Agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization's agriculture website. Includes a news magazine plus guides and links to information on livestock, biotechnology, land/water development, crop production, plant protection, agricultural support systems.

The use of autonomous, small robots in agriculture is expected to revolutionize field work. Professional, university or school teams are invited to enter their robots for an open-air field contest.

Field School for professionals in agriculture. Includes two days of hands-on learning in crop pest control and management of the state's major crops. Includes research updates and managerial training. Located in Lamberton, Minnesota.

Online link to the livestock news, content, research, webboard communities and website directory.

Factsheet about this crop and its uses.

Factsheet on this crop, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.

Directory of Internet links.

Grassroots program coordinated by the United States Department of Agriculture, aiming to help students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society. Teacher resources, kids' zone.

Proceedings of the First National Symposium of the Center for new crops and plant products of the Purdue University which focuses on research, development, and economics.

Detailed information on the production of a number of agronomic crops adapted to the upper Midwestern U.S., from adzuki bean to wild rice.

Nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from them.

Organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science and conserving fisheries resources. Information on membership, policy, publications, jobs and awards.

Project to support the development of a chain for the production of valuable ingredients using underexploited marine by-products.

Details of research into certain specific species. Also photographs of sections of timber from a worldwide selection of trees.

Provides access to a range of information catalogued by subject or topic and covering most of Europe.

Serving the fresh fruit and vegetable industry, for matters including evaluation of postharvest technologies, storage and handling software, assistance with commercialization, patents, expert testimony, and cargo loss. Located in Sydney, Australia.

Information about the horticultural technology with links to the Journal of Applied Horticulture, and horticultural societies.

Gives the history of HORTAX, an association of taxonomists and horticulturists interested in the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants, member information and links to the archives of HORTAX News.

Includes general and specific scientific information, links to journals, events calendar.

A professional fraternity of men and women whose educational objectives and/or careers fall within the broadly defined field of agriculture. United States.

Includes organisation newsletters and archives, conference and event information,

The AAI Foundation promotes research projects, member education, stewardship and scholarships. Provides information on events, education, environmental stewardship and the scholarships and their past recipients.

Conducts scholarship and grant programs and issues awards intended to help further the role of the agronomic, crop, and soil sciences in global crop production, and to promote human welfare within a sustainable environment.

The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique provides a catalogue of crop diseases, a glossary of terms used in plant pathology and details of each crop and its main problems. In French and English.

Cornell University projects and information on manure management, to reduce energy costs, increase profitability, and improve environmental impacts.

Information on the research centre, the staff and their research interests and links to the county extensions.

Basic and applied research work in the field of agriculture, food technology and forestry. Croatia.

Undertakes research into increasing the production of safe and high quality animal products and improving the self-sufficiency rate of feed by utilizing land resources effectively. Japanese and English.

Undertakes research into agricultural economics topics. Includes information on the Centre, the people, projects, publications and research opportunities.

Undertakes research into crop production and agroecology, and plant genetics, health and nutrition, with a network of experimental stations in the Czech Republic.

Promotes collaboration between Wageningen University and Research Centre, and partner institutes and networks in other countries. Features news, events, information on research, and policy briefs.

From the Natural Resources Conservation Service (United States). An extensive collection of articles and resources.

Provider of sustainable farming and environmental solutions using beneficial microorganisms that exist freely in nature.

ATTRA provides an on-line resource for sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, publications, events and funding opportunities. Extensive library of articles and studies, with links to related sites.

Articles on agricultural themes, climate change, food security, gene patents, IPR and GM issues, from an Indian perspective.

Provides the tools and means to help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa increase their crop yields through agricultural development.

Blog about moving back to the old family farm with information about sustainable agriculture, rural living, and responsible and humane animal husbandry.

Undertakes the cultivation of mulberries, the production and supply of disease free silkworm seed, silk production, reeling and marketing and the training of farmers.

Specicalizes in the production of polyclonal antibodies, radial immunodiffusion kits, and conjugated immunoglobulin fractions for manufacturers, universities and laboratories. Has a veterinary division. Based in Redmond, WA

Information from the FAO on this species, mostly cultivated in China, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

Provides information on this estuarine species, its culture environment, spawning and the supply of juveniles, diet, growth, health and the aquaculture potential in Western Australia.

Information on coffee harvesting with details of mechanical harvesting, stripping, and picking coffee beans.

State outreach educational delivery system with research-based programs in the areas of home economics, land resources, community development and 4-H youth development.

Offers educational programs throughout California in the areas of farm management, 4-H, nutrition, and family and consumer sciences. Page includes list of programs and county offices.

The online version of a book about the less-understood grains from Africa. It discusses African rice, finger millet, fonio, sorghum, and some other grains.

Factsheet on this grain crop with production practices and a life cycle similar to that of spring wheat or oats, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.

Information about the society, the events and the journal.

Information resources for efficient production of meat and milk from pastures

Pre-establishment, establishment and maintenance requirements of crops used for forage.

Factsheet on this crop, Crambe abyssinica, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.