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Agroforestry
Animal and Veterinary
Appropriate Technology
Aquaculture
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Erosion Control

Fruit Trees
Health and Medical
International Development
Marketing and Economic Development
Moringa
Plant Pests and Diseases
Radio Scripts
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World Hunger

Websites devoted mainly to advocacy, information and statistics
The State of Food Insecurity in the World Annual FAO report. The 2006 report listed a series of steps which, it said, was needed to eradicate hunger in the years ahead.

Agriculture and Missions Training

Opportunities for training in agriculture and/or missions.
Free online Organic Agriculture Training Rodale Institute offers a free 15 hour on-line course for those interested in organic agriculture. There are no registration fees or set hours involved. You can pick up where you left off at any time. It is very user-friendly.
HEART Institute Located at Warner University, Lake Wales, Florida. "The HEART (Hunger Education and Resources Training) Institute is an interdenominational training center designed to prepare people to serve effectively in the Third World."
World Hunger Relief A Christian sustainable agriculture and missions training program just north of Waco, Texas. Similar to ECHO, they have a one-year paid internship program.
Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies provides university-level courses with transferable credits to over 50 colleges and universities. A course in Tropical Agriculture and Missions is taught at ECHO each summer. Other campuses are in Michigan,
Aggie Horticulture Description: The Aggie Horticulture site contains extension information from Texas A&M University, covering some subtropical crops.

Agroforestry

Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry
Download individual tree profiles or all in one large pdf file (41 Mb).

Agroforester's Library
Agroforestry references, species references, and book sources. Recommendations from agroforestry specialists from around the world

Integration of Tree Crops into Farming Systems Project
A very helpful collection of information, publications and training manuals to help farmers integrate tree crops into their farming systems.

Leucaena Network
"Promoting the responsible development of leucaena in productive and sustainable grazing and agroforestry systems to build stronger rural communities."

Tropical Tree Seed Manual
From the USDA: "The Tropical Tree Seed Manual is a one-volume reference manual for students, technicians, and scientists that provides comprehensive, internationally compiled data about tropical trees." Includes descriptions of 197 species.

Raintree
Commercial site but with a trememdous amount of technical information. See the Plant Database link at the bottom of the home page.

USDA National Agroforestry Center
"NAC accelerates the application of agroforestry through a national network of partners. Together, we conduct research, develop technologies and tools, coordinate demonstrations and training, and provide useful information to natural resource profess

Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands
Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands can be downloaded from this page in PDF format.

World Agroforestry Center
"The international leader in the science and practice of integrating "working trees" on small farms in rural landscapes." One of the CGIAR centers.

The Neem Foundation
Extensive information on the history, cultivation, and uses of neem.

The Banana Tree Inc.
An impressive list of tropical seeds. Small quantities are available for sale on-line. Caveat emptor, several years ago ECHO experianced poor customer service with this company. Nonetheless, with 40 years experiance they must have pleased enough cus

New Forests Project
A good source of forestry/agroforestry tree seed. They normally provide 100 grams of a species, or up to 5 kg. on special projects. English, Spanish and French.

Living Fences
Live Fences website sponsored by Cornell University based on research done by Stephan Cherry. A video on living fence agroforestry edited by Cherry is for sale from ECHO's Global Bookstore Online.

Floresta
A Christian organization operating an Agroforestry Revolving Loan Fund providing low cost loans for creating tree farms in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico. Their goal is to provide economic, enviromental, and spiritual solutions to the pro

FACT Net (Forest, Farm and Community Tree Network)
Descriptions of multi-purpose, nitrogen fixing trees, lists of seed sources, and tells how to obtain their useful publications. The Fact Net was formerly known as the Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association. This is now an archive site with documents availa

EDIS (Extension Digital Information Service)
From the Universtity of Florida. One of the best examples of on-line agriculture information that exists. Many tropical fruits are covered in fact sheets. Much of their information is not written with the third-world in mind, but still useful.

