICNYP was created in 1998 at a World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth. Includes online publications on youth policy for every member country, documents and links with related websites.
Scope: World

Portal de la Juventud: CELAJU; UNESCO; Infoyouth
Iniciativa conjunta de CELAJU y UNESCO-Quito dirigida a redes, organizaciones y grupos que trabajan con jóvenes en América Latina. Agrupa el trabajo con jóvenes en los siguentes sectores: Afrodescendientes, Indígenas, Rurales, Urbanos, Estudiantes, Trabajadores, Mujeres y