abare : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
http://www.abareconomics.com/
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) was established over 50 years ago and is a professionally independent applied economic research agency which works with industry and government in Australia to provide rural and resource industries with up-to-date public policy analysis and commodity forecasts. This site provides information on ABARE, its organisation, aims and activities. Information is provided on the research interests of ABARE (including climate change, energy economics, fisheries and forestry economics) and ABARE data products. In addition, the ABARE publications catalogue can be accessed online and includes ordering information. The site can be searched by keyword.
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ADAS (Agricultural Development and Advisory Service)
http://www.adas.co.uk/
ADAS aims to be the leading UK provider of research and consultancy to land-based industries, working with customers through the provision of quality services for the benefit of their businesses. ADAS offers consultancy and technical services to the agriculture, horticulture, food and drink, and environment sectors within the UK. In addition to this, ADAS is expanding its operations to offer similar services to overseas clients and detailed information about ADAS international services is available. This site provides information about ADAS, its mission, organisation and activities. Information is available on the laboratory services provided by ADAS as well as their research and development activities.
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AgEcon Search : research in agriculture and applied economics
http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/
AgEcon Search was developed at the University of Minnesota and is a searchable database of full-text reports of scholarly research in the field of agricultural and applied economics. The full-text PDF papers require Adobe Acrobat Reader and can be downloaded free of charge. AgEcon Search does not review any of the papers for accuracy or quality. Authors can submit their reports via this website. The database can be searched by key word or institution.
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AgraNet
http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/
The AgraNet website provides information on European and international policy, trade and legislation, agriculture, food and drink products, fishing and seafood, food law, the environment, and pulp and paper. In each of these areas it provides information on upcoming conferences and exhibitions, and news stories. A searchable archive of serial publications and reports is also provided, and the publications can be ordered via the website. Subscribers can access the publications and reports in full-text.
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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503295/descrip
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology is an international journal containing original articles and reviews on "the inter-relationship between meteorology and the fields of plant, animal and soil sciences, ecology, and biogeochemistry". The journal is aimed at meteorologists, soil scientists, agricultural hydrologists and agronomists. Contents and abstracts are available online for free from 1996 onwards via Elsevier Science. The full-text is only available to institutional and personal subscribers of ScienceDirect.
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Agricultural Biotechnolgy in the Developing World
http://www.fao.org/docrep/V4845E/V4845E00.htm
This report by the Food and Agriculture Organization entitled 'Agricultural Biotechnolgy in the Developing World' (FAO Research and Technology Paper 6) covers: biotechnology in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, FAO policy and strategy; biotechnology in the CGIAR system; biotechnology in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Africa; agricultural biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific region; the current status and future prospects of modern biotechnologies in Latin America and the Caribbean; and the status and prospects of biotechnology in the Near East and North Africa.
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Agricultural Census
http://edina.ac.uk/agcensus/
This web page provides access to the annual Agricultural Census conducted in June each year by the government departments responsible for Agriculture and Rural Affairs for England, Scotland, and Wales. These government departments collect the 150 items of data and publish information relating to farm holdings for recognised geographies. This raw data has been converted using algorithms developed by Edinburgh University Data Library, into grid square estimates. Access to the time-series data are available to subscribing academic institutions in the United Kingdom. The site requires an authentication username and password, contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service.
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Agricultural census in Northern Ireland
http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index/dard-statistics/statistical-reports/agricult
Published by the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), this website provides access to the results of the annual Northern Ireland agricultural censuses. The censuses are available as PDF files and include farm structures and labour forces, types of farm and farm sizes, district statistics, county statistics and less favoured area statistics.
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Agricultural committees
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publi/fact/comit2001/comi_en.pdf
Published in October 2000 by the European Commission, this document is available via the Agriculture section of the EU website, and was produced by the Directorate-General for Agriculture. This resource provides information on the EU's agricultural committees, examining the different types of committees used, their role, function and procedures. A list of committees that may be involved in agriculture and rural development matters is provided. This document is eight pages long, is in PDF format, and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Agricultural contribution to environmental degradation
http://www.ecifm.reading.ac.uk/subject3.htm
This Web page is subject three of the "Environmental Challenges in Farm Management" web course created by Richard Cooke, Dr Julian Park and Dr John Finn of the University of Reading. The page starts with a link to an agricultural and environmental interactions diagram. The discussion then follows the process of the effects of farm pollution and waste on the environment, including nitrogen and phosphates, pesticides and soil erosion.
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Agricultural Economics Fact Sheet Index
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ae-fact/index.html
Produced by the Ohio State University Extension, the agricultural economics fact sheet index provides access to fact sheets published by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences on topics in agricultural economics, such as improving environmental quality, and direct marketing. Some of the fact sheets are provided in PDF, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Agricultural Economics Society
http://www.aes.ac.uk/
website of the Agricultural Economics Society, a UK-based society which aims to promote the study and teaching of agricultural economics and related disciplines. The site has details of membership and conferences, news-sheets, and contents and abstracts of the Society's journal, Journal of Agricultural Economics.
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Agricultural information modules collection
http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=aginfo
Agricultural Information Modules has been developed by the New Zealand Digital Library Project. It contains full-text publications from organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on many aspects of plant science, animal science, fisheries, aquaculture, nutrition, and pollution. The texts of the collection can be searched by keyword, or browsed by title, subject or publishing organisation. Most items in the collection are in English, with some in French and a few in Spanish.