Edible Nuts
An FAO publication with information on major, minor and potential edible nut producing trees.

Ecotop
Contains information about sucessional agroforestry systems and pratical examples of agroforestry in the Bolivian tropics. Information available in English, German and Spanish.

CRFG (California Rare Fruit Growers)
The largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world, with members in 48 states and U.S. Territories, and 30 countries. One of the best sources of information about tropical fruit, the CRFG page contains descriptions of many rare fruits.

Australasian Tree Crops Sourcebook
This site has an extensive listing of tree crops along with nutrient requirements, chill requirements, and propogation methods.

Agrofloresta.net
Dedicated to agroforestry in Brazil. All information in Portuguese.

Animal and Veterinary

PIGTrop Information Center
"With a strong commitment to create a “Tropical Pig Network”, PigTrop website aims to be a collective platform to share experiences and exchange information towards the final users in Southern countries..."

Small Scale Beekeeping
This is the online version of the Peace Corps manual.

Rabbit project development strategies in subsistence farming systems
Posted on the FAO system: "The marked rise in rabbit project development activities in developing countries, observed over the past ten years, may be attributable to the increased awareness of subsistence rural and peri-urban inhabitants to the poten

Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control
The Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control was formed in response to the critical state of the small ruminant industry associated with the emergence of anthelmintic resistant worms. SCSRPC is a group of scientists, veterinarians, and

Tropical Forages Database
From Australia, CIAT and others, Tropical Forages is a powerful tool for selecting forage species suitable for local conditions in the tropics and subtropics. It is invaluable for agricultural researchers and extension officers involved in improving

Heifer International
Heifer Project International is an "older sister" organization to ECHO which helps nationals of "developing" nations with small and large livestock resources.

Apiservices
Apiservices has a website in English, Spanish, French and German with information on beekeeping.

APIS (Apicultural Information and Issues)
University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultureal Sciences beekeeping journal. Fifteen years of back issues are online.

Appropriate Technology

CD3wd Development Information Library
Cd3wd is a free but high quality collection of practical How-To Technical Development Information - helping the 3rd world to help itself. There are 4000 titles, totaling 13 gigabytes.

Biosand Filter
This website is devoted to the promotion of biosand filters. It has excellent information on the effectiveness as well as construction plans.

Chapin Living Waters
Information about the bucket kit drip irrigation system developed by Dick Chapin.

KickStart Appropriate Technology
Treadle pumps, Oil presses and more. KickStart’s mission (formerly ApproTec) is to help millions of people out of poverty. We promote sustainable economic growth and employment creation in Kenya and other countries by developing and promoting technol

Practical Action - formerly ITDG - Intermediate Technology Development Group
"Practical Action is the new name for ITDG – the Intermediate Technology Development Group. The name may have changed, but the organisation and the values that we represent remain – practical answers to poverty, sustainable solutions and people focus

Bush Proof
"Sustainable products & services for tough environments." "...drinking water, irrigation, consultancy and renewable energy products. Characteristically, these are all low-cost, durable and easy to maintain, also in remote locations by people without

PlayPumps
"This innovative water pump that doubles as a children’s merry-go-round is bringing clean water – and a better life – to hundreds of thousands of families in Africa."

Compatible Technology International
"CTI's Vision: A world in which all people have adequate nutritious food and clean water. CTI's Mission: CTI works to improve the lives of people in developing countries by designing food and water technologies that are sustainable and appropriate

PACTEC - Partners in Aviation and Communications Technology
"PACTEC is fast becoming an integral part of serving our world's developing nations. Providing expertise in aviation, communication, and other technologies, PACTEC is a hands-on partner. We multiply the effectiveness of other humanitarian organizatio

The Sustainable Village
A large selection of appropriate technology and renewable energy products.

