The Desertification Research Centre (Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione - NRD) is an Interdepartmental Centre of the University of Sassari.

ACRA is an Italian NGO based in Milan and involved in a wide range of projects both in Italy and abroad, focusing on fighting poverty and inequality, environment protection and combating climate change.

Cranfield University is a leading European postgraduate-only university. Based in the UK it focuses on research and training related to agrifood and the environment, energy, water, management, aerospace, transport, and manufacturing.

Nazi BONI University (UNB) is the former Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso; it is located at Bobo Dioulasso the second biggest town of Burkina Faso with centers at Gaoua and Banfora. The university comprises institutes, high schools and university centers.

The Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) is the main institute for agricultural and environmental research in Burkina Faso. It has in charge of formulating, implementing, and coordinating the country’s environmental and agricultural research.

The University of Makeni, is a Catholic University established through an act of law as a private university accredited as the Fatima Institute since 2005, with its legal status as the University of Makeni over two campuses in Makeni in 2009 while keeping Fatima as the main campus identification.

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) is the premier agricultural research organisation in Kenya. It is comprised of 16 semi-autonomous research institutes spread across the country. NON-RUMINANT RESEARCH INSTITUTE – (KALRO-KAKAMEGA) situated in western Kenya is one of the Research Institutes at KALRO.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is the oldest and largest public University in Kenya. It is constituted of six colleges: College of Architecture and Engineering, College of Health Sciences. College of Biological and Physical Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences and College of Education and External Studies.

Hawassa University is one of the eight research Universities (among more than 40) In Ethiopia. Hawassa University (HU) was established in 1976 as a college of Agriculture. It has become a full-fledged university, at the turn of the 21st century, and the name HU was coined in 2000.

OCCAM – Observatory on Digital Communication - is a Non-Profit Organization, established by UNESCO. It is associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information and in Special Consultative Status at the UN Social and Economic Council (ECOSOC). As such, it has a permanent secretariat at the UNHQ in New York.