Agriculture > Organizations
Agricultural Biotechnology Center
Godollo, Hungary
Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity (ABSP) - (dead link)
Michigan State University
Agricultural Communicators in Education
American Society of Animal Science
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Agri-Food Trade Service
- Fish & Seafood Online
"...Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadaís site for Canadian fish and seafood market information...On this site, you will find a series of fact sheets on various species of fish and shellfish produced in Canadian waters. With more than 120 species in commercial production, this section will be expanding rapidly." - Biological Resources Division - (dead link)
- Canadian Soil Information System
- Fish & Seafood Online
Center for Soybean Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering
Clemson University - Genomics Institute
Cornell University - Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
Cornell University - Plant Pathology Department
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Consortium for International Crop Protection (CICP)
Crop Science Society of America
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Denmark - Dept. of Dairy and Food Science
Environment Canada - Biotech Section
European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
European Food Information Council
European Initiative for Biotechnology Education
FARM - Farm Animal Reform Movement
[Germany] - Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (BBA) (Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry) (German or English)
"...is engaged in plant pathology, entomology, plant protection and related fields. The BBA concerns itself with the effect of pesticides on humans, animals and the environment. The German Plant Protection Act defines the majority of its duties."
- Phytomed - Database
"The online searchable database PHYTOMED includes over 452.000 literature citations, partially abstracted, from 1 500 national and international sources (specialist periodicals, monographs, dissertations, offprints, proceedings, annual reports etc.) from 1965 to 1995 inclusively."
Illinois-Missouri Agricultural Biotechnology Alliance
Institute of Food Research (IFR)
"...is a UK centre for research of international quality, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council."
Institute of Food Science & Technology (UK)
Institute of Food Technologists'
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
"...is an organization committed to the economically and environmentally sound and sustainable development of mountain areas and the improvement of livelihoods of mountain communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region."
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
"...established in Nairobi in 1977, is an autonomous, non-profit research body supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. ICRAF aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics...ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in partnership with national agricultural research systems, for more sustainable and productive land use."
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
"The worldwide umbrella organization of the organic agriculture movement, with about 760 member organizations and institutions in some 105 countries all over the world."
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International Society for Ecology and Culture
"Promoting locally based alternatives to the global consumer culture"
Iowa State University - Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Local Harvest
"Local Harvest is a not-for-profit venture to sprout and grow a definitive and reliable 'living' public directory of small farms nationwide, and in so doing to provide people with direct contact to farms in their local area"
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation (RFMoAF) - (dead link)
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC)
National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - (dead link)
- Food, Agriculture & Fisheries - (dead link)
Overseas Development Institute
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
The Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Plant Biotechnology Institute-National Research Council (Canada)
Robyn Van En Center for CSA [Community Supported Agriculture] Resources
Sections include: The National CSA Farm Directory ; Resources & Links ; Publications and Products ; On-line Postings ; Technical Assistance & Support.
Russian Central Scientific Agricultural Library
Soil Science Society of America
Special Libraries Association - Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Division
Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center - (dead link)
WSU-TFREC Fruit Pathology
U.K. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
U.K. Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) - (dead link)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Portal
Includes: "Thousands of full-text publications and technical documents on agriculture, fisheries, nutrition and forestry, available through the Internet, on specific subjects such as trends in trade, country-specific information, food safety and deforestation ... Codes of conduct, interactive tools for use at the national level, and early warning and disaster prevention systems ... Data, including maps and charts, obtained through the FAO online statistical databases, containing over one million time-series records, covering international statistics in the area of agricultural production, trade indices, food supply, land and food aid ... Thousands of other multimedia resources available on the FAO Web site." - FAO Corporate Document Repository
"...houses FAO documents and publications, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format."- Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
FAO Research and Technology Paper No. 7
- Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- Agriculture 21
- Land and Water Development Division
- ProSoil - Problem Soils Database
A Multimedia Kit Including a Database and an Electronic Archive
- ProSoil - Problem Soils Database
- Land and Water Development Division
- AGRIS/CARIS
Centre of Information Management for International Agricultural Research
Sections include: The Facts ; AGRIS/CARIS Network ; Information Profiles ; AGRIS/CARIS Magazine ; Documentation Tools ; Databases ; Centre Guide. - Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
- FAO Statement on Biotechnology
- FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
- Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
FAO Research and Technology Paper No. 7
- Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
- World Food Summit
Rome Declaration - Reduce by half the number of chronically undernourished people on the Earth by the year 2015.- State of Food Insecurity in the World
Annual progress reports to meet the 2015 goal.
- State of Food Insecurity in the World
- World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Portal
- International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
- UN International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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United States Agricultural Information Network - (dead link) "...is an organization for information professionals that provides a forum for discussion of agricultural issues, takes a leadership role in the formation of a national information policy as related to agriculture, makes recommendations to the National Agricultural Library on agricultural information matters, and promotes cooperation and communication among its members."
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) see Agriculture - USDA Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Sections include: Overview ; Program Areas ; Special Interest Areas ; Interacting with the Center
U.S National Drought Policy Commission - (dead link)
University of Arkansas - National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information - (dead link)
Sections include: AgLaw News ; Center Publications ; Web Library ; USDA Decisions ; Links.
University of Florida - Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences
University of Florida - Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory
University of Nebraska - Center for Biosecurity
"...was created in 2002 to effectively serve the state of Nebraska and the nation by addressing both human and agricultural (plant and animal) biosecurity concerns. The center, administered by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, draws on the expertise of faculty members from all four campuses in a unique educational collaboration of expert scientists and clinicians who participate in clinical service, public service, educational and research programs."
Washington State Beef Commission
Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas
Weed Science Society of America
World Food Programme
"...WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger."
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