The Solar Cooking Archive
The Solar Cooking Archive is sponsored by Solar Cookers International. The site has several sections, including plans for building solar cookers; documents (e.g. technical information and newsletters); resources (books, recipes and web links); and an

Light Up the World Foundation
The Light Up the World Foundation (LUTW) was founded by Dr. David Irvine-Halliday. The chief goal of LUTW is to assist poor villagers in the developing world obtain a useful, healthy, safe, reliable, rugged, affordable and environmentally friendly environmentally responsible lighting.

Aquaculture

FishBase
FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science

Aquaculture Publications

A great collection of documents from Auburn University

The World Fish Center
Located in Penang, Malaysia

Education, Research and University Resources

NewCROP Classes, Presentations and Websites
This is a resource from the Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products. Of particular note is the Tropical Horticulture class with class notes, powerpoints and video lectures of Dr. Jules Janick.

Open Courseware Consortium
The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 100 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.

Vanderbilt University Library
Great site linking to many scientific publishers.

University of Oxford Department of Plant Sciences / Oxford Forestry Institute
The University of Oxford Department of Plant Sciences/Oxford Forestry Institute has a web page. "This server is the host for the WWW pages for the Department of Plant Sciences, the Oxford Forestry Institute"

IDRC (International Development Research Center)
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada has a great website, including their now-online IDRC Reports journal, links to the database at the IDRC Library, and a long list of links to other organizations in the development field.

ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics)
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, located in India, and with a mandate to conduct research that leads to the enhanced sustainable production of sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnuts

Open Educational Resources
This resource listing is one of the Development Gateway Communities. "Approximately 50 institutions worldwide now share materials from more than 2,300 courses in OpenCourseWare formats."

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia) Forestry
Research on forestry and forest products.

CIRAD (Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche' agronomique pour le developpement)
The international agriculture research center for France. Information in French and English.

AGORA -- Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
The AGORA site provides access to 747 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions.

Erosion Control

MOIST (Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics)
MOIST is an interdisciplinary working group set up in 1994 under the sponsorship of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development to investigate and exchange information on cover crops, green manures, managed fallows etc.

Vetiver Network
Vetiver Network is the source for information about vetiver grass and other erosion control methods.English and French versions.

CIEPCA (Centre d'Information et d'Echanges sur les Plantes de Couverture end Afrique)
Center for Cover Crops Information and Seed Exchange in Africa assists researchers in Africa to develop appropriate cover cropping systems.

Fruit Trees

South Africa Stone Fruits
This website has detailed descriptions of current cultivars of apricots, nectarines, peaches & plums in South Africa. Click on the link 'Click to activate free Stone Fruit downloads'.

Fruitscapes
A wealth of information and pictures about temperate, subtropical and tropical fruits from the University of Florida extension service.

Thai Flora and Thai Ways
An interesting Asian Fruits website that provides photos and a few paragraphs for about 24 different fruits.

New World Fruits Database
The New World Fruits Database aims at providing easier access to some basic, but often difficult to obtain, information on fruits from the New World. Key information provided includes data on nomenclature, taxonomic and vernacular, on fruit and plant species.

Plant Propagation
From Texas A&M; a collection of illustrated instructions for grafting, budding, air-layering and micropropagation.

Gallery of Tropical Fruit
Dr. Ian Maguire: "I began working at the UF/IFAS/ Tropical Research and Education Center in 1999 on a distance education project entitled The Tropical Fruits Virtual Field Laboratory (TFVFL). ... During the past five years I have taken thousands of photographs..."

Florida Citrus Resources
This site is mainly geared toward the Florida commercial grower. However it also serves as a gateway to a wealth of information about citrus propagation, culture, pest problems, dooryard citrus and other topics. In particular see the "Topical Listing

Ber (Jujube)
NOTE: This book is no longer on the original site. It can be located on the web archive site: http://web.archive.org/collections/web.html Enter in search box: www.civil.soton.ac.uk/icuc/cd_icuc_ber_tamarind/content/ber/ber_book_html/index_alla.htm

Health and Medical

Improving Nutrition Through Home Gardening
From the FAO -- This training package is designed for agricultural extension agents as well as other field workers who are involved with nutrition, home economics, health and community development in Africa.

