The science and technology of growing living things (plants and animals) for human consumption or use as pets, ornament, food, fiber, or construction material. Includes Forestry, Horticulture and Soil Science.
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- CIAT: International Center for Tropical Agriculture Carries out research into agriculture and crops. Details of projects, regional activities, educational information, project databases.
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth.
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany Independent UK body specialising in agriculture, horticulture and food. It supplies a number of services including consultancy, training, and technical advice to governments, supra-governmental agencies, agribusiness and farmers.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Describes its main functions, and with a collection of links on current agricultural news and research.
- Agriculture 21 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.
- Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry Provides resources for the integration of agriculture into urban planning. Website holds a number of papers and links to related sites.
- Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NAS/NRC Part of U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. Topics on site include animal nutrition, pesticides, and federal funding of agricultural research.
- The Small Farm Resource Aims to disseminate information of use to people with small farms or rural property. Topics include aquaculture, beekeeping, livestock, orchard and forage crops, and pests.
- EliteFarmer Collection of PDF files and links, grouped by sector, providing an agricultural portal for products, services and information.
- FoodSHIELD Web-based food defence network designed to enable departments of agriculture and health, as well as laboratories, to communicate and coordinate with their peers in the US and Canada.
- Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog Luigi Guarino and Jeremy Cherfas aim to include on this blog, nuggets of information on anything that relates to agrobiodiversity, and welcome contributions from others.
- FieldRobotEvent 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.
- Agra-net.com Online presence of Agra Informa, information specialists on soft commodities, agriculture and food policy, markets and trade.
- COST Action 866: Green Care in Agriculture International co-operative project to increase scientific knowledge on the best way to implement green care in agriculture, through research and working groups.
- Beginning Farmers Online resource providing practical information and resources for starting, financing and running a small farm.