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Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/market/contents.htm
This site is created and maintained by Jean-Charles le Vallee from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. The virtual library contains a collection of links to Internet resources that are relevant to agricultural economists. The site is organised into sections which include; market reports and prices; markets, exchanges and quotes; farm and weather journals; email and discussion groups; and links to general agricultural economics sites. Each site is annotated and there are quick links to browsable listings (without annotations) organised by commodity, region, market analysis and ecommerce. The site includes links to publications from the Food Security II Project.
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Agricultural policies in transition economies : trends in policies and support : 2002
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?SF1=DI&CID=&LANG=EN&ST1=5LMQCR
This webpage gives access to the tenth edition of "Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies" published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This edition shows that there has been a gradual convergence of domestic agricultural prices with world prices in Central and Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, and Slovenia. The publication is available in print (for which there is a charge) and PDF format (which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view).
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the research body of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), conducting research on broad regional and national agricultural and related problems, and providing technical expertise to meet national food, food safety, and environmental emergencies.
The site has information on research programmes, newsletters and publications. The full-text of the Agricultural Research Magazine is available in HTML or as a PDF file. The site is fully searchable and it is possible to search by keyword to find specific subject experts, current research areas and specific agricultural topics.
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Agricultural science and policy I, fall 2006 : Nutr 241A
http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/32
This course (Nutr 241A Agricultural science and policy I, Fall 2006) is provided by Tufts University as part of the Tufts OpenCourseWare project. It includes a syllabus, lecture notes (in PDF format), readings and an image gallery. This course "highlights the relevance of natural resource conservation for ensuring healthy agricultural, food and environmental systems, as well as the various approaches for implementing it. This course, the first of two semesters, focuses on soils, water, air and energy. The second semester delves into plant nutrients, plant-pest interaction, crop breeding, and livestock production". The course covers : major biological, chemical and physical components of the agricultural systems; the scientific basis for understanding these systems and their management; how science has influenced policies related to agriculture, food safety and environment in the United States; how the policies have evolved over time in the US; what has worked and what has not; what are the reasons and what are the consequences?; beyond science, other factors that influence policies; links between what we learn and ecological agriculture; and policy analysis.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.php
Home page of the Canadian Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food which "provides information, research, technology, policies and programs for security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth. Information is provided on the Department, its organisation, aims and activities. Information on the site is organised into sections for producers, agri-industries, international business, science and land managers. In addition information is grouped by acts and regulations, agricultural framework policy, co-operatives, economic and market information, programs and services, publications, rural development and proactive disclosure. The site can be viewed in English and French, and is searchable by keyword. A collection of links to related and useful websites is provided.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
http://www.agr.ca/index_e.php
This is the website of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, with information for producers, agri-industries, international business, scientists and land managers. The kinds of information present include publications (PDF format), news and highlights, databases of current research, and information on Canadian Agricultural and Environmental Policy. Economic and market information are made available with the programs and services of the Department detailed. The site is available in English and French.
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Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department : Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)
http://www.fao.org/ag/portal/en/
The website for the Agriculture Department of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It provides information about the department and their activities, and offers a selection of subject guides which provide access to online resources in a range of topics. Subject areas include post harvest technology, pollution and pesticides, animal science, production and protection, economics and development, plant protection and legislation. There is a selection of current articles and FAO agricultural databases available online. This site can be viewed in English, French or Spanish. Many of the publications available via this site are in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Agriculture and global environmental change
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/AG/AG-home.html
Provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the purpose of this thematic guide is to aid the location of key documents and data sets that relate to human dimensions of global environmental change and agriculture. The guide is arranged under five main areas: Human causes of global climate change related to agriculture; Impacts of global climate change on agriculture; Adaptations to global climate change; Farm policy options; Indigenous agricultural and environmental knowledge systems. Each section provides an overview of the issues involved with links to references as well as to full-text articles and reports.
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Agriculture and Human Values
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1572-8366/
The home page for the journal Agriculture and Human Values, the official journal of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. The journal covers articles on topics such as assessing conventional and alternative food production; the philosophy of the applied agricultural sciences; and topics on environmental values and on animal welfare. Information is provided on the aims and scope, indexing/abstracting services, instructions for authors and subscription details, as well as a free online sample copy. Searchable tables of contents are also available, from March 1997. Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Fact Sheet Index
http://ohioline.osu.edu/anr-fact/index.html
Produced by the Ohio State University Extension, the agricultural and natural resources fact sheet index provides access to fact sheets published by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences on topics related to agricultural resources and natural resources, such as forage production, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Some of the fact sheets are provided in PDF, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Agriculture and the environment : an historical perspective
http://www.ecifm.reading.ac.uk/subject1.htm
This Web page is subject one of the "Environmental Challenges in Farm Management" Web course created by Richard Cooke, Dr Julian Park and Dr John Finn of the University of Reading. This Web page introduces a history of agriculture, the situation in post-war Britain, the effects of population change on agriculture, the decline of the industry in the UK, and changes in land use and production using UK statistics.
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Agriculture and the environment : the current situation
http://www.ecifm.reading.ac.uk/subject2.htm
This Web page is subject two of the "Environmental Challenges in Farm Management" web course created by Richard Cooke, Dr Julian Park and Dr John Finn of the University of Reading. It discusses the effect of the media on the image of agriculture, the farm labour force, farm machinery and the environment, agricultural support, and an evaluation of monoculture systems.
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