Safe Drinking Water
From the US National Academy of Sciences and Global Health and Education Foundation. This site is in English, Spanish, French and 2 other languages. It contains excellent resources for providing safe drinking water to communities.

Water for the World Technical Notes
From the Lifewater Technical Library: "The foundation for this collection of documents related to water supply, hygiene and sanitation is the set of 160 publications developed by USAID titled, “Water For The World Technical Notes.”"

Focus on Avian Influenza
This avian influenza monitoring page provides the latest information on avian influenza in order to help the humanitarian community better understand and respond to the possibility of a pandemic evolving in poultry, and in humans.

USDA MyPyramid Nutrition Guide
This guide to personal nutrition replaces the Food Guide Pyramid published in 1992. The website includes interactive components which help individuals understand their nutritional requirements. While this guide is designed for Americans, the basic pr

Solar Water Disinfection
SODIS, Solar Water Disinfection, improves the microbiological quality of drinking water: It is a simple water treatment method using solar UV-A radiation and temperature to inactivate pathogens causing diarrhoea. This site has complete information on

FAME (Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism)
Dedicated to helping unreached people by medical evangelism, hospitals, churches, medicines, medical equipment and personnel.

FAO HIV/AIDS and Food Security Website
Comprehensive FAO site with links to many resources. Particularly valuable are the publications available for free download. Two of the most helpful are the Resource Guide for Extension Workers and the Extension Fact Sheets.

UNICEF Facts For Life
Every year, nearly 11 million children die from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday. Millions more survive only to face diminished futures, unable to develop to their full potential. Facts for Life presents, in simple language, th

HIV/AIDS, food security and humanitarian action: a resource guide
Getting to grips with the issues of HIV/AIDS, food security and emergencies requires knowing about three vast systems of research and action: HIV/AIDS, food security and the humanitarian aid. This resource guide highlights some of the key documents,

Technical Notes for Emergencies
These four page illustrated notes have been prepared by WEDC for the World Health Organization to assist those working immediately or shortly after an emergency to plan appropriate responses to the urgent and medium-term water and sanitation needs of

Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page
"Search online for values in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18"

IAMAT (International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers)
Produces publications for preventing illness in travellers. Membership can also result in reduced medical costs when using member Doctors for medical needs when oversees.

International Development

Participatory Learning and Action
Participatory Learning and Action is the world's leading series on participatory learning and action approaches and methods.

FAO Distance Learning Courses
Food Security Information for Action. "The Distance Learning Component offers self-paced e-learning, developed by international experts to support capacity building and on-the-job Training and Workshops..."

NGO Leader
A service of Eastern U. School of Leadership and Development to provide networking, resources, and encouragement to leaders of Christian NGOs as agents of transformational development.

FAO Best Practices Website
"In the spirit of FAO's stronger focus on knowledge sharing, this new FAO Best Practices Web site provides a series of summaries that introduce some best practices in FAO's areas of expertise. It also provides links to further resources with supporti

Resource Centers for Participatory Learning and Action
The RCPLA network is an alliance of seventeen different organisations from around the world, that strives to promote the empowerment of the disadvantaged through participation in their own development.

PROLINNOVA Promoting Local Innovation
Prolinnova is an NGO-initiated programme to build a global learning and advocacy network on promoting local innovation in ecologically-oriented agriculture and Natural Resource Management.

FAO Participation Website
Participatory approaches, methods, tools, activities and related changes in attitudes can facilitate a more equitable and demand-driven participatory development process.

