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AgNIC: The Agriculture Network Information Center
 
"A voluntary alliance and partnership of nearly 60 member institutions and organizations working to offer ... reliable access to quality agricultural information." The site contains a database of annotated links to agricultural, environmental, and food-related resources; a calendar of events; related scientific news; and discussion groups. AgNIC is supported, in part, by the USDA’s National Agricultural Library (NAL).
http://www.agnic.org/
Topics: Agriculture
Last updated Dec 10, 2006
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database
In addition to the National Agricultural Library (NAL) catalog, this site contains AGRICOLA, a database of citations from "journal articles, book chapters, short reports, and reprints." Covers "all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, [and] agricultural economics." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title, author, and subject. Includes browsable list of indexed journals.
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
Topics: Agriculture
Last updated Apr 28, 2005
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
News and information from the United Nations' "lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development," including its governance, structure, finance, and activities. Mostly in English, but portions of the site are also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish. Searchable.
http://www.fao.org/
Topics: Agriculture, Business, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq
Last updated Apr 28, 2005
NewCROP: The New Crop Resource Online Program
"The Web site of the Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University. NewCROP provides windows to new and specialty crop profiles." The heart of this site is CropMAP, the searchable and browsable New Crop Resource Online Program, which has highly detailed crop information for the United States. NewCROP also provides information about alternative crops, unusual foods consumed during famines, and medicinal crops.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/
Topics: Agriculture
Last updated Nov 5, 2005
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