ICIMOD - International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
ICIMOD works mainly at the interface between research and development and acts as a facilitator for generating new mountain-specific knowledge of relevance to mountain development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region. One of the few high altitude resea

RESOURCE CENTRE NETWORK FOR WATER, SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
WELL is a resource centre network providing services and resources in water, sanitation and environmental health for the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British government and partner agencies. Under the "Resources" links are t

Living Waters for the World (LWW)
LWW works with a large system that purifies water in 300 gallon batches using filtration, ozonation and chlorination. The group sends out teams that make 3-4 visits to participating sites to prepare, train, install and follow-up on the purification

Rebuilding Agriculture and Food Security in Iraq
This is the food security page of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq(UNAMI). "The purpose of this section is to provide information on activities related to Food Security, undertaken by the United Nations and its partners. " There are links to documents. Rebuilding Agriculture and Food Security in Iraq

Cambodia Food Security and Nutrition Website
"The goal of this web-based information system is to facilitate the dissemination of best practices and lessons learned, highlight innovative measures, inform users of news and events, and promote open discussion among stakeholders, with regard to f

Afghanistan: Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture
"Establishment of the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan ICARDA has been invited by USAID to coordinate an initiative with other CGIAR (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) Centers and partners to

World Relief
"The Mission of World Relief, as originated within the National Association of Evangelicals, is to work with, for and from the Church to relieve human suffering, poverty and hunger worldwide in the name of Jesus Christ."

Participatory Technology Development
Participatory Technology Development (PTD) is a creative process of joint experimentation and research by farmers and development agents in discovering ways of improving farmers' livelihoods. The growing number of documented examples in recent years

FARM-Africa
"FARM-Africa (Food and Agricultural Research Management) is an international non-governmental organisation that aims to reduce poverty through developing innovative approaches to natural resource management in Africa."

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)
The Goal of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is to strengthen the abilities of African countries and regional organizations to manage risk of food insecurity through the provision of timely and analytical early warning and vulnerab

Engineering Ministries International (EMI)
EMI is a group of Christian engineers who volunteer to do civil engineering projects for Christian organizations overseas.

Eldis Food Security Resource Guide
The aim of ELDIS (an information service) is to provide resource guides to bring together information and to present it for quick access. Each of the guides is oveseen by an editor or editorial team. This Food Security Resource guide offers quick acc

Aid Workers Network
Practical advice for aid workers by aid workers. Aid Workers Network links relief and development field staff to share support, ideas and best practice. This web site is being developed by a team of experienced aid workers to provide a comprehensive

AERDO (Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organizations)
The Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organizations is a professional forum to help promote excellence and foster networking among non-profit Christian agencies and individuals engaged in relief and development work.

Food Security and Food Policy Information Portal for Africa
This site, which operates in English, French, and Portuguese, makes available in one spot a wealth of information related to food, agriculture, hunger, environment, and development issues for Africa. This portal provides a site where researchers can

Marketing and Economic Development

Seed Initiative
The Seed Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and Development) aims to inspire, support and build the capacity of locally-driven entrepreneurial partnerships...

EU Novel Foods Regulation
GTZ Fact Sheet on the European Union regulations for new food products and the impact on trade and imports from Developing Countries. From the People and Biodiversity Series of papers. Also see:
Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species -- EU Novel Food Regulation

Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College
The Center helps churches to help the poor to help themselves. Training is available for pastors, deacons/lay leaders, missionaries, and ministry staff. It is delivered through web-deployed distance learning courses, self-study courses, and week-long training institutes held throughout the world.

Moringa

VEG India Exports
Source of moringa leaf powder, oil, and seeds. Located in India.

Mariko's Family Farm
Source of moringa capsules, leaf powder and other moringa products. Located in California

Moringa Farms
Source of moringa leaf powder, seed, and seed oil. Located in California.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Exhaustive information on the chemical composition of Moringa oleifera.

Moringa Agrodesierto
Moringa information and links in Spanish.

Moringa oleifera: The multipurpose wonder-tree
Information compiled by Michigan Tech for Peace Corps volunteers. This is an excellent site with much information and many links to other sites.

Moringa leaves: Trees for Life
Excellent source of information about the nutritional value of Moringa including a 16 page beautifully illustrated book.

Moringa oleifera, a multi-purpose tree
Nicely illustrated 16 page pdf document that covers the use of Moringa for nutrition and water treatment.

Intensive Moringa Cultivation in Senegal
Document from the Moringa News website on experience in northern Senegal.

Suggested Cultural Practices for Moringa
Excellent 5 page document published as a pdf file by the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC).

Moringa News Website
This web site is designed specifically for people and organizations that are interested in moringa species and their uses. Information on the site is available in both English and French. The complete proceedings from a conference called "Development

Moringa oleifera
Information from the Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK.

Moringa Home Page
The Moringa Home Page is an excellent website devoted to species of Moringa, the tropical vegetable tree which provides very nutritious leafy greens.

Plant Pests and Diseases

Elephants!
See the "downloads" page for research papers on Elephants and crop damage.

Web help for identification of plant nutritional disorders, 4 languages
A website has been set up with color pictures to help with the identification of nutritional disorders in common bean. The material was originally designed as a booklet and slide set by CIAT, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Also see:
Plant nutrient disorders displayed

USDA Fruit Fly Research
Fruit fly control in Hawaii is discussed in the February 2004 issue of "Agricultural Research" (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/feb04/) This "Forum" editorial presents an excellent overview of the worldwide fruit fly issue.

The American Phytopathological Society (APS)
Website of The American Phytopathological Society (APS). "The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is an international scientific organization that promotes the study of plant diseases and their control through publications, meetings, symposia,

Sorghum: Insect Pests and Beneficials
Extension bulletin from Texas A&M. Excellent pictures and descriptions.

Identify Caterpillars in Field, Forage and Horticultural Crops
Excellent identification guide for insect pests of southern crops.

Fruit Flies Flee Paradise
This article presents excellent information on the Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy used in controlling fruit fly in Hawaii. From the February 2004 issue of "Agricultural Research" (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/feb04/).

Insect Images: The Source for Insect Images
A joint project between Bugwood Network and the USDA Forest Service. Comprehensive collection of excellent insect pictures.

Ecology and Managemetn of Parasitic Weeds

Management of Parasitic Weeds. From Germany.

Radio Scripts

DCFRN (Devleoping Countries Farm Radio Network)
Canadian not-for-profit organization that produces radio scripts designed for farm families in print format and distributes them free of charge to Network members. They, in turn, share the information through radio with an audience of millions of far

CTA (Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU)
Rural radio support program which distributes an information package consisting of taped interviews accompanied by a complete transcript and radio talks.

Recipes

Black Sapote, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Includes three recipes for Black Sapote written by the assistant curator of the Fairchild Garden in Coral Gables, FL.

Black Sapote, University of Florida
University of FLorida Extension fact sheet includes 4 recipes and description, availability, nutritional value, preparation and use of the fruit.

School Gardens

Running a Junior Farmer Field and Life School
This 146 page manual from the FAO offers guidance in setting up a Junior Farmer Field and Life School (JFFLS). The manual can be downloaded as a whole or in sections from the website.

Edible Gardens
From Oklahoma. A guide and collection of ideas for edible school gardens. 9.7 Mb pdf file and some smaller documents to download.

FAO School Gardens Website
Linked to the FAO Best Practices site, this page has information specific to schools. See particularly the book "Setting up and running..." under the School Garden library link.

FAO Best Practices: School and Hospital Gardens
"School gardens and hospital gardens are found in many developing countries where areas adjacent to the institution are cultivated with horticultural crops and fruit."

Growing in the Garden: Kids
From Iowa State University, a curriculum for Kindergarden through 3rd grade.

References for School & Youth Garden Projects in the Low Desert
A web page at the University of Arizona cooperative extension. The resources listed would likely be helpful for anyone establishing school gardens.

kinderGARDEN
From Texas A&M: There are many opportunities available for children to become involved with plants, gardens, or the outdoors in general. Some of these opportunities include children's programs at school gardens, botanic gardens or community